I own that set, too. The Pride & Prejudice in there will always be my favorite, since it's the one that introduced me to Austen. It also insured that Mr Firth's Darcy will always be second-best to David Rintoul's, for me.
Persuasion is really well done. Ann looks rather mousy and easily bullied at the beginning, but as her self-confidence increases so does her appearance and ability to stand up for herself. They also handled Capt. Wentworth's gradual realization that the interference that originally intercepted them might have had some reasonable basis very well. And while there were some bits I wish they hadn't cut, overall the story is intact.
The Northanger Abbey is also good, though it's always been a bit too obvious that Catherine isn't particularly bright for me to like that story much.
The Emma and Sense & Sensibility are all right, but I prefer the Emma Thompson versions. I can't recall details of Mansfield Park at the moment. Not sure I've watched it yet.
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Date: 2008-01-14 06:27 pm (UTC)Persuasion is really well done. Ann looks rather mousy and easily bullied at the beginning, but as her self-confidence increases so does her appearance and ability to stand up for herself. They also handled Capt. Wentworth's gradual realization that the interference that originally intercepted them might have had some reasonable basis very well. And while there were some bits I wish they hadn't cut, overall the story is intact.
The Northanger Abbey is also good, though it's always been a bit too obvious that Catherine isn't particularly bright for me to like that story much.
The Emma and Sense & Sensibility are all right, but I prefer the Emma Thompson versions. I can't recall details of Mansfield Park at the moment. Not sure I've watched it yet.