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At the beginning of Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen’s most well-known novel, the protagonist, Elizabeth Bennet, overhears Mr Darcy speaking ill of her. This, naturally, leads her to form a negative opinion of him.

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From the pompous vanity of Sir Walter Elliot in Persuasion (1817), to the shallow reading habits of Isabella in Northanger Abbey (1817), few characters in the works of Jane Austen are spared the gentle satire of her famously ironic narrative voice. Similarly, some of her best remembered characters, like Elizabeth…

A six-part adaptation is in the works with an incredible cast, but you don't have to wait to get your Darcy fix

My poor nerves!

The six-part series adapts Jane Austen’s classic novel.

The new Pride and Prejudice has big shoes to fill...