They died in the 19th century, but they are getting younger every day. The Brontë sisters and Jane Austen They remain the key to the European novel several decades later and their bibliography has been brought to the big screen with the same success. From Emily Brontë we have an adaptation of Wuthering Heights starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi and directed by Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman) very soon, more precisely on February 13, when it is released in theaters in Spain.
Jane Austen left us more works than Emily Brontë, although she did not die much later than her (Austen, born in the 18th century, lived to the age of 41; Emily, who came into the world when Jane was dying, did not live more than 30 years). Cinema often reminds us that Jane Austen existed and withdraws one of its volumes from commerce. To celebrate its 250th anniversary, RTVE Play added to its catalogperhaps, the two best adaptations of Austen: the version of Pride and prejudice by Joe Wright and the Senses and sensitivity, work of Ang Lee. Both can be seen completely free until January 13.
What are Jane Austen’s masterpieces about?
Both were written in just a few years. Senses and sensitivity arrived in bookstores in 1811 and Pride and prejudicein 1813. Cinema respects this chronology, even if it is extended: the best adaptations of the two, which can be provisionally found in the RTVE Play catalog, are released 10 years apart.
Senses and sensitivity part of the death of Mr. Dashwood. After his death, his widow and three daughters (Elinor, Marianne and Margaret) were forced to leave the family home, which passed to his half-brother John. From the estate they moved to a modest house in Barton. Elinor, cautious and rational, falls in love with Edward Ferrars, for whom this love is a challenge. The passionate and romantic Marianne falls in love with the charming John Willoughby, although in this case John does not seem to reciprocate.
Pride and prejudicemeanwhile, tells the story of the Bennet family, made up of five unmarried girls. Mr. Bingley, rich, and Mr. Darcy visit the Bennets and the latter falls in love with Elizabeth, who nevertheless despises him for his arrogance and his reputation as a ladies’ man. Jane, the firstborn, hates Bingley less.
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