I have been to Bath, England, Austin's birthplace, twice. Wonderful town, also famous for its Roman baths that are underground. Jane's house, which I remember touring, was very understated and nice. If anyone who reads this is going to the UK, check it out, you'll be charmed by the town the way I was.
NYT had a rousing debate in the comment section of sn article on who is the ultimate Darcy. There were 280+ votes/comments when last I looked. As a result I feel I have found 280 kindred souls.
How could you miss the wonderful version of Emma starring Kate Beckinsale? With Mark Strong as Mr. Knightly, and Bernard Hepton as Mr. Woodhouse? Prunella Scales as Miss Bates? Oh, the horrible snub!
Please forgive me! There are a LOT of Emmas for some reason. Also a BBC one with Romola Garai from 2009 and a more recent film version with Anya Taylor Joy.
You overlooked the excellent 1980 mini-series starring Elizabeth Garvie and David Rintoul. It was actually truer to the book than the better known 1995 Jennifer Ehle/Colin Firth version. I was extremely disappointed in the 2005 version; it's difficult to compress the story into a two hour film but I still expected better from Emma Thompson's script
I have been to Bath, England, Austin's birthplace, twice. Wonderful town, also famous for its Roman baths that are underground. Jane's house, which I remember touring, was very understated and nice. If anyone who reads this is going to the UK, check it out, you'll be charmed by the town the way I was.
NYT had a rousing debate in the comment section of sn article on who is the ultimate Darcy. There were 280+ votes/comments when last I looked. As a result I feel I have found 280 kindred souls.
Thanks for a great wrap-up. Movies to watch for the holidays. Never knew Clueless was Austin-inspired.
No love for "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" (2106)?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syjfmdvLu9c
(I kid, I kid..... a little.....)
How could you miss the wonderful version of Emma starring Kate Beckinsale? With Mark Strong as Mr. Knightly, and Bernard Hepton as Mr. Woodhouse? Prunella Scales as Miss Bates? Oh, the horrible snub!
Please forgive me! There are a LOT of Emmas for some reason. Also a BBC one with Romola Garai from 2009 and a more recent film version with Anya Taylor Joy.
BTW, Colin Firth was way ahead in the NYT poll but Matthew McF had a strong showing as did Laurence Olivier.
Two first two comments both misspell Austen's name. The commenters must be from Texas.
This Texan chalks it up to commenter's being in a hurry or to a spellchecker thar cannot understand context.
You overlooked the excellent 1980 mini-series starring Elizabeth Garvie and David Rintoul. It was actually truer to the book than the better known 1995 Jennifer Ehle/Colin Firth version. I was extremely disappointed in the 2005 version; it's difficult to compress the story into a two hour film but I still expected better from Emma Thompson's script