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It is a truth universally acknowledged that Jane Austen didn't write enough books. Of course, at the time, six novels seemed like a perfectly acceptable number. But that was back in the early 19th century, long before television's giant insatiable maw needed content every minute of
History
On the 18th inst. at Winchester, Miss Jane Austen, youngest daughter of the late Rev. George Austen, Rector of Steventon, in Hampshire, and the Authoress of Emma, Mansfield Park, Pride and Prejudice, and Sense and Sensibility. Her manners were most gentle; her affections ardent; her candor was not to be
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Oh! I do like to be beside the seaside! I do like to be beside the sea! Oh I do like to stroll along the Prom, Prom, Prom! Where the brass bands play, “Tiddely-om-pom-pom!” John A. Glover-Kind, 1907. See more. As the old music-hall song says, Brits do like to
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Jane Austen’s final, unfinished novel Sanditon is heading to the small screen, courtesy of PBS’ Masterpiece and the U.K. network ITV. This is the first ever adaptation of Austen’s incomplete last work, which she abandoned due to poor health just before her death in 1817. Only eleven
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Images are political --Actor David Oyelowo, Inspector Javert in Les Misérables A trend that's on the rise on both sides of the Atlantic, color-blind casting opens opportunities for actors of color, and makes dramas accessible to new audiences who can recognize themselves in the faces of the actors.
Movies
Get ready, Austenites, a new feature film adaptation of Emma is on the way! (Whether we need it or not.) The novel was first published in 1815, and follows the story of a young woman who can’t seem to stop herself from meddling in the affairs of others.
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Reign’s Rose Williams and the Divergent series’ Theo James have been tapped to star in the upcoming Masterpiece adaptation of Sanditon, based on an unfinished Jane Austen novel that the author was working on just before her death. Sanditon tells the story of the joyously impulsive, spirited and unconventional
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Sanditon, the unfinished Jane Austen novel that the author was working on just before her death, will be adapted for television next year. The original 11 chapter fragment was called “The Brothers”. Austen began work on the new effort just a few months before her death in 1817. The chapters