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1. Austenmania Every generation gets their own Jane Austen stories. She’s always been popular but Austenmania began in earnest in the mid-90s with a series of Austen adaptations: Sense & Sensibility, Emma, Persuasion, Mansfield Park. The BBC did a 6-part adaptation of Pride & Prejudice that led the charge, with a swoonworthy…
2. Emma Emma Woodhouse is perhaps Austen’s most flawed heroine. I have a soft spot for her after reading the novel a bunch of times (it was assigned reading in multiple lit classes in college). All the television and movie adaptations of the novel on IMDb are listed below, excluding podcasts, audio…
3. Mansfield Park Fanny Price of Mansfield Park is Austen’s most controversial heroine. Modern audiences tend to find her prudish. This leads film and tv producers to alter her character to make her more modern. I’m still waiting for someone to do a faithful version of MP. All the television and movie adaptations…
4. Lady Susan There is only one adaptation of Lady Susan, Whit Stillman’s 2016 film entitled Love & Friendship (taken from the title of one of Austen’s juvenile stories, “Love and Freindship”). Stillman’s Metropolitan has a loose affiliation with Austen’s Mansfield Park but this is a genuine adaptation. And it’s funny. Beckinsale is…