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Tag Archives: Emma
BOOK TO SCREEN: Emma
(originally broadcast 2009, BBC) The first Austen adaptation I remember watching was the BBC’s Mansfield Park in 1983 with Sylvestra Le Touzel (what a fabulous name!), Anna Massey and Nicholas Farrell. I identified hugely with Fanny, though was not at … Continue reading
Posted in Filmed adaptations, Reviews, Romance
Tagged 19th century, BBC adaptation, book to TV, costume comedy, Emma, Jane Austen, Jonny Lee Miller, Michael Gambon, Romola Garai, Sandy Welch, Tamsin Grieg
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REVIEW: Emma – Jane Austen
(originally published 1816) I had always rather steered clear of Emma, despite the eponymous character being my namesake, since all I had read about her seemed to suggest that she was not as delightful a heroine as, say, Elinor Dashwood … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 New Reads, Fiction, Humour, Read on my Kindle, Reviews, Romance
Tagged concealment, Emma, gossip, Jane Austen, match-making, snobbery
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