Upon rereading Pride and Prejudice the other day (or perhaps that should be re-re-re-re-re…reading it) I came to a most shocking realisation… The words Mr Darcy uses to propose to Elizabeth for the first time are not actually given to us in the book! We have only the first four introductory sentences of his speech. [...]
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1980 Pride and Prejudice; A DVD review of the BBC TV adaptation
This adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, still available on DVD, was produced and shown on the BBC in 1980 and aired on PBS Masterpiece Theater the following year. Directed by Cyril Coke, it remains a favorite of Jane Austen purists even now – 29 years after its production. This Pride and prejudice dramatization certainly shows [...]