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Originally Posted by hildea
[...] Avoid PD James' "Death comes to Pemberly". I hated it. None of the characters seemed true to the originals, and I got the impression that James disliked both Austen and her characters. [...]
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Ditto. The only time it sounded like Jane Austen was in the direct quotes. The fact that the plot lacked any surprise value didn't help. Curiously, the mini-series was better, though still unsurprising. While I still didn't like what they did (or in some cases, didn't do) to many of the characters, at least in the mini-series they came across a bit more self-consistent by the end (the last part is what made the difference).