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Ellen, it¡¯s usually a woman, onlybecause men generally are so tuned out about Austen. Better to be an Austen only-film lover than not to care about Austen at all.

As I think about t, I think the same is generally true about Shakespeare as well ¨C the vast majority of Shakespeare lovers have probably not read a word of Shakespeare¡¯s plays ever, or at least since one course in high school or college. But they do go to see him now and then in the theater or in film adaptations.

All things considered, better to have the larger tent in each case, which enables film adaptations to be made, even if not all of them are of the highest quality.

Arnie

On Nov 10, 2024, at 11:45?AM, Ellen Moody via groups.io <ellen.moody@...> wrote:

?At the large JASNAs and local groups. it's not been unommon for me to meet a woman (usually a woman) who has only read Pride and Prejudice and seen the other books in their movie form -- as if they were the same. So also people who don't distinguish watching a movie from reading a book. People taking adult ed courses in Austen who don't think it's necessary the instructor have read MP -- to me unless you've read MP, you don't know this author, and since Austen's oeuvre is so small (you can fit the fiction into one fat volume), there's no excuse not to have read them all -- if you are presenting yourself as someone who knows Austen.

Ellen
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