Jane Austen curated by Eileen Bach: Modern Adaptations

Emma's misguided attempts at matchmaking make a tangled mess of everyone's lives until she falls in love herself.

Call #: DVD F EMM
Published 2004
Interest Level: Young Adult

Fanny Price, a young girl of low social rank brought up on her wealthy relatives' countryside estate, feels the sharp sting of rejection when her cousin Edmund, the only person who treats her as an equal, is won over by a flirtatious, exciting city girl.

Call #: DVD F MAN
Published 2004
Interest Level: Young Adult

Young Catherine Morland's entry into nineteenth-century English society is attended by the collapse of many romantic illusions.

Call #: DVD F NOR
Published 2004
Interest Level: Young Adult

Anne Elliot, persuaded by family and friends that the charming and handsome Frederick Wentworth is not worthy of her regard, questions her decision to send him away until he returns seven years later, his circumstances much improved.

Call #: DVD F PER
Published 2004
Interest Level: Young Adult

In nineteenth-century England, Elizabeth Bennet, a strong-willed young woman with four unmarried sisters, refuses to consider marrying the rich but arrogant Mr. Darcy despite pressure to consider her family's future.

Call #: DVD F PRI v.1
Published 2001
Interest Level: Adult

The independent and strong-willed Elizabeth Bennet is one of five unmarried daughters, she refuses to consider marrying the rich, but arrogant Mr. Darcy.

Call #: DVD F PRI
Published 2004
Interest Level: Young Adult

A BBC production of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice," the story of two sisters of opposite temperaments in nineteenth-century England who come to a better understanding of each other after dealing with the joys and heartaches of romantic love.

Call #: DVD F SEN
Published 2004
Interest Level: Young Adult

An Indian woman sets out to find husbands for her four daughters, but conflict arises when one daughter says she will only marry for love, ignoring centuries of tradition and heritage.

Call #: DVD F BRI
Published 2004
Interest Level: Young Adult

A Beverly Hills high school girl is fond of sharing her vast store of wisdom on fashion and relationships with her less-knowledgeable acquaintances, but finds in the end that maybe she is the one who is clueless.

Call #: DVD F CLU
Published 2005
Interest Level: Young Adult

Nora and Mary's good life in Beverly Hills takes an unexpected turn after their father's fortune suddenly disappears and they must move in with an aunt on the other side of town.

Call #: DVD F PRA
Published 2011
Interest Level: Young Adult