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Jane Austen on Film and Television A Critical Study of the Adaptations I t is a truth universally acknowledged that a good novel in possession of a good love story must be in want of a screen adaptation. Yet no work of Jane Austen reached the big screen before 1940's Pride and Prejudice—which, though highly popular, was the last Austen film for many years. Between 1948 and 1994, television was the chief medium for adaptations of Austen's novels. Then, suddenly, six important film and television adaptations appeared in the space of two years. Following the 1995 Clueless—^ loosely adapted but recognizable Emma—came Persuasion, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, and two more Emmas, all before the end of 1996. At the end of the twentieth century, a nineteenth-century novelist had become a hot media property. This book traces the history of film and television adaptations (nearly 30 to date) of six novels: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Mansfield Park, Persuasion, and Northanger Abbey. Author Sue Parrill compares the adaptations to the novels and to each other, and analyzes the adaptations as cinematic art. Sue Parrill, head of the English department at Southeastern Louisiana University, lives in Hammond, Louisiana. ft* McFarland ISBN 0-7864-1349-2 Cover photograph: Elizabeth Bennct (Greer Garson) and Mr. I);uv\ (Laurence Olivier) from the I94Û film Pride and Prejudice (MOMA) Jane Austen on Film and Television Jane Austen on Film and Television A Critical Study of the Adaptations by SUE PARRILL McFarland &. Company, Inc., Publishers Jefferson, North Carolina, and London Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Parrill, Sue, 1935- Jane Austen on film and television : a critical study of the adaptations / by Sue Parrill. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ^-^ ISBN 0-7864-1349-2 (softcover : 50# alkaline paper) ^9 1. Austen, Jane, 1775-1817—Film and video adaptations. 2. English fiction—Film and video adaptations. 3. England—In motion pictures. 4. Women in motion pictures. 5. Love in motion pictures. I. Title. PR4038.F55P37 2002 791.43'6-dc21 2002000752 British Library cataloguing data are available ©2002 Sue Parrill. All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, •without permission in writing from the publisher. Manufactured in the United States of America McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Box 611, Jefferson, North Carolina 28640 www. mcfarlandpub. com To Bill for his love and loyalty Contents Preface I. Why Jane Austen? 3 II. Sense and Sensibility 16 III. Pride and Prejudice 45 IV. Mansfield Park 80 V. Emma 107 VI. Persuasion 148 VII. North anger Abbey 169 Appendix: Filmography of Austen Adaptations 189 205 Bibliography Index 215
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