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Netflix releases first look at Pride and Prejudice — but can it possibly compare to the Colin Firth classic?

The new Pride and Prejudice has big shoes to fill...

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Pride and Prejudice on Netflix: Meet the full cast bringing the Jane Austen classic to life

From Emma Corrin to Jamie Demetriou, the entire ensemble has been announced

The Independent UK

Bonnets, speech bubbles and ‘cheeky easter eggs’: a graphic biography of Jane Austen is subtly sophisticated

This year is the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth and she hasn’t aged a bit as the cultural touchstone of classy romance. Her Pride and Prejudice anti-hero, Mr Darcy, perennially pops up in his breeches in Instagram memes, while Regency feminist, Elizabeth Bennet has been brought to life by…

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Beyond the bonnets: Jane Austen’s working women finally get their place in the spotlight

Exhibition looks at housekeepers, maids and governesses who ‘enable the lives of the heroines and heroes’

The Guardian - UK

For Jane Austen and her heroines, walking was more than a pastime – it was a form of resistance

In Pride and Prejudice (1813), when heroine Elizabeth Bennet arrives at Netherfield Park with “her petticoat six inches deep in mud”, she walks not only through the fields of Hertfordshire, but into one of literature’s most memorable images of women’s independence.

The Conversation

Marisa Abela and Harris Dickinson star in Audible Pride And Prejudice adaption

The Audible adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic novel will also feature performances by Glenn Close and Bill Nighy.

Evening Standard

Pride and Prejudice TV show: everything we know so far about the upcoming Netflix adaptation

The Pride and Prejudice TV show will begin production in the UK later this year. Here's everything we know about the six-part adaptation coming to Netflix.

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Skip Netflix hit Bad Influence and watch these 3 romance movies instead

Despite being in the Netflix Top 10, there are better romance movies to watch on Netflix than Bad Influence.

WhatToWatch

Pride & Prejudice at 20: How an intoxicating adaptation became the ultimate 21st-century romcom

FLASHBACKS: Two decades since its release, Joe Wright’s lush interpretation of Jane Austen’s classic novel – starring an Oscar-nominated Keira Knightley – remains a swoon-worthy generational touchstone for millennials and Gen Z. Clarisse Loughrey salutes its legacy, its daring… and its infamous hand flex

The Independent UK

Emma Thompson improvised unforgettable Charlotte Lucas line for Pride and Prejudice film script

We have Thompson to thank for Charlotte Lucas's memorable speech about marrying Mr Collins

The Independent UK

Olivia Colman to star in Netflix’s Pride and Prejudice written by Dolly Alderton

Latest adaptation of Jane Austen classic will include Emma Corrin and Jack Lowden as Elizabeth and Mr Darcy

The Guardian - UK

Netflix’s Pride and Prejudice casts its Elizabeth Bennett and Mr Darcy

New adaptation is being produced in the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth

The Independent UK

Our First Look At Dolly Alderton’s Price & Prejudice Netflix Adaptation Is Finally Here

It is a truth universally acknowledged that each generation shall have their iconic Pride & Prejudice adaptation.

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Olivia Colman and Emma Corrin to star in Pride And Prejudice series on Netflix

Corrin said playing Elizabeth Bennet ‘is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’.

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Looking for a binge-watch? 3 free shows on the Roku Channel I recommend

From classic period dramas to gripping police procedurals, here are three free series you can watch now on the Roku Channel

The Conversation

From pulpits to protest, the surprising history of the phrase ‘pride and prejudice’

Most readers hear “pride and prejudice” and immediately think of Jane Austen’s most famous novel, that salty-sweet confection of romance and irony with a fairy-tale ending.

Evening Standard

Former EastEnders star James Bye to play Mr Darcy in new stage production

Known for portraying Martin Fowler in BBC’s EastEnders, James Bye will play Mr Darcy in the stage adaptation of PD James’ Death Comes To Pemberley.

The Guardian - UK

Jane’s world: fans and admirers pick their favourite Austen characters

Helen Fielding, David Baddiel, Nicola Sturgeon and other cultural figures celebrate the great writer’s 250th birthday

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Lights … camera … attraction! The 32 most romantic moments in cinema

From thwarted love in Casablanca to awkward listening in Before Sunrise and bicycle jinks in Butch Cassidy, our writers pick their most passionate scenes for Valentine’s Day

The Independent UK

In Miss Austen, Jane is sadly two-dimensional – so unlike her heroines

3/5 There’s much to admire in this series about Jane and her sister Cassandra, who inexplicably burned many of the writer’s letters, but it cannot quite nail the great author’s piercing satire

The Guardian - UK

Once more unto the breeches: the 20 best Jane Austen TV dramas – ranked!

Colin Firth in a wet shirt! Elizabeth Bennet as a YouTuber! As the BBC marks the author’s 250th anniversary with four-parter Miss Austen, we pick her finest television outings

WhatToWatch

The Other Bennet Sister: writer, plot and everything we know

The Other Bennet Sister is a brand-new Pride and Prejudice spin-off.

WhatToWatch

BBC is rebooting Pride and Prejudice, but not with the Jane Austen character I was expecting

A new Pride and Prejudice spin-off is coming to the BBC.

Woman & Home

From feminist trailblazers to relatable icons, these are our favourite fictional women

Whether it's Jane Austen's early trailblazers or modern heroines, these women prove why girls really do run the world

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Jane Austen’s Mr Darcy believes ‘extensive reading’ makes an accomplished woman. What else does reading mean in her work?

What does it mean to be a reader in Jane Austen’s novels? And what does it mean to read them? Susan Allen Ford, longtime editor of the Jane Austen Society of North America’s journals, confesses to perhaps 25 years of fascination with her subject.

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