The Louisa May Alcott adaptation hit all the right spots,with four perfectly pitched sisters and a magnificent Marmee. Plus, a creepy little masterpiece in the form of The MiniaturistJust as Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without any presents, and so the aftermath wouldn’t be total without a brace of sumptuous adaptations of well-liked novels before which to slump bonelessly on the sofa on Boxing Day while the meat sweats wear off and the choco-torpor moves in.
This year,we hold been royally blessed. Last night gave us the first of a three-fraction Little Women (BBC One), Louisa May Alcott’s 1868 children’s classic, and of a two-fraction The Miniaturist,Jessie Burton’s 2014 bestselling debut, and each was – forgive me – a cracker.
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Source: guardian.co.uk