It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a fortune must be in want of a wife. Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, published in 1813, has been staged and filmed many tim ...
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PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (BBC iPlayer). The Hollywood 1940 Greer Garson-Laurence Olivier version is not for admirers of the novel. It doesn’t look like Jane Austen. It doesn’t feel like Jane Austen. It doe ...
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EMMA (Universal Pictures). “I am going to take a heroine whom no one but myself will much like,” said Jane Austen. Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, rich, snobbish, spoiled, conceited, patronising and ...
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Joyce Glasser reviews Love & Friendship (from May 27, 2016) Cert. U, 93 min. Love & Friendship is a feel-good treat, not just for Jane Austen fans, but for anyone who likes a stinging, witty c ...
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