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Netflix’s Pride and Prejudice hands Jane Austen’s iconic line to one of its characters for the first time

The Independent ·First reported
The IndependentNetflix’s Pride and Prejudice hands Jane Austen’s iconic line to one of its characters for the first time
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Despite several retellings of Jane Austen’s 1813 classic, its much-quoted first line has never made it to the screen

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