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Article: Tomorrow night, the BBC will launch a major new, four-part serialisation of Jane Austen's Emma.
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- Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland)
- Article date:
- October 3, 2009
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tv finds jane far from plain
The thirst for screen versions of Jane Austen's work seems unquenchable, with the latest production of Emma the third to grace the small screen, notes Paul Whitington
Tomorrow night, the BBC will launch a major new, four-part serialisation of Jane Austen's Emma. It is, remarkably, the third TV series based on Austen's novel, and there has also been a TV film and two movies. That's just that book: overall, Austen's six novels have inspired, by my reckoning, some 14 mini-series, at least 12 feature films and a countless number of indirect adaptations based on her themes.
Only Charles Dickens can rival her as a source ...