Interesting news ... is it possible for any article about any film to go without mention of "Brokeback Mountain"?
Still one of my all time favorite books. I first read it when I was 11 or 12 ... and re-read it periodically.
I did not see the recent movie [starring Keira Knightley? .. of whom I had never heard] ... one of my daughters saw it and raved about it. She later watched the 1995 A&E production ... which we had raved about ... and said our characters were much better developed ... but she still liked the Hollywood version better [it's a generational thing, I guess]. The soundtrack music for the A&E production was written by Carl Davis ... played on a pianoforte with a 17 piece orchestra. It is absolutely delightful and I found a CD of it a few weeks ago.
The A&E production is right up there with the book as far as I am concerned. We watch it every time it comes on and have it on DVD.
My tastes in English Lit run more towards Evelyn Waugh, Jonathan Swift, PG Wodehouse, and Tom Sharpe. Of course, there is also the Bard, aka the Earl of Oxford.
Jane Austen = Chick lit!