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Pride and prejudice or, First impressions

The story of the lively, precocious and very eligible Bennet girls captures all the nuances of 19th century life among the English gentry, a society obsessed with profitable marriage contracts.

Corporate Author: British Broadcasting Corporation., Australian Broadcasting Commission., BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc., Warner Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Powell, Jonathan., Weldon, Fay., Coke, Cyril., Garvie, Elizabeth., Rintoul, David, 1948-, Watson, Moray, 1928-, Morgan, Priscilla., Peake-Jones, Tessa., Higgins, Clare, 1955-, Josephs, Wilfred. 1927-1997.
Format: Videos DVD
Language: English
Published: Burbank, Calif. : Warner Home Video, 2004.
Subjects:
Social classes > Drama.
Young women > Drama.
Courtship > Drama.
Sisters > Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
England > Drama.
Television mini-series.
Summary: The story of the lively, precocious and very eligible Bennet girls captures all the nuances of 19th century life among the English gentry, a society obsessed with profitable marriage contracts.
Item Description: Based on the novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (265 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: DVD.
Audience: Not rated.
Production Credits: Film editor, Chris Wimble ; music composed by Wilfred Josephs ; conducted by Marcus Dods ; film cameraman, Paul Wheeler ; film sound recorder, Malcolm Webberley.
ISBN: 079077027X
9780790770277
Author Notes: Jane Austen's life is striking for the contrast between the great works she wrote in secret and the outward appearance of being quite dull and ordinary. Austen was born in the small English town of Steventon in Hampshire, and educated at home by her clergyman father. She was deeply devoted to her family. For a short time, the Austens lived in the resort city of Bath, but when her father died, they returned to Steventon, where Austen lived until her death at the age of 41.

Austen was drawn to literature early, she began writing novels that satirized both the writers and the manners of the 1790's. Her sharp sense of humor and keen eye for the ridiculous in human behavior gave her works lasting appeal. She is at her best in such books as Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), and Emma (1816), in which she examines and often ridicules the behavior of small groups of middle-class characters. Austen relies heavily on conversations among her characters to reveal their personalities, and at times her novels read almost like plays. Several of them have, in fact, been made into films. She is considered to be one of the most beloved British authors.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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