Pride and Prejudice, contrasting the movie and the novel.

Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is an excellent burlesque on her society in particular it celebrates the ultimate triumph of romantic love over all impediments.
The novel is written in light, airy, sparkling prose and offers an unforgettable portrait of a particular society with all its charms and blemishes. The novel’s scenery is limited to well-appointed homes and estates, but its exploration of the human condition is unlimited. The 1995 BBC adaptation of the novel, and particularly the opening scene, follows the text verbatim, yet to visually enhance our enjoyment of the original text the film offers a version which is aesthetically pleasing, despite the relatively quick succession of visual images. Even with the demands of film requiring the establishment of character, context and visual augmentation, we leave the first ten minutes of the BBC recreation with the same message- both texts allow us to see a pitch-perfect piece of social commentary, brilliantly dissecting the i...