it is a truth universally acknowledged that there is no such thing as too many Jane Austen adaptations. it seems truly impossible to ever fully know the scope of how many literary adaptations of Pride and Prejudice have been made. there are the ever-predictable steamy retellings that ask the ever-present question “but what if they f*cked???”, retellings exploring the key themes but set in different cultures or countries and of course, novels that amplify the voices of Pride and Prejudices’ many rich but silent characters.

this month on the show, we’re reading eligible by curtis sittenfeld to find out where her adaptation of one of the world’s most famous classics lands on the sliding scale of literary retellings and reimaginings.

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