The Book Was Better: The Triumphs and Travesties of Book to Film Adaptation (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780861547722)

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Format: Hardcover
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The Book Was Better: The Triumphs and Travesties of Book to Film Adaptation

$20.95

The Book Was Better: The Triumphs and Travesties of Book to Film Adaptation

$20.95
Format: Hardcover
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Is the book always better than the film?

Yes, book lovers cry! Hollywood never gets it right - they gloss over crucial moments, the dialogue sounds bizarre and the characters never look like they're supposed to.

But then what about Jaws or The Godfather? These films are so much better than the potboiler novels they came from. And then there are some perfect adaptations. Doesn't every reader's heart sing when they watch Ang Lee's Sense and Sensibility?

In this rollicking adventure through the towering heights and unplumbed depths of book to screen adaptations, Louise Willder, the critically acclaimed author of Blurb Your Enthusiasm, uncovers what makes a good adaption, how some can be so bad, and why we insist on telling the same stories over and over and over.*

*As but one example: Pride and Prejudice 1940, 1980, 1995, 2005, 2027, Bridget Jones' Diary, Austenland, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Fire Island, Lost in Austen, Bride and Prejudice...

Author: Louise Willder
ISBN-10: 0861547721
ISBN-13: 9780861547722
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Language: English
Published: 11/17/2026
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
By Louise Willder
By Louise Willder
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Louise Willder has worked as a copywriter in publishing for thirty years, reading and writing blurbs for thousands of books. Her previous book, Blurb Your Enthusiasm, was a Times Book of the Year, described as 'a masterpiece' in the Spectator and, to her mother's delight, featured in Good Housekeeping's Christmas books guide.

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