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THE JANE AUSTEN TRILOGY (3 DVD)

RUNTIME: 180 MINS

CAT: AWA154
UPC: 881482315499
RRP: $29.95

Three programs that document all aspects of the life of Jane Austen, from the society to which she belonged to the many great works she produced.

JANE AUSTEN'S LIFE

Jane Austen was born in 1775 and died in 1817. It may have been a short life, and seemingly uneventful, but for the world of literature it was a very valuable one.

This DVD takes us to the places which shaped Jane Austen’s vision, and inspired her to write some of the best loved classic novels worldwide. Explore Steventon, the village of her birth; find out what she really thought about Bath and discover Cassandra’s revelations about Jane’s mystery seaside admirer. Combine all this with the fascinating Jane Austen Museum at Chawton and enjoy a journey through the same glorious English countryside which Jane Austen experienced for herself nearly two hundred years ago.

JANE AUSTEN'S WORKS

In her short life Jane Austen wrote six novels; ‘Sense & Sensibility’, ‘Pride & Prejudice’, ‘Northanger Abbey’, ‘Mansfield Park’, ‘Emma’, and ‘Persuasion’. These well loved English classics may have once been regarded as the province of the literature student, but due to recent film and television productions they have gained mass following on both sides of the Atlantic.

This DVD explores the development of Jane Austen’s style, her bright sparkling wit and her unforgettable characters. See the places Jane wrote about as they are today, from the tranquillity of Chatsworth House in Derbyshire, to the hustle and bustle of London with its shops, theatres and Royal Palaces. Then step back into the world of Regency Society, preserved for all time in the work of Jane Austen.


JANE AUSTEN'S SOCIETY

Jane Austen lived in a dramatically exciting period of English history. Although her six novels are more concerned with the manners of courtship, marriage and money than social change and political intrigue of the time, there is a background steeped in Regency atmosphere.

This DVD explores the society which Jane Austen was very happy to be part of, looking beyond her novels to her sharp witty correspondence with her sister Cassandra, giving us Jane’s personal impression of life at the turn of the eighteenth and nineteenth century.