My Love for Jane Austen

After viewing Emma (2009) and Persuasion (2007), I was on a roll and decided to re-watch Sense and Sensibility mini-series as one of my tasks to complete for the Everything Austen II challenge. Adapted by Andrew Davies ( Pride & Prejudice, Northanger Abbey, Little Dorrit, Bleak House, Wives & Daughters, Bridget Jones's Diary ), this BBC production of the three part mini-series was broadcast in January 2008 to British audiences before it was shown 2 months later in the US as part of Masterpiece Classic's The Complete Jane Austen . The lead actresses are Hattie Morahan and Charity Wakefield who play the two Dashwood sisters (Elinor and Marianne) with a host of heavyweights and newcomers alike such as Janet McTeer (Mrs. Dashwood), Mark Williams (Sir John Middleton), Linda Bassett (Mrs. Jennings), Jean Marsh (Mrs. Ferrars), David Morrissey (Colonel Brandon), Dan Steven (Edward Ferrars), Dominic Cooper (Willoughby), Claire Skinner (Fanny Dashwood), Anna Madeley (Lucy...

This BBC produced mini-series was first broadcasted in UK last autumn and early this year in US on PBS channel. I really enjoyed watching all 4 episodes based on adaptation of Jane Austen's novel of the same name. Therefore I selected this series adapted by BAFTA award winning screenwriter Sandy Welch ( North and South , Jane Eyre , Our Mutual Friend ) to re-watch as part of the Everything Austen II challenge. This was among the first task which I had completed but had not have the opportunity to write a review till now. I'm sure you know the story by now so I just jump right to the heart of things which I love about this show. Starring Romola Garai in the titular role, she exactly embodies the handsome, clever and rich Emma Woodhouse. Although quite a number of reviewers on the net have complained that there was very little of Austen's witty language in it, I feel that it attracts modern viewers to watch period dramas. If this is Sandy Welch's intention, then I sa...