PRIDE AND PREJUDICE IN FILM with John Wiltshire

2013 marks the bicentenary of the publication of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Jane Austen’s second novel, it was described by the author as her ‘own darling child’, and it remains perhaps the best-loved English novel of all time. It has been adapted for television many times, and twice for film. What do these versions tell us about the novel? Do they do it justice?

JOHN WILTSHIRE is Adjunct Professor at La Trobe University. He is the author of four books about Jane Austen, and has edited Mansfield Park for the authoritative Cambridge edition. His most recent publications are The Cinematic Jane Austen (2009) and The Making of Dr Johnson (2009). Hidden Jane Austen is forthcoming.

Keira Knightley - Greg Williams photoshoot for Pride & Prejudice (detail), 2005