Quote of the Day (Blythe Roberson, on a Jane Austen Film Adaptation in the Distant Future)

“Persuasion (2017): Released in the year 2117, this rare film adaptation of ‘Persuasion’ tells the story of an extremely elderly (twenty-seven-year-old) spinster who reconnects with her naval-officer ex-love. In this updated version, the Navy guys are always talking about how sea levels have risen, like, five whole inches in the past year alone, which maybe doesn’t sound that bad, but it is.”— Blythe Roberson, “Shouts and Murmurs: Future Austen Adaptations,” The New Yorker, Aug. 7-14, 2017 issue