This is a tempest in a teaspoon; put away the pitchforks and torches, no one is taking Jane Austen away. I have no interest in reading this adaptation. I suppose some people might read it who were put off by the language of the original. Perhaps it won't be as good, but that doesn't make it 'pablum'. Others might read it because they liked the original. But the original will be utterly unharmed.
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