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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: JANE AUSTEN
EAN: 9780790770222
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0790770229
Label: BBC Warner
Manufacturer: BBC Warner
Number Of Items: 6
Publisher: BBC Warner
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 24, 2004
Running Time: 1336 minutes
Sales Rank: 1832
Studio: BBC Warner
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
The socially restricted lives of 18th-century women hardly seems like a subject that would inspire dozens of 20th (and 21st) century adaptations--but the brilliant novels of Jane Austen are flush with sparkling dialogue, razor-sharp wit, marvelously realized characters that range from adorably sympathetic to grotesquely comic, and--above all--ingeniously intricate plots, which arrive at a seemingly inevitable happy conclusion yet keep you seized with suspense every inch of the way. The Jane Austen Collection pulls together six BBC miniseries from 1971 through 1987, one for each of Austen's much-beloved books.
Unsurprisingly, the gems of the lot are also the best of the novels: Pride and Prejudice and Emma. Pride and Prejudice, expertly translated to the screen by novelist Fay Weldon, skillfully chronicles the ups and downs of the sensible but quick to judge Elizabeth Bennet (the adorable Elizabeth Garvie) and the snooty Mr. Darcy (played with an imperious scowl by David Rintoul). Any adaptation of Emma rests firmly on its central character, and Doran Godwin wonderfully captures Emma Woodhouse's resilience, determination, and exasperating self-satisfaction. Definitely the funniest of Austen's novels, Emma's satirical humor is perfectly balanced with romantic yearning, and this 1972 version succeeds delightfully.
Persuasion, though more melancholy in tone, has a wonderfully sympathetic heroine in Anne Elliot (played by the graceful Ann Fairbanks), who once turned away the man she loved but is given the chance, seven years later, to set things right. Sense and Sensibility suffers from comparison to the star firepower and cinematic sweep of the 1995 movie with Emma Thompson (a must-see for any Austen fan), but the dueling characters of gracious Elinore and headstrong Marianne, two sisters struggling with fallen fortunes, make for enjoyable viewing in this 1981 adaptation. Mansfield Park has perhaps the dullest hero and heroine of any Austen novel, yet the story zips along, powered by some of Austen's most outrageous supporting characters, here brought to deliciously comic life by Anna Massey and Angela Pleasence. Northanger Abbey satirizes gothic romances and the overheated imaginations that loved them; but though the tone is more broad and melodramatic than most of Austen, this 1987 adaptation suits the novel and rounds out this very satisfying boxed set. --Bret Fetzer
Product Description:
A collection of made-for-TV movies based on the novels of Jane Austen.
Genre: Television: British Mystery/Dr
Rating: NR
Release Date: 24-AUG-2004
Media Type: DVD
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Fairly Pleased....
I was fairly pleased with this collection of Jane Austen's works. However, I believe the Charles Dickens' collection: Volume 1 was better produced. While I enjoyed Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, and Emma, I thought Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion were weak, boring, or too compressed, - leaving out much of the action.
I was able to purchase this collection for $35.00. However, at some stores (including many Borders bookstores) the collection would cost more ... Read More
Rating:  - Jane Austen Videos
These are my favorite of the many video renditions of the Jane Austen books. After viewing them, I understood the stories clearly for the first time.
Rating:  - Disappointed
I am a big Jane Austen fan. I have read her books and watched her movies. I was very excited about this collection, but when I received it was very disappointed. The filming seemed more like a home movie than an professional film. I was hoping for something a little more professional.
Rating: - product was received in excellent condition
Product was received in excellent condition. I would purchase from this seller in the future!
Rating: - Jane Austen Critic
This is not the good version of the classics by Jane Austin, you want the masterpiece not the BBC version.
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