![]() ![]() He said, “So it is a modern day Pride and Prejudice.” He earned the job and a “bevy of female assistants.” He sent me a sincere thank you for both the employment and the lovely ladies. The man did not provide the name of the characters or the working title of the film yet, my former student recognized it immediately. On his first major interview after graduation with his film studies degree, the director was describing the basic plot of the movie they hoped to produce. Yet, as you might have imagined something better came along. I kept telling him some day he would be on “®Jeopardy” and be required to know who wrote both Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion for the ®Final Jeopardy question. For example, I know a young man who vehemently asked why he had to suffer so when all he wanted to do was to go to film school. Yet, repeatedly, I hear back from first one and then another of how Austen played out in his or her life after high school and college. Trust me, I taught English for 40 years, and I have come across many a student who “resisted” a study of Austen on every level. Jane Austen is one of the greatest and most beloved authors in English history. ![]()
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