Jane Austen on Film and Television: A Critical Study of the Adaptations

by Sue Parrill

Jane Austen's career as a novelist began in 1811 with the publication of Sense and Sensibility. Her work was finally adapted for the big screen with the 1940 filming of Pride and Prejudice (very successful at the box office). No other film adaptation of an Austen novel was made for theatrical release until 1995. Amazingly, during 1995 and 1996, six film and television adaptations appeared, first Clueless, then Persuasion,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786413492
• ISBN13: 9780786413492
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 229 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.4" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher