I have only just started listening to this as an audiobook after reading it some years ago, so this will be only one post. In light of the fact that the version we have was completed shortly before Jane Austen’s death, and is significantly shorter than the novels published in her lifetime, I think it’s reasonable to imagine that she would have expanded it in size and complexity if she’d had time, and plugged some plot holes along the way. This makes me feel comfortable with tweaking the fates and agendas of several of the supporting characters. Also, any miniseries-length adaptation needs fun, non-repetitive little bits of Anne hanging out with Benwick, and the Musgroves and Harvilles and so on.

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