A Preview of Literary Film Adaptations in 2014

By Alison Nastasi on Jan 5, 2014 - Flavorwire

Since the inception of cinema, filmmakers have always had a penchant for recreating literary favorites — and our current cinema climate is no different. It seems like every time we turn around there is another book-to-film story preparing to make its way to the big screen. This year will see quite a few films based on books, and we’ve outlined most of them for you, below. Which ones will make your must-see list? … Read More

Gorgeous Jane Austen Novel Illustrations From the Time Before Adaptations

By Michelle Dean on Jan 3, 2014  - Flavorwire

Even if you are a hardcore Janeite, it’s likely difficult for you to separate your imaginative experience of Austen’s novels from the various film and television adaptations that have sprouted up in the last 20 years. Darcy just has to look like Colin Firth, right? And it’s hard to imagine a Marianne Dashwood who doesn’t have Kate Winslet’s dreamy silliness. But obviously, for most of the books’ lives, people didn’t have those images in mind. And caught in a cache of images newly released to the public domain by the British Library are a number of illustrations from 19th-century editions of Austen’s works that give us a glimpse of how artists once pictured those favorite scenes untouched by the graces of say, Gwyneth Paltrow. … Read More