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"SENSE AND SENSIBILITY" (1971) Review

For some reason, I still find it hard to believe that until recently, very few people were aware that the first adaptation of Jane Austen's 1811 novel, "Sense and Sensibility", dated as far back as 1971. After all, people have been aware of other Austen adaptations during this same period hoặc earlier. Even the Wikipedia site fails to mention it, except in connection with one of the cast members. What was about this four-part miniseries that eluded so many Austen fans?


In "SENSE AND SENSIBILITY", a wealthy landowner named Mr. Dashwood dies, leaving his two...

MARY AND HENRY CRAWFORD IN "MANSFIELD PARK"

Every time I read an bài viết hoặc review about Jane Austen's 1814 novel, "MANSFIELD PARK", the authors of these các bài viết always bình luận on the unpopularity of the novel's leading character, Fanny Price. I could say the same about most các bài viết and reviews on the novel's ti vi and movie adaptations. Time and again, both critics and others claim that most Austen những người hâm mộ have a low opinion of Fanny Price. At the same time, these same commentators like to point out the popularity of the novel's antagonists, Henry and Mary Crawford.

The first time I had...