🎬5 Jane Austen Adaptations As Good As the Book (And Which Ones to Skip)
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Timestamps:
01:08 As we read female authors [https://fridaynightreaders.substack.com/p/female-authors-gilmore-girls] from the list of books on Gilmore Girls for our Rory Gilmore reading challenge [https://fridaynightreaders.substack.com/p/rory-gilmore-reading-challenge-2026] this month, I’m focusing on Jane Austen, whom 81% of you voted as the most classic female author of all-time.
07:24 The Other Bennet Sister [https://amzn.to/4fWpNa5]
07:53 My Top 5 Jane Austen Adaptations
08:00 2005 Pride and Prejudice [https://amzn.to/4xHR8mN]
11:31 1995 Clueless [https://amzn.to/3N1BgZh]
15:57 2001 Bridget Jones’s Diary [https://amzn.to/4aiGlFE]
19:32 1995 Sense and Sensibility [https://amzn.to/3SVSHNP]
22:08 2020 Emma [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsOwj0PR5Sk]
24:17 The Jane Austen Adaptations That Didn’t Make the Cut
Emma: 1997 movie [https://amzn.to/3MEyJnM]
Mansfield Park: 1999 movie [https://amzn.to/4pHOol1]
Northanger Abbey: 1987 movie [https://amzn.to/4j0f2Tt]
Persuasion: Netflix’s 2022 movie [https://fave.co/4oUBYVG]
26:39 Your Bonus Recommendations
Kelly Miller [https://www.threads.com/@kelly.miller.author/post/DZ5ywZakqv7?xmt=AQG0Sz-zQqqUtmmlHB7zI-f9q-79D0mA42DTAV-aX-h7Vw], award-winning author of Austen-esque Regency romances [https://amzn.to/4fYmlM9], kindly offered her expert advice in detail: 1995 Pride and Prejudice [https://amzn.to/4uX1iNz] miniseries with Colin Firth, 1995 Persuasion [https://amzn.to/4gzmB4j], Emma [https://amzn.to/4y0ksoO] with Kate Beckinsale
Lost in Austen [https://amzn.to/4gCjJne]
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