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Jane Austen wrote books about relationships between people, about love, about the power of human emotions. They are very popular among not only romantic women, but also famous filmmakers.
Numerous films were shot based on these books, which are especially pleasant to watch on long autumn evenings, warming your hands on a cup with a fragrant hot drink.
Consider the most popular films that were made based on the works of Jane Austen.
10 Northanger Abbey | 2006
Katherine Morland is a rather noble person. With her aunt, she goes to Bath, to relax at the resort.
There, Catherine has a new acquaintance, the seemingly wealthy son of General Tilney. However, the general, who could not restrain his excitement, lost the fortune of his wife, who died under very unusual circumstances.
Tilney wants his son to marry a wealthy girl. The General thinks Katherine is the right match and invites her to his house as a guest. Then it turns out that the girl is not rich, but too late: Katherine and Henry Tilney begin to have very strong feelings for each other.
9. Pride and Prejudice | 2005
Late XNUMXth century, England. The Bennets want to find husbands for their young daughters. Mr. Bingley begins to live next to them, and after that, the family members face big changes.
Bingley has many friends eager to court the beautiful sisters. The arrogant and attractive Mr. Darcy especially singles out Elizabeth, who is famous for her difficult character. A serious confrontation arises between them, which can lead to both hatred and great love.
8. Emma | 2009
Emma Woodhouse is a very unusual girl: she is not only smart, beautiful, but also quite extravagant. Emma is carefree, happy, well educated and well off, because her father is a wealthy landowner.
Mr. Knightley is a man with whom the girl has been friends since childhood: she always listens to his opinion, and he does not hesitate to criticize her. At the same time, Emma’s friend is sympathetic and very generous.
The girl has a rather unusual entertainment. She tries with all her might to arrange the personal life of her single friends: she arranges “random” meetings, constantly gives advice. However, very soon it turns out that the matchmaker from Emma is bad, and it is better for her to take care of her own personal life.
7. Death comes to Pemberley | 2013
Darcy and Elizabeth are married and happy with each other and live with their children. They talk about the arrival of guests, discuss the ball, which is held every year.
And suddenly Lydia, the wife’s elder sister, appears. In a state of shock, she says that her husband is dead. Darcy goes into the woods to find him and stumbles upon a dead man. This is the companion of George Wickham, wife of Lydia.
6. Reasoning | 2007
Ann Elliot is almost in her thirties, but she still doesn’t have a husband. The older sister and father of the girl had already ruined the family for a long time, and as a result, the house had to be handed over to Admiral Croft and his wife.
Upon learning of this, Ann was very frightened, because once she was offered to marry a relative of Croft’s wife, but she did not agree because of the low status of the groom and his lack of money.
Now the girl believes that she did wrong, but the situation has already changed a lot: on the part of her ex-fiance, she feels only indifference and coldness. The admiral’s brother-in-law, who has grown rich, must woo Louise, one of Ann’s cousins, but the latter again becomes his chosen one.
5. Mansfield Park | 1999
Thomas Bertram lives in Mansfield Park with his loved ones. They decided to raise Fanny Price, a poor relative, and very often reminded the girl that she could not boast of a noble origin.
Only cousin Edmund shows kindness and sympathy for Fanny. He believes that the best qualities of a girl are modesty and a good attitude towards others.
However, the poor pupil has yet to become happy and win a position in society. This smart and attractive girl will have to make a difficult choice between stability and the call of the heart.
4. Emma | 1996
Emma Woodhouse is very pretty, smart and rich. If desired, she can easily find a worthy groom and take root firmly in secular society, but slight boredom and a loyal friend encourage her to look for a completely different one.
Emma is sure that her mission is to help girls deprived of money or external attractiveness. However, after a while, the main character of the film realizes that she needs help more than others.
3. Love and friendship | 2016
Thirty-five-year-old Susan Vernon, an attractive widow, travels to the family of her deceased husband to figure out what to do with the money and wait for gossip about her adventures to subside.
After some time, Susan decides to marry her young daughter and find a wealthy groom for herself. Her great talent for intrigue is used, as well as intelligence, charm and beauty. Vernon seeks to attach his daughter and take his place among the cream of society under any circumstances.
2. Mind and Feelings | 1995
Two sisters, the fiery Marianne and the shy Elinor, have lost their father. They are rather poor, they have no dowry. For this reason, the sisters have great difficulty in finding worthy suitors.
However, they very much want secular recognition, true love and new acquaintances. Representatives of high society are very reluctant to let into their circle those whose rank is lower, but the sisters strive to overcome bias with love.
1. Pride and Prejudice | 1995
Mr. Bennet is a not very rich provincial landowner who has five daughters. He hopes to marry them to wealthy suitors. Mr. Bingley, who owns a rather large fortune, becomes the Bennets’ neighbor.
He has an acquaintance, Mr. Darcy, who is even richer. He draws attention to the headstrong Elizabeth, and Bingley is fascinated by another sister – the beautiful Jane.