Seconding what they said. The Wide Sargasso Sea is a brilliant re-imagining of Jane Eyre (and, y'know, deals with the stuff I find really problematic about the source text, just like transformative fic).
Maybe Persuasion? It is my all-time favourite Jane Austen (pushing hard to be my all-time favourite novel, ever) - more muted and nuanced than P&P.
And I'm so with the two of you in not getting on with Wuthering Heights.
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Date: 2007-10-05 12:06 am (UTC)Maybe Persuasion? It is my all-time favourite Jane Austen (pushing hard to be my all-time favourite novel, ever) - more muted and nuanced than P&P.
And I'm so with the two of you in not getting on with Wuthering Heights.