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Laura J. Burns

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Laura J. Burns writes books, writes for TV, and sometimes writes TV based on books and books based on TV. She will never, however, write a poem. She’s the managing editor of The Antagonist.

Jane Austen Had a Glass-Half-Full Year

Any year that boasts a Jane Austen screen adaptation is a good year, and in 2022 we got two! Yet it’s hard to feel entirely satisfied, because only one of them is worthy of the source material.  Persuasion, on Netflix, takes Austen’s least humorous and most romantic novel and turns it into a comedic romp set in 19th century England.…
Laura J. Burns
November 17, 2022