#i'd also like to suggest wentworth!

[bethanydelleman]

My friend saw both the 2005 and 1995 Pride and Prejudice and loved them. I now want to introduce my friend to the rest of Jane Austen, but realistically know that I'm going to have to do this through adaptations. What, in your opinion, is the best adaptation of each book to share with my friend?

I always go by most faithful to the novel. So for Pride & Prejudice I'd probably suggest 1995 or 1980, which are both pretty faithful. (I love 1967 but I might be a crazy person)

Sense & Sensibility I really need to watch the older mini series because I really dislike 2008. Their treatment of both Willoughby and Colonel Brandon make me unwilling to suggest it as a first watch. I'd go with the 1995 movie because the spirit of the story is very well preserved even with some changes. As for the older minis, ask @thatscarletflycatcher she's the expert.

Mansfield Park the only reasonable answer is the 1983 mini because neither movie is a good adaptation.

Northanger Abbey the 2007 movie for sure! The one from the 80s is only good for shits and giggles. Wish we had a mini.

Persuasion either the 1995 movie or the 1971 mini which in my opinion is sadly neglected. I think the 2007 movie is decent as well, with a hotter Wentworth, but the other two are more faithful

Emma... Emma is tricky. I am very partial to 2020, though it's a movie and Emma needs more room to breathe. The problem is I've watched both the 2009 and 1972 minis and i don't like them. 1972 adds a ton of non-book dialogue but it does have a perfect Harriet. 2009 is fairly faithful, but I don't like the false equivalent made between Jane, Emma, and Frank or the scene where Emma thanks her father for not sending her away (why in the world would he have? The dynamic is actually that he wants her with him forever). I also just found 2009 boring... As for the movies, I dislike Gwyneth Paltrow because it makes Emma too sweet and Kate Beckinsale because of the line they gave Knightley (you know the line!)

I guess I'll suggest 2020 as the movie adaptation and 2009 as the best mini.

(I hope I got all the years right on these things, forgive me if I'm a year or two off).