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Guardian - Steven Morris
Sep 10From wood engravings to Colin Firth: new exhibition depicts the stories of Jane Austen
Bath museum celebrates varied ways illustrators of author’s work and adapters of her novels have portrayed her characters through history
For the 21st-century Jane Austen fan, the images of Colin Firth’s Mr Darcy in the beloved BBC series Pride of Prejudice or Anya Taylor-Joy’s big-screen portrayal of Emma may be the first to leap to mind.
But an exhibition opening in Bath celebrates the varied ways illustrators of Austen’s work and adapters of her novels have depicted some of her most cherished characters.
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