I WAS a fan of Jane Austen long before Colin Firth’s wet-shirt scene in the BBC’s Pride And Prejudice. I’d read all her novels and fancied finding a Mr Darcy of my own — the bigger his stately ...
Sitting at her table with her quill and inkpot spinning out yarns about the horrors of uninvited guests, it is unlikely that Jane Austen, mistress of the OG chick lit, would have devoted any ...
It’s a genre famous for big dresses, towering wigs ... a sharp eye for detail in bringing to life the beloved 1811 Jane Austen novel, but it’s the funny, touching screenplay from Emma Thompson ...