Our book club read a Jane Austin book, "Persuasion", my first. I read the wiki summary so I could know what was happening before I began. Afterward I watched 3 film adaptations. It was fascinating.
I decided to finally read "Pride and Prejudice" and watched the Kiera Knightly version. The BBC version had old feelings for me. I'd first seen it as a Jr. high kid tagging along with my older sisters at their friends house. Being 13, it seemed really long and confusing. Over the subsequent 30 years I never did watch the whole thing contiguously. Even after I had borrowed it from the library, it sat unwatched for a long time. I watched it this week and really enjoyed it.
Everyone was so young! In previous exposures to the film I was 12, or college age. But now, as I'm the age of the parents in the film it is so amusing. Now, married for 24 years I watch things differently. I see the contrast in the actors expressions. I see the awe and joy when they marry. It really is a masterpiece.
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