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Available on Blu-ray for the very first time this boxsets contains three classic Austen adaptations:
Mansfield Park:
At 10, Fanny Price goes to live at Mansfield Park, the estate of her aunt's husband, Sir Thomas. Clever, studious, and a writer with an ironic imagination and fine moral compass, she becomes especially close to her cousin Edmund, Thomas's younger son. Fanny is soon possessed of beauty as well as a keen mind and comes to the attention of a neighbor, Henry Crawford. Thomas promotes this match, but to his displeasure, Fanny has a mind of her own, asking Henry to prove himself worthy. As Edmund courts Henry's sister and as light shines on the link between Thomas's fortunes and New World slavery, Fanny must assess Henry's character and assert her heart as well as her wit.
Northanger Abbey:
Catherine Moreland (Felicity Jones,) a spirited young beauty from the country, enters into the depraved society of Bath with dreams and fantasies sparked by her love of gothic romance novels. There she meets two men vying for her affection - the dashing and jealous John Thorpe (William Beck) and the gentle and sincere Henry Tilney (JJ Feild). Despite the advice of her mischievous new friend Isabella (Carey Mulligan), Catherine treats neither as more than a dear friend. That is until Catherine accepts an invitation to Northanger Abbey from Henry`s grave and severe father, General Tilney (Liam Cunningham). Her passion for the dark and mysterious feeds her imagination, as tyrannical fathers and diabolical villains work their evil on forelorn heroines trapped in isolated castles, much like Northanger....
Emma:
An adaptation of Jane Austen's story of marriage and manners set in a picturesque 19th Century village, which revolves around a spoilt young woman, Emma Woodhouse, who delights in influencing the love-lives of her friends, with disastrous results.
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38 of 39 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I saw the whole short season of ITV Austen adaptations from which the three featured here were chosen and the main mystery to me is why it was that by far the the best of them - 'Persuasion', with Rupert Penry Jones and the excellent Sally Hawkins - was not included in this set.
This 'Mansfield Park' is especially poor, partly because Billie Piper - (a decent actress to be sure) is miscast. Even her looks, with her trademark bleached blonde hair and black eyebrows, are simply wrong for a lead Austen part.
For Mansfield Park, look for the greatly superior version starring Frances O' Connor as Fanny Price.
This 'Mansfield Park' is especially poor, partly because Billie Piper - (a decent actress to be sure) is miscast. Even her looks, with her trademark bleached blonde hair and black eyebrows, are simply wrong for a lead Austen part.
For Mansfield Park, look for the greatly superior version starring Frances O' Connor as Fanny Price.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Of the three DVD's I enjoyed Emma which I didn't think I would because it took me ages to get through the book as the main character really annoyed me, I also really enjoyed Northanger Abbey they were both fairly true to the books BUT, Mansfield Park , which is one of my favorite books, was terrible, the story line, the acting everything, I was very disappointed to be honest. So my advise to Jane Austin fans is don't buy the pack of three, buy them individually and don't get Mansfield Park...
38 of 40 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
I have to say I am a glutton for punishment,when it comes to ITV adaptations on Bluray.So far Persuasion by ITV on Bluray is bluntly a DVD quality transfer,Wuthering Heights is not much better.But lets talk about this Jane Austen Collection,NorthHanger Abbey is not High Definition,more like the dvd version which I already own.Mansfield Park is virtually the same.But to my suprise Emma is around 80% High Definition which begs the question where is the quality control for these products as it is quite deceiving to put out products in 1080p which are clearly not HD.My advice is dont waste your money and hope they bring out a worthy product worth buying.I hope this helps.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
The Jane Austen ITV collection
Having missed one of these films when it appeared on TV, we were very happy to see it on DVD. We look forward to seeing the other 2 DVDs in due course.
Published 4 months ago by JOHND
Costume drama from the ITV
Although I do not think these versions come up to the very high standards set by some others (hardly surprising considering the competition), they are very good and it is still an... Read more
Published 6 months ago by RR Waller
At best, poor
I purchased this DVD boxset expecting it to be of the quality of BBC Jane Austin adaptations. I was completely disappointed. Read more
Published 6 months ago by sk
Surprising good - if short
I love BBC costume dramas, the box set length that allows a thorough wallow. But this collection of shorter one-off drama adaptations for Janeites is surprisingly good. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Elizabeth OB
The jane Austen collection 3 disc box set
As always the standard of service from Amazon was excellent and I thoroughly enjoyed the films. I like the historical settings and the fact that the producers have tried to be as... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Carol Spencer
Wow Love this
My Daughter & I absolutely adored all 3 of them & also the rest of her collection they are all a very big MUST for years of watching over & over again! Love them all.
Published 14 months ago by monkeygirl
Very good Version
There are a very good version of the Jane asuten's novels. I love it more than the old BBC versions, exept of course, from Pride and Prejudice that is the best version ever
Published 16 months ago by spain
Brilliant
This is just what i needed and it is very useful. Came just as described. Would use again.
Published on 15 Mar 2010 by Ms. K. L. Vann
jane austen ITV collection
I particularly disliked the Mansfield Park adaptation : too short, and the actress for Fanny is badly cast. Read more
Published on 7 Jan 2010 by elfix
ITV effort!
I think I have to appreciate ITV effort to make Jane Austin's novels as close to the story lines, but if you have watch BBC version of these dramas then you could not help but high... Read more
Published on 29 Nov 2009 by Mrs. Z. Khan
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