The Real Jane Austen is a documentary directed by Nicky Pattison in 2002 and based on the book The Letters of Jane Austen by Jane Austen, first published in 1884. The documentary features Anna Chancellor, Gillian Kearney, John Standing, Lara Harvey, Phyllis Logan, Danielle Green, and others.
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Storyline
This approach delves into the life of the woman behind well-known classics such as Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, and Emma through a visually rich representation. It offers a thorough biographical and psychological examination of the author, providing an understanding of what it was like for a woman to live in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Movie vs Book
Year
2002
Minutes
60
Movie Rate
7.60
Source: IMDb
Year
1884
Pages
116
Book Rate
8.28
S: Goodreads
Book
The Letters of Jane Austen
Author: Jane Austen
Country: UK
First published in: 1884
Length: 116 pages
Genre: Biography
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Jeremy Lovering
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“No author can want a movie to be exactly like the book because then it will be a bad movie.”
KATHERINE PATERSON (Writer)
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