Pride and Prejudice is a highly influential novel by celebrated author Jane Austen.
Like the other three novels Austen published during her lifetime, it was published anonymously, in January, 1813. All four of Austen's novels earned Austen just 750 pounds. Pride and Prejudice has been so popular it has been adapted to film and television dozen of times.
notable stage adaptations
| year |
title |
scriptwriter |
notes
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| 1901 |
The Bennets, a play without a plot |
Rosina Fillipi |
- said to be the first stage adaptation
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| 1926 |
Elizabeth refuses |
Margaret Macnamara |
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| 2018 |
Pride and Prejudice (sort of) |
Isobel McArthur |
- all female cast
- musical, featuring modern pop songs
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notable film and television adaptations
| year |
title |
made by |
notes
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| 1995 |
Pride and Prejudice (1995, TV miniseries) |
BBC |
- Usually stiff Mr Darcy dives into a pond, only to be surprised by Elizabeth Bennet, in this version
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| 2004 |
Bride & Prejudice (2004, film) |
Bollywood |
- This film follows the plot of the original Pride and Prejudice quite closely, while using a south Asian cast and setting it in the present day
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| 2005 |
Pride & Prejudice (2005, film) |
Hollywood |
- credited as having extremely convincing locations
- a fan favourite
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| 2013 |
Death comes to Pemberley (television miniseries) |
BBC |
- Based on the novel, of the same name]], by P.D. James
- A sequel to Jane Austen's novel
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| 2026 |
The Other Bennet Sister (television series) |
BBC |
- Mary Bennet, the unattractive forgotten sister, is the protagonist of this coming of age story.
- Many commentators have asserted the average modern woman finds it easier to identify with forgotten Mary, than witty and confident Elizabeth.
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notable novels retelling or based on Pride and Prejudice
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notable novels retelling or based on Pride and Prejudice
| year |
title |
author |
notes
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| 2011 |
Death comes to Pemberley |
P.D James |
- P.D. James was a very successful crime novelist, and Death comes to Pemberley was her first historical novel.
- This was James last novel.
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| 2020 |
The Other Bennet Sister (novel) |
Janice Hadlow |
- Mary Bennet, the unattractive forgotten sister, is the protagonist of this coming of age story.
- Many commentators have asserted the average modern woman finds it easier to identify with forgotten Mary, than witty and confident Elizabeth.
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