19 h. ago Jane Austen fans urged to watch 'brilliant' and 'refreshing' movie adaptation

Jane Austen fans may have missed this adaptation of her works

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34 h. ago Critically acclaimed crime thriller 'you need to watch immediately' finally hits Netflix

The TV show hit our screens on the streaming service Amazon Prime Video back in 2015. The series aired 30 episodes over three successful series until 2019.

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43 h. ago Jane Austen adaptation branded 'subtle masterpiece' is available to watch now

The film was a success when it was released in 1995

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3 d. ago I hate to be the scowling lesbian at the feast – but here’s what worries me about the new Austen adaptations | Emma Brockes

I love Jane Austen. But a fresh revival of the idea that what a woman needs most is to marry a man is the last thing we needWhat is the main lesson we take away from Jane Austen? I know novels aren’t manuals, but the Austen industry encourages a certain self-help approach to its products – and Austen herself was full of what we no longer call bossy opinions. From the books, there are endless shrewd judgments about how to be a woman of substance. From the screen adaptations, we learn just how nice it would be to have a big house in Derbyshire. There is the general rule of true love overcoming all obstacles. But there is also this: that there is no worse fate to befall a woman than to fail to lock down a man.Two new Austen adaptations are heading our way: a Netflix miniseries of Pride and Prejudice, and a new movie version of Sense and Sensibility. They join Too Much, Lena Dunham’s new show that riffs on our relationship with romcoms – how we use them as templates and ideals – a clear...

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5 d. ago How to spend 48 hours following the trail of Jane Austen in Winchester

On the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth, one writer goes on a pilgrimage to her city of burial.

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6 d. ago Pride and Prejudice fans urged to watch 'captivating' Jane Austen period drama

The period drama series is a hidden gem worth watching

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8 d. ago How to spend 48 hours following the trial of Jane Austen in Winchester

On the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth, one writer goes on a pilgrimage to her city of burial.

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1 week ago Beyond the bonnets: Jane Austen’s working women finally get their place in the spotlight

Exhibition looks at housekeepers, maids and governesses who ‘enable the lives of the heroines and heroes’After Elizabeth Bennet walked 3 miles across fields to visit her sick sister, the heroine of Pride and Prejudice came in for scandalising criticism of her “blowsy” hair and petticoats “six inches deep in mud”.What of the women who restored Elizabeth’s hair to coiffed curls and washed the filthy petticoats? Jane Austen’s novels include mentions of working women, such as housekeepers, maids and governesses, but now an exhibition puts their stories in the spotlight. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Jane Austen would be annoyed women still do not have equality – Lucy Worsley

Austen’s novels include Sense And Sensibility, Pride And Prejudice and Emma.

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2 w. ago ‘Smoke and confusion’: exhibition points out Jane Austen’s true thoughts on Bath

Georgian city is not shy of milking its links with the author, but actually she was not happy during her time thereThe city of Bath does not fight shy of promoting its Jane Austen connections, tempting in visitors from around the world by organising tours, balls, afternoon teas and writing and embroidery workshops inspired by the author. If you have the inclination, you can buy souvenirs ranging from Jane Austen Top Trumps to a Mr Darcy rubber duck.But in this, the 250th anniversary year of her birth, an exhibition is being launched daring to point out that in truth Austen wasn’t terribly happy during the five years she lived in the city. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago 'Best and most definitive' Jane Austen adaptation is free to watch right now

The film is often hailed as the best adaptation of the novel

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3 w. ago 'Best ever' period drama adaption can now be streamed for free

The BBC's 1995 adaptation of Pride and Prejudice has been hailed as the 'best ever' interpretation of the Jane Austen novel

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3 w. ago Bridgerton fans waiting for season four can now watch 'best ever' period drama

The adaptation of the iconic novel is often hailed as the definitive version of Jane Austen's work and is now available to watch for free online

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3 w. ago Clueless review – Alicia Silverstone and Brittany Murphy are class acts in 90s Jane Austen parallel

Amy Heckerling’s high school romcoming-of-age classic, composed entirely of quotable funny lines, remains a sophisticated pleasure 30 years onThirty years ago, the world was swooning over Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle in the BBC’s Pride and Prejudice adaptation but all the time, the actual Jane Austen screen sensation that year was happening elsewhere in plain sight. Amy Heckerling’s high school romcoming-of-age masterpiece, inspired by Austen’s Emma, is now on re-release for its 30th anniversary and more than ever it feels like a complete joy, a deliciously movie-literate (and literate-literate) classic, with references to Stanley Kubrick, Oscar Wilde and William Burroughs to go with the Austen parallel.Clueless is something to compare with Bringing Up Baby and The Philadelphia Story – and Alicia Silverstone’s final, tearful scene matches, and even outclasses, Julia Roberts’ speech in Notting Hill about being just a girl standing in front of a boy. Like Withnail and I, it’s a film ...

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3 w. ago 'Undeniably the best version' of Jane Austen's 'masterpiece' novel now free to watch

The adaptation is consistently named as the final word on the beloved book

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last month Pride and Prejudice cast now from tragic death to huge action role fans didn't spot

The 2005 film adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice has become one of the most beloved period dramas of all time - here's a look at the main cast, 20 years on

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last month Fans have just days to watch 'masterpiece' war film with 'greatest ever actor'

The Bridge on the River Kwai is set to leave Amazon Prime Video imminently and fans of the 1957 war film are being urged to watch it now before it's too late

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