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FewwritersareasreveredasJaneAusten.AccordingtoapollinMarch,PrideandPreju-dice-aromancewithoutasinglekiss--isthebookBritonslovemost.Austenadaptationsabound:theBBCisfilminganewversionofSenseandSensibilitywrittenbyAndrewDavies,whose1995PrideandPrejudicewasaglobalsuccess,
andITVhasjustshownthreeofherotherfivenovels,
ButJaneites,astheauthor'smostaviddevoteesstylethemselves,havefewrelicstoworship.Mostofherletterswereburnedonherdeath,andasinglesketchbyhersister,Cassandra,showing
herpurse-lippedandinhernight-cap,istheonlygenerallyacknowledgedimageofherface.Thatpicture,nowhangingintheNationalPortraitGalleryinLondon,depictsawomansoplainthatitisoftenreworkedforbook
covers.
ThatisperhapswhytherehasbeensomuchinterestinaportraitbyOziasHumphrey,aminorsocietyartistofthe18thcentury,whichwasauctionedinNewYorkonApril19thbyChristie's.
Accordingtoitsowner,HenryRice,asixth-generationdescendantofMissAusten'sbrotherEdward.itshowsJaneatabout14.andwascommissionedbyagreat-uncletohelphermarriageprospects.
NoteveryoneisconvincedthatthepictureisinfactofMissAusten.TheNationalPortraitGalleryhasrepeatedlydeclinedtopurchaseit.citingsupposedanachronismsinthesubject'scostumeand
ataxstamponthecanvas.Itspre-auctionvaluationreflectedthisuncertainty:although$400.000-800,000isfarmorethananyofMr.Humphrey'sworkshasachievedbeforenow.abuyerwhobelievedhewaslookingatMissAustenwouldsurelybepreparedtopaymore.
ThedoubtsexpressedinLondonareonereasonwhytheportraitwassoldinNewYork.AnotheristhatAmericansareaskeenonMissAustenasBritonsare.TheBBC'sPrideandPrejudicewasco-producedbyA&E,anAmericancablechannel,andanothersuchchannel,HBO.co-fi-nancedITV'sadaptations.VersionsofherbooksforthebigscreenhavereliedonAmericancashandnotafewAmericanactors.
Attheheartofeachofthenovelsisaheroineandamarriage.Butunlikeherheroines,MissAustenremainedsingle,andsomewonderwhetherthatsour-facedsketchbyhersistertellsuswhy.BecomingJane,arecentHollywoodproduction,presentsadifferent,highlyspeculative,explanation:abeautifulgirlhasherheartbrokenbyaflightyIrishman
andturnstowritingforsolace.
MissAustenherselfratedherheroines'otherattributesmorehighlythantheirlooks,onwhichsherarelyspendsmorethanafewunspecificwords.Therestaredevotedtowhatthesewomenthink
andsay,whichisalsowhatmattersmostaboutJaneAusten.
Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue? A.Britonsdonotenjoystorieswithlotsofromanticdetails.
B.DavieswroteanovelofthesametitlewithoneofAusten's.
C.AustenhasbeenhighlyrespectedinBritain.
D.SenseandSensibilityproducedbyBBCwasaninstanthit.
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