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Jane Austen Books and Movie Adaptions
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I just finished Pride and Prejudice and I loved it. I cannot explain why but I thought it was fantastic. I have also read Emma, which I liked but nowhere as much as Pride and Prejudice. I also watched the movie adaption with Keira Knightly. It was fine but the constant giggling got a little annoying. :) What is your favorite Jane Austen book? Have you seen any really good movie adaptions? (What about the BBC productions? I have heard that those are really fantastic.) 

submitted by Elizabeth, Winter Wonderland
(January 11, 2015 - 6:34 am)

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Ahhhh I just started Pride and Prejudice!! And I love it :) I'm only on the second chapter but still. It's really growing on me...

submitted by Moss, age 14
(January 12, 2015 - 7:05 pm)

I love the movies, but to my great dismay, the books put me to sleep. My all-time favorite is Sense and Sensibility.

submitted by Dashwood
(January 15, 2015 - 3:41 pm)

So I LOVE LOVE LOVE Jane Austen, and P&P is by far her best book. I would also recommend Sense & Sensibility, and I'm reading Northanger Abbey, which is also amazing. Definitely try the BBC, though it is a little old fashioned and slow, you got through Emma, so you should be fine. Good Luck and go Jane!

 

submitted by Mrs. Darcy, Netherfield
(January 15, 2015 - 7:27 pm)

My three faves are Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Senseibility and Emma. My favorite adaption would probably be the 1990s S&S with Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet. I preferred the BBC P&P (sorry about the blasphemous abbrevs, but I'm in a hurry) to the one with Kiera Knightley, though I also really liked the 1940s adaption with Laurence Olivier. I always prefer old adaptions to newer ones, as a rule.

submitted by Everinne, age 15, Longbourne
(January 16, 2015 - 9:33 pm)

OH MY GOSH!!!!!!! I ADORE JANE AUSTEN! P&P IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE BOOKS EVER! What version did you watch? The one with Keira Knightly, or one of six hour ones? One of the blogs I follow is called Modern Mrs. Darcy, I love her! I could quote it all day! "Have you no compassion for my poor nerves?"

"No, you mistake me my dear, I have the highest compassion for them, they have been my constant these past eighteen years."

And

"Misses Darcy *kiss*, Misses Darcy *kiss*, Misses Darcy *kiss*, Misses Darcy *kissssssssss*."

 

Yeah, DO NOT get me started. Just a warning. Heh. 

submitted by Winter Firefly
(January 17, 2015 - 11:15 pm)

I LOVE Jane Austen! I have only read Pride and Prejudice, but I have seen almost every adaptation of almost all the books. My favorite P&P adaptation is the 2005 Keira Knightley version, which is also one of my all time favorite movies. I have to say that unlike most, I am not a fan on the Colin Firth miniseries. I adore the Emma BBC miniseries, as well as the Sense and Sensilbilty one. I also really liked Mansfield Park with Billie Piper, but I haven't seen the other adaptation, so I can't really judge between them. I've seen a lot of the other ones such as Persuasion but it's been a while so I don't remember them as well. 

submitted by Ivy
(January 18, 2015 - 2:23 pm)