Thread: The Austen Project rewrites Jane Austen's classics for modern readers
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Old 10-22-2013, 02:36 PM   #10
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Joanna Trollope was on this morning's BBC news talking about this. Apparently many modern readers find the Georgian literary style of Austen's novels rather heavy going. Eg the first chapter of "Sense and Sensibility" is a lengthy and rather complex discussion of Wills and Entails, which I can well imagine might be rather off putting for many.
I think there are film adaptation for these people already. These movies shouldn't bee too complex.
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