Jane Austen’s Emma (or BBC’s Emma!)

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Jane Austen’s Emma (or BBC’s Emma!)

October 19, 2009 by 19thcentury

By accident I caught the second episode of BBC’s recent adaption of Jane Austen’s Emma this weekend. It’s beautiful! I didn’t catch the story at all but sat for an hour, fascinated by the beautiful costumes, settings, and filming.

Apparently, almost all clothes were recycled from other movies and tv shows! You can read the list here.

I got so excited, I wanted to read the novel as well, which you can find here: Project Gutenberg

And if you like screenshots and icons, or you missed the first two episodes and would like to see them on your computer, go here: Livejournal’s BBC Costume Drama community.

Posted in 19th century, fashion, victorian | Tagged austen, bbc, costume, drama, emma, tv series | 8 Comments

8 Responses

on October 19, 2009 at 5:33 pm | Reply Phillip (UK)

As usual with BBC Productions, beautifully done. But in the spirit of the book ?????
on October 28, 2009 at 9:22 am | Reply Shia

You’ve got a very cute and informative blog! : ) i’m preparing a presentation about victorian gothic fictions right know and so i dropped on your blog, all my compliments
greets from Vienna
on November 7, 2009 at 8:25 am | Reply Rebekah

I surely hope BBC aira this again soon–I love Emma! The only version I’ve ever seen is the one with Gweneth Paltro from a few years ago. Emma is on my 101/1001 list of things I want to read/do.

Love your site! I found it by researching the Victorian Christmas so I can both decorate appropriately and do a write-up about it on my blog.

All the best,
Rebekah
on December 6, 2009 at 2:39 pm | Reply Katie Dahl

I haven’t seen the BBC adaption of Emma yet, but I have seen the Mirimax movie with Gwyneth Paltrow and I really enjoyed that one! I think it’s one of the best Jane Austen adaptions yet.

Have you seen Persuasion with Cirian Hinds?

~ Katie
on February 6, 2010 at 7:16 pm | Reply Marija

I adore that movie. I watched bbc mini dramas, like North&South, Sense and sensibility, and of course Pride and Prejudice and I must say that these movies are done great. :)))

Greetings from Belgrade :)
on April 16, 2010 at 5:01 pm | Reply Emily and Alice

We long to see it! The novel is great, as are all of Jane Austens amazing novels! We always use to watch bbc mini dramas too. Some of our fauvorites are Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Wives and Daugters, North and South, Jane Eyre, The house of Eliott, and some others.

And thanks so mutch for this blog, it is very nice! :)

Greetings from Sweden
on May 26, 2010 at 11:24 pm | Reply Aşk Sözleri

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on May 12, 2013 at 9:30 am | Reply shooting targets of children

Good info. Lucky me I found your website by chance (stumbleupon).

I’ve saved it for later!