persuasion

The Birth of Austenmania

BBC, Clueless, Emma, Jane Austen, Persuasion, popular culture, Pride & Prejudice, Pride & Prejudice & Zombies, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries

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“First there is no Jane Austen and then it’s raining Jane Austen.” When a flurry of cinematic adaptations saw Austenmania hit Hollywood in 1995, even the filmmakers themselves seemed at a loss to say why: Doug McGrath, the director of Emma , speaking...

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Persuasion BBC 1971

BBC, Jane Austen, Persuasion

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