I don’t presume to review Jane Austen’s books, which are too sublime for any words of mine [*], but I can comment on dramatisations of them in film or on TV. Here are some that I’ve watched or plan to watch soon:
Emma (TV; 1972) Doran Godwin, John Carson
Sanditon (book, completed by Another Lady; 1975)
Pride and Prejudice (TV; 1980) Elizabeth Garvie, David Rintoul
Sense and Sensibility (TV; 1980) Irene Richard, Tracey Childs
Mansfield Park (TV; 1983) Sylvestra le Touzel, Nicholas Farrell
Northanger Abbey (TV movie; 1987) Katherine Schlesinger, Peter Firth
Pride and Prejudice (TV, 1995 series) The famous one with Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle
Sense and Sensibility (Film, 1995) Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman
Persuasion (Film, 1995) Amanda Root, Ciaran Hinds
Emma (TV, 1996) Kate Beckinsale, Mark Strong
Emma (Film, 1996) Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeremy Northam
Mansfield Park (Film, 1999) Frances O’Connor, Jonny Lee Miller
Pride and Prejudice (Film, 2005) Keira Knightley, Matthew McFadyen
Northanger Abbey (TV, 2007) Felicity Jones and J J Feild
Persuasion (TV, 2007) Sally Hawkins, Rupert Penry-Jones
Sense and Sensibility (TV series, 2008) Hattie Morahan, Charity Wakefield
Lost in Austen (TV; 2008) Jemima Rooper, Elliott Cowan
Miss Austen Regrets (TV; 2008) Olivia Williams, Greta Scacchi, Hugh Bonneville
Emma (TV; 2009) Ramola Garai, Jonny Lee Miller
Love And Friendship (Film; 2016) Kate Beckinsale (based on Lady Susan)
Sanditon (TV; 2019) Rose Williams, Theo James, Anne Reid, Kris Marshall
Emma (Film, 2020) Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn
Sanditon (TV; seasons 2 (2022) and 3 (2023))
[*] An exception: my reading group read Mansfield Park. You can read my review of the book here.