DO NOT PUBLISH Miss Austen on BBC One: The best Jane Austen book adaptations and how to watch them
By Helen Fear |Miss Austen is the latest TV series to focus on the famous Jane Austen family, and the BBC are following well-trodden footsteps - but which are the best book adaptations and how can you watch them?
Although Miss Austen isn't actually based on a Jane Austen book, it takes us back to the 1800s when the family lived in Hampshire.
Adapted from Gill Hornby's best-selling novel of the same name, the plot focuses on the literary mystery that has long puzzled biographers and academics... Why Jane's sister Cassandra burnt her precious letters.
Meanwhile, there have been dozens - if not hundreds! - of Jane Austen books adaptations for TV and film, including different versions of Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion, and Emma. Here's our run-down of the very best.
Best Jane Austen book adaptation: Emma, 2020
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Pride and Prejudice
