(I started writing when I saw P&P during it’s theatrical re-release with the intention of publishing it in December but… blogging is a muscle that has atrophied a lot for me, I guess. Here’s to getting more reps in this year~)

Today (December 16) marks Jane Austen’s 250th birthday and this year (2025) marks the 20th anniversary of the popular film adaptation of one of her most beloved works, Pride and Prejudice. While I don’t consider myself an Austen buff or even a huge fan of P&P, the book and the movie both played a big role in my life. The book was the first “classic” book I read, after years of reading primarily children’s literature. Among a set of 4 “classics”, it was the first I was able to read and I loved the witty and elegant prose. This book helped give me the confidence to read more classic literature and step away from my comfort zone of children’s, and later young adult, books.

But the 2005 movie, directed by Joe Wright, changed my life a little more than most books and movies do, entirely by chance.

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