![]() ![]() ![]() Contemporary reviewers found much to praise in them. Jane Austen is generally acknowledged to be one of the great English novelists, so it is no surprise that her novels have remained continuously in print from her day to the present. The choices made in the opening scene have a tremendous effect on the cinematic work as a whole and also raise important questions regarding the manipulation of a literary masterpiece for the sake of commercial success. ![]() Hollywood, however, was interested in drawing a young female audience to identify with a free spirited heroine. It seems that the BBC version was interested in privileging Darcy’s character, and while many critics view this as a radical move, I believe the end result is a production more traditional than the original novel. The opening of the 2005 film adaptation, however, introduces us to our heroine in pastoral and serene surroundings. The BBC’s 1995 miniseries opens with a scene featuring the two male leads and is packed with masculine energy. However, two cinematic adaptations of the novel chose distinctly different approaches for their versions of the opening scene. The opening lines of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice have become renowned for encapsulating the author’s ironic point of view on the relationships between the sexes within the marriage plot. ![]()
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