Jane. Austen
Author
Language
English
Description
"The summer after university, Emma Woodhouse returns home to the village of Highbury, where she will live with her health-conscious father until she is ready to launch her interior-design business and strike out on her own. In the meantime, she will do what she does best: offer guidance to those less wise in the ways of the world than herself. Happily, this summer brings many new faces to Highbury and into the sphere of Emma's not always perfectly...
22) Mansfield Park
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Fanny is an impoverished young woman, snubbed by society, who earns the respect and love of her cousin in this BBC mini-series adaptation of the Jane Austen classic set in 19th century England.
23) Persuasion
Publisher
Sony Pictures Classics
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
Anne Elliot will do anything to get Captain Wentworth now that he is interested in Louisa Musgrove.
Author
Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
In this sweet and romantic work, Lathan picks up where "Pride and Prejudice" ends. Regency England comes alive as Darcy and Lizzy venture away from Pemberley to journey through England, finding friends, love, and laughter along the way.
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
In this ingenious twist on Mansfield Park, the famously meek Fanny Price has been utterly transformed; she is now a wealthy heiress who is spoiled, condescending, and generally hated throughout the county. Mary Crawford, on the other hand is as good as Fanny is bad. It's only after Fanny is murdered on the grounds of Mansfield Park that Mary comes into her own teaming up with a thief-taker from London to solve the crime.
31) Emma
Publisher
British Broadcasting Corp
Pub. Date
�2010
Language
English
Description
Twenty-one-year-old Emma Woodhouse loves playing matchmaker. When pretty and socially inferior Harriet arrives, Emma decides to indulge her passion. Against the advice of family friend and surrogate older brother Mr. Knightly, Emma persuades Harriet to reject a marriage proposal from a local farmer in order to hold out for an offer from the dashing Mr. Elton. But Emma soon discovers Mr. Elton's true motives and her advice to Harriet goes terribly...
32) Sanditon
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Based on the manuscript Jane Austen wrote in the months before her death, "Sanditon" tells the story of the joyously impulsive, spirited, and unconventional Charlotte Heywood and her spiky relationship with the humorous, charming (and slightly wild) Sidney Parker. When a chance accident transports her from her rural hometown of Willingden to the would-be resort of Sanditon, she finds herself caught up in a whirlwind of romance, betrayal, and changing...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The beautiful widow Susan Vernon has come to the estate of her in-laws to wait out colorful rumors about her dalliances circulating through polite society. Whilst there, she decides to secure a husband for herself and her rather reluctant debutante daughter, Frederica.
34) Emma
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[c1999?]
Language
English
Description
Emma Woodhouse is a young woman who, having engineered the marriage of her companion, turns her attention toward making a match for the local vicar and her new protegée, Harriet Smith. Her one voice of reason and restraint is Mr. Knightley, who has known her since she was a child and who watches her behavior with wry amusement and sometimes with real anger. Emma presides over the small provincial world of Highbury with enthusiasm, but she will find...
35) Emma
Series
Publisher
BBC Worldwide Americas
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Twenty-one-year-old Emma Woodhouse loves playing matchmaker. When pretty and socially inferior Harriet arrives, Emma decides to indulge her passion. Against the advice of family friend and surrogate older brother Mr. Knightly, Emma persuades Harriet to reject a marriage proposal from a local farmer in order to hold out for an offer from the dashing Mr. Elton. But Emma soon discovers Mr. Elton's true motives and her advice to Harriet goes terribly...
38) Northanger Abbey
Series
Publisher
Distributed in the USA by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
In 18th century Bath, a girl bursting with freshness and passion for macabre Gothic novels experiences intrigue, adventure, and romance, especially when the romantic Henry Tilney invites her to his ancestral home.
39) Northanger Abbey
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
"In Jane Austen's gentle parody of gothic fiction, romance novel addict Catherine Morland is invited to a medieval country house that appeals to her most lurid fantasies. She forms a close friendship with the younger son on the estate, Henry Tilney, but their budding romance is mysteriously cut short"--Container.
40) Persuasion
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
When Anne Elliot turned down Captain Wentworth's proposal of marriage, she allowed herself to be persuaded by her snobbish family's conviction of his unworthiness. But now, after a separation of eight years, Anne Elliot and Captain Wentworth are to meet again and the tables have turned. Her former lover's fortunes have prospered and he is now returned from a career at sea both eligible and affluent. Anne's father, Sir Walter Elliot of Kellynch Hall,...