Yet no work of Jane Austen reached the big screen before 1940's Pride and Prejudice – which, though highly popular, was the last Austen film for a long period. ... Following the 1995 Persuasion, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, and two more Emmas, all before the end of 1996. ... Emma Thompson spent five years translating Jane Austen's work to the screen. ... In the process of dramatization, there is inevitably a certain amount of re-accentuation and refocusing of themes, characters, and plot. ... The amount of light and its style express the theme and mood of a film...

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