The book is focused on the interface between literature and film. It makes a lively inquiry into the adaptation of masterpiece novels into films. It presents case studies of film versions of three timeless classics from Britain, America and Sri Lanka/Canada, viz., Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence & Michael Ondaatje's The English Patient. The book seeks to contribute to the scholarly literature on popular ...