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The Book Was Better (The Triumphs and Travesties of Book to Film Adaptation)
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Product Details
Author:
Louise Willder
Format:
Hardcover
Pages:
304
Publisher:
Oneworld Publications (November 17, 2026)
Imprint:
Oneworld Publications
Release Date:
November 17, 2026
Language:
English
Audience:
General/trade
ISBN-13:
9780861547722
ISBN-10:
0861547721
Weight:
12.93oz
Dimensions:
5.1" x 7.8"
File:
Eloquence-SimonSchuster_04202026_P9976729_onix30-20260419.xml
List Price:
$20.95
Pub Discount:
65
As low as:
$16.13
Publisher Identifier:
P-SS
Discount Code:
A
Folder:
Eloquence
Overview
Is the book always better than the film?
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 then 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.*
*As but one example: 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…
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 then 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.*
*As but one example: 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…
