The new Emma film by Autumn de Wilde is the latest in a very long line of Austen adaptations, but by no means the strangest. Even in Austen’s lifetime there were pirated editions and translations of her books that took liberties with the originals, and the first illustrated editions raised howls of objection, too, at their ‘lamentable’ interference (as E.M.
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Claire Harman is the author of Jane’s Fame: How Jane Austen Conquered the World. Emma. is in cinemas now.
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