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

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

Willder, Louise

Hardcover

HumorLiterary CriticismFilm Studies

Publisher Price: $24.95

PREORDER - Expected ship date November 17, 2026

ISBN10: 0861547721
ISBN13: 9780861547722
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Published: Nov 17 2026
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.80
Language: English
Is the book always better than the film?
'Outrageous fun' Kaliane Bradley, author of The Ministry of Time

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 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.*

*See: 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...

'Hugely entertaining' John Yorke, author of Into the Woods

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