Jane Austen in the 1940 silver screen: screwball comedy, translation and manipulation. by Ricelly Jáder Bezerra da Silva

“…This article aims at analyzing the adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, first published in 1813, by the English author Jane Austen, to the eponymous film directed by Robert Z. Leonard in 1940. In her work, Austen presents a love story, however it contains a complex narrative structure which reveals and provokes the questioning of sociopolitical problems of Edwardian England. …”
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