Environmental_Bug900 t1_iub3ugd wrote on October 29, 2022 at 11:36 PM

The 1995 is probably the closest but it really depends on why you are reading it and what you are studying. It's not a difficult book. If there are minor differences between the show and the book, and you mention them somehow, you can bet your lecturer will spot it. For e.g. I watched, and really enjoyed the recent Emma adaptation, but I'm pretty sure they changed the dynamic of Emma's sister and her husband.

I remember suffering through a number classic French novels (not my first language). I barely remember them but it was really worth it in terms of improving my reading and writing.

LunaHarukawa OP t1_iub4o5s wrote on October 29, 2022 at 11:43 PM

It's more of a global comprehension of the book. We won't go into details, that's one of the reasons I allow myself to watch an adaptation. Tbh even if reading in English (a foreign language for me) is more difficult, I enjoy some classic English literature. It's just that Jane Austen is one of the author I can't fully appreciate.