Watch Northanger Abbey on MASTERPIECE Classic airing February 14, 2010 on PBS. Check local listings for air times.
Catherine Morland (Felicity Jones, Meadowlands) has an ordinary life and a feverish imagination. When she gets invited to Bath, Catherine is immersed in a world of elaborate balls and handsome men. When one suitor takes her to his family estate, Northanger Abbey, Catherine becomes mired in a world of fact and fantasy. Is there a dark mystery behind the locked doors of Northanger Abbey? Why has her budding romance suddenly been cut short? Also starring JJ Feild, Andrew Davies adapts Austen's gentle parody of gothic fiction.
Visit PBS for an more about Northanger Abbey, including a video with the screenwriter and a look at Austen's most dashing male characters.
Persuasion (Encore Presentation)
Sunday, February 21, 2010, 9pm
One 90-minute episode
Sally Hawkins plays Jane Austen's Anne Elliot, a woman destined for spinsterhood after refusing a proposal eight years earlier. Then her spurned suitor reappears.
Discover Pride and Pejudice dressed in a fierce design by acclaimed fashion illustrator Ruben Toledo.
See the other titles in the couture-inspired collection: Wuthering Heights and The Scarlet Letter.
Alan Walker, our Senior Director of Academic Marketing & Sales, volunteered to start an ambitious marathon to read one book by an author per letter of the alphabet. Here are Alan's latest blog posts on reading classically.
