Austen died in 1817, at age forty-one, from Addison's disease. ... Emma, which appeared in 1816, was the last novel published during Austen's lifetime. (Northanger Abbey and Persuasion appeared posthumously.) ... Some consider Emma Austen's best and most representative novel. ... Nor do we know how harshly Austen expects us to judge Emma's behavior. ...
Austen published four more novels: Mansfield park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion. The period Austen lived was particularly stratified. ... In her work, Austen is often critical of the assumptions and prejudices of upper class. ... And the author focuses on the themes of love, reputation and class. ... After reading this novel, I found that reputation and class, which are very closely related to each other in this novel plays an important role besides the theme of love. ...
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...
