Laclos’s Les Liaisons Dangereuses is a study of desire as rhetoric and power. The Glenn Close film and Christopher Hampton’s stage play capture its elegance, but only the novel preserves its linguistic cruelty—where every letter becomes both weapon and confession.

Netflix’s Queen Charlotte reimagines the young queen’s rise and her marriage to King George III with beauty, depth, and heartbreak. Equal parts romance and reinvention, it’s Shonda Rhimes’ most elegant, emotionally resonant work in the Bridgerton world.

Comparing the 1994 and 2019 Little Women films reveals two visions of feminism: one tender and domestic, the other bold and self-aware. Living near Louisa May Alcott’s Concord home, I see how both honor her legacy—different keys of the same enduring song of sisterhood and art.