The Jane Austen BBC Collection : Pride and Prejudice / Sense and Sensibility / Mansfield Park / Northanger Abbey / Emma / Persuasion (9 Disc Box Set) [DVD]

I agree with the second review that is fantastic, although I don't own this particular boxset yet I have watched all of these exact films which this boxset contains and I think they are great to watch. I have watched some of the newer versions and I feel that the nes in this boxset are far better and this is coming from a 22 year old, however I do have a thing for history and especially period fashion and of course period dramas. I think this boxset would be a great buy for anyone interested in period drama.

After eagerly anticipating the arrival of my birthday present, I was horrified on opening this to find that the adaptations date back as far as 1972 (Emma) and the most recent are 1995 (Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion). I'm a huge fan of the '95 version of P&P starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle, but could have bought the 10th anniversary edition and saved myself money and a whole lot of disappointment. The older adaptations haven't stood up to the test of time; the acting style has dated, the sound quality is terrible, the colours washed out, and the camera work distracting. A further annoyance is that it wasn't possible to tell from the packaging that the versions were so old - I had to take the shrink-wrapping off (and thereby void my right to return) to find this out. Grrr.

I thing it deserves 3 stars, my wife thinks 5, I'm reviewing it so it gets 3! Well acted and not tooooooooo far from the book, too romcommish for me

Pride & Prejudice was excellent, rest of adaptations were very disappointing.

There is some variation concerning how interesting the stories (and their characters) are, so maybe you would like to buy them separately, even though this collection comes in a nice and practical case. Both the audio and subtitles in this case were in English only, despite the info., which also says Spanish.

Very good value for the money. Over 12 hours of fabulous period production from the BBC.Plus a few extras and information about Jane Austen and her life.

Apart from Jennifer Ehle and Colin firth in the best Pride and Prejudice ever.. The other dramatisations of jane austen were extremely dated

Films are classics , nice to keep