Dolly Alderton: A Deep Dive – Her Latest, Greatest, and Most Popular books!

Dear Dolly: It is a truth universally acknowledged that you might just be the voice of my generation. Or at least a voice of a generation*

*The fact that I managed to squeeze in both a Jane Austen and a Hannah Horvath quote and a Dolly reference in that sub-headline means I can rest easy for a while. My work here is (temporarily) done.

The news of Dolly Alderton writing a Netflix series adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice just about broke MY internet. MY internet knows that Dolly Alderton, Jane Austen are buzzwords for me and it delivered me just about every article there was going around about it. And the fact we are getting a ginger Mr Darcy! And Olivia Coleman! Perfection!

Me reading the news about Dolly’s adaptation of P&P.

Somewhere in the many articles I read about this adaptation Dolly had said that ‘Once in a generation, a group of people get to retell this wonderful story, and I feel very lucky that I get to be a part of it’. And it got me thinking about how I feel lucky to be a part of the generation who gets to be a part of and have my life reflected back to me by Dolly’s excellent storytelling.

And so, without further ado, let's talk about some of the books that make up her catalog of excellent storytelling—and which one is, in my humble opinion:

• Her latest

• Her greatest

• Her most popular...

(and let’s see if you all agree)