"And to this purpose"

"If people like to read their books, it is all very well, but to be at so much trouble in filling great volumes, which, as I used to think, nobody would willingly ever look into, to be labouring only for the torment of little boys and girls, always struck me as a hard fate; and though I know it is all very right and necessary, I have often wondered at the person's courage that could sit down on purpose to do it." (In other words: rambling analyses, opinions, ideas, views, and comments from an English major, Essay/paper-writing enthusiastic, Austen-loving Master Librarian on, well, Jane Austen...and a whole lot of other things, too.)

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"What is it really like to be engaged?" asked Anne curiously. "Well, that all depends on who you're engaged to," answered Diana, with that maddening air of superior wisdom always assumed by those who are engaged over those who are not."— L.M. Montgomery

Saturday, September 12, 2009

Much-Loved Literature-Based British Period Dramas on Film

With 7 people voting this time, here are the results!

Little Dorrit – 2008: 2 (28%)
Sense and Sensibility – 2008: 2 (28%)
Northanger Abbey – 2007: 2 (28%)
Persuasion – 2007: 2 (28%)
Jane Eyre – 2006: 5 (71%)
Under the Greenwood Tree – 2005: 1 (14%)
Bleak House – 2005: 0 (0%)
Pride and Prejudice – 2005: 3 (42%)
North & South – 2004: 1 (14%)
Master and Commander – 2003: 0 (0%)
The Young Visiters – 2003: 0 (0%)
The Importance of Being Earnest – 2002: 1 (14%)
Nicholas Nickleby – 2002: 1 (14%)
Daniel Deronda – 2002: 0 (0%)
The Way We Live Now - 2001: 0 (0%)
An Ideal Husband – 1999: 3 (42%)
Anna and the King – 1999: 2 (28%)
Great Expectations – 1999: 0 (0%)
Wives and Daughters – 1999: 2 (28%)
Mansfield Park – 1999: 2 (28%)
Horatio Hornblower series – 1998-2003: 3 (42%)
Tess of the D’urbervilles – 1998: 0 (0%)
Our Mutual Friend – 1998: 1 (14%)
The Woman in White - 1997: 0 (0%)
Emma – 1996: 1 (14%)
Emma – 1996 A&E: 1 (14%)
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall – 1996: 0 (0%)
Pride and Prejudice – 1995: 3 (42%)
Persuasion – 1995: 1 (14%)
Middlemarch – 1994: 0 (0%)
Remains of the Day – 1993: 0 (0%)
Wuthering Heights – 1992: 0 (0%)
Oliver! – 1968: 0 (0%)
My Fair Lady – 1964: 3 (42%)


I have decided to give my own synopses of these films (which will be rife with Heidi Comments!). I'm sure there will be plenty of spoilers, so here is your head's up now not to read them if you don't wish to know what will happen...or hear my good and/or bad opinions of things here and there.

As for the actual results? I'm perfectly happy with the overall winner: Jane Eyre 2006. Yay! Well done, voters! Some of the ones not voted for? Well, some weren't so great in my opinion, and others are probably not as heard about. My synopses may remedy that. What were some of your thoughts? I know SaraLyn's and mine are all over this blog. And I'm sure we have more of them, ha ha! But I am interested to hear from the readers what they did and/or didn't like about some of these movies.

1 comment:

Sara Lyn said...

You could add me to "Under the Greenwood Tree" now. Too bad I was a slacker and missed watching it in time for the poll. Thanks for letting me know about Netflix instant watch!