UPDATE: Congratulations to the 1985 adaptation of Anne of Green Gables. You (and your fans) are the winner of our 2023 Close Reads literary bracket. We will be doing a watch along episode soon so be on the look out for news about that!
And then there were two! Predictable, perhaps, but Pride and Prejudice and Anne of Green Gables are the last adaptations standing. Which is better? It’s up to you!
Please note: this round will last 24 hours and will thus end Sunday at noon EST.
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Eliminated in previous rounds: Emma (2020); One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest; West Side Story (1961); Twelve Years a Slave; Wuthering Heights (2011); Clueless; The 39 Steps; Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1979); Emma (1996); 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea; Hamlet (1990); Dr. Zhivago (1995); Atonement; A River Runs through It; Anna Karenina (2012); Romeo + Juliet; A Passage to India (1984); Children of Men; Fantastic Mr. Fox; Casino Royale (2006); Master and Commander; The Color Purple; War and Peace (2016); Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011); Les Mis (2012); The Shining; Strangers on a Train; Apocalypse Now; Rebecca (1940); Bridget Jones’s Diary; Babe; The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe; The Hunt for Red October; Emma (2009); The Great Gatsby (2010); The Count of Monte Cristo (2002); Charlottes Web (1973); Merry Adventures of Robin Hood (1973); Les Mis (2018); Jane Eyre (2011); Little Women (1994), The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh; True Grit (2010); The Godfather; Princess Bride; No Country for Old Men; Watershed Down; The Big Sleep; Lonesome Dove miniseries; Ben Her; Jurassic Park; Roots; Pride and Prejudice (2005); Remains of the Day; Wizard of Oz; Henry V (1989); Sense and Sensibility (1993); Gone with the Wind; Brideshead Revisited (1981); The Lion King (1994); Dune (2020); A Muppet’s Christmas Carol; All Creatures Great and Small (2020); Mary Poppins(1964); Much Ado About Nothing (1993); Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004); To Kill a Mockingbird (1962); My Fair Lady (1964); Little Women (2019); The Fellowship of the Ring.
I can't do it. I have to get so nit-picky about aspects of each and I don't know what actually makes a great adaptation.
Nearly impossible decision... but I think Anne is the better adaptation... or is it P&P? What to do?!