by Jane Austen
Jane Austen lived a quiet life and wrote memorable novels derived from it. She might today also be considered one of the great screenwriters, having created the originals of numerous Hollywood hits.
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Elisabeth and Darcy - need one say more? This was Austen's second published novel, and its alliterative title may have been no more than an attempt to capitalize on its predecessor, "Sense and Sensibility." -- The film world owes a great debt to "Pride and Prejudice", which has been repeatedly put on the big screen: in 1940, with Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier, inf 2003 with Kam Heskin and Orlando Seale, in 2005 with Keira Knightley (in an Oscar-nominated performance) and Matthew Macfadyen. The BBC has presented two versions: in 1995 with Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth, and in 1980 version with Elizabeth Garvie and David Rintoul. Stage versions have been both spoken and sung.
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