Biography of jane austen youtube trailer

It is a truth known to only me, but now universally, that I spent days trying to think of a clever, fresh way to start this piece about Jane Austen film and television adaptations with an “It is a truth universally acknowledged” bit, and in the end this is all I came up with, and for that I apologize.

Over the past several decades, Jane Austen, who wrote six novels before her death in at the age of 41, has essentially become the Lady Shakespeare. Her work is endlessly adapted in all sorts of ways; her stories and characters inspire many storytellers consciously and, sometimes, perhaps, subconsciously. Her influence, despite her comparatively tiny body of work, is palpable, especially in film and television. Austen perfected the will-they-or-won’t-they dynamic and the love-hate dynamic, and she opened up the world to the female experience in a so