Overview

• Netflix released first images of its upcoming limited series adapted by Dolly Alderton and confirmed that production is underway.
• The 20th-anniversary re-release of Joe Wright’s 2005 film in Indian cinemas has drawn renewed crowds and media attention.
• Celebrations of Austen’s 250th birth anniversary include literary festivals, academic symposia and a spike in Pride and Prejudice book sales.
• Commentators attribute the story’s lasting appeal to its nuanced characters and the modern-feeling misjudgment-to-growth romance of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy.
• Coverage is spotlighting secondary figures like Jane Bennet for their moral courage and steadfastness in contemporary readings.