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Diana Reid adapts Sense and Sensibility for a new audience

Original: ‘Jane Austen is for everyone’: novelist Diana Reid on adapting Sense and Sensibility – and surprising Brits with her acc

Australian novelist Diana Reid has written an adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, saying her nationality never gave her pause about taking on the beloved English classic. Reid, author of Love and Virtue, says she surprised Brits with her accent but considers Ang Lee's 1995 film version of the novel 'perfect'. She argues that 'Jane Austen is for everyone', a framing generating fresh conversation about who gets to adapt classic literature.

Why now: Interest in a contemporary Australian novelist reworking one of the most beloved classics of English literature.

Diana ReidJane AustenSense and SensibilityAng LeeThe Guardian

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• ‘Jane Austen is for everyone’: novelist Diana Reid on adapting Sense and Sensibility – and surprising Brits with her accent By Katie Cunningham The Australian author of Love and Virtue says her nationality didn’t give her pause when she wrote the script, but Ang Lee’s ‘perfect’… · guardianfeeds@rssfeed.media

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