![]() I tried to fill in the missing bits myself but couldn't. I was convinced that a large part of Eliot's intentions for the story were missing, and while the actors were all fine in their way, the words they were given to say were simply not enough. Soon afterwards, I watched the first episode of a three-part adaptation of Daniel Deronda, and had the opposite reaction. Their words and actions filled the viewer in so well on the background to the story that the occasional narratorial voiceover seemed unnecessary. The characters were credible and their motivations were clear. ![]() The adaptation succeeded very well, and might even have been better than the book. Soon afterwards, I watched the first episode of a three-part ad Recently I watched a TV adaptation of Andrea Levy's Small Island, a book I had read when it first came out but which I'd more or less forgotten. ![]() ![]() Recently I watched a TV adaptation of Andrea Levy's Small Island, a book I had read when it first came out but which I'd more or less forgotten.
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