From the BBC’s Pride & Prejudice series to Autumn de Wilde’s Emma, these are the best Jane Austen adaptations of all time.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that Jane Austen adaptations never go out of style. Who can resist their heady mix of feuding sisters, candlelit ballrooms, frantic letter writing and long-awaited proposals, not to mention the sumptuous period costumes? As we prepare to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the prolific novelist’s birth, we revisit the dreamiest films and TV shows based on her beloved works.
She falls for the latter’s son Edmund , but is treated like a servant and admonished when she muses that their profits are a product of the slave trade. Look out for Harold Pinter, too, who is thunderous as the plantation owner Sir Thomas Bertram. Pride and Prejudice Sun-soaked and set to a glorious classical soundtrack, Joe Wright’s fresh account of the Bennet sisters is a romp from start to finish.
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