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“Love is a sickness full of woes,” wrote poet Samuel Daniel, an English Renaissance figure who matriculated at Oxford University in 1581. Though several centuries removed from the student cohort of romantic dramedy My Oxford Year—and the Victorian-era poets that they study—Daniel’s sentiment is echoed in this Netflix adaptation of Julia Whelan’s 2018 novel of the same name. Its cheeky …

Call it the Bridgerton effect, which itself was arguably the result of The Crown effect, but the Netflix algorithm is currently aimed toward the UK with moonier eyes than usual. Last month saw Lena Dunham recount her days as an American getting to grips with the realities of London in Too Much, and as production begins on yet another adaptation …