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Are you looking for a romantic period drama to snuggle up in front of? If so, this blog is for you!

Click on the title of the film to watch the full adaptations on YouTube! The period dramas are ordered by writer, title and year. There are several versions of most of them, which one is your favourite? If you are looking for anything in particular, look under "labels" to the left, for "feel-good" films or a particular writer.

The past few years, I have spent many mornings under a blanket with a cup of tea in my hands, watching these beautiful romantic stories. There is something about them that just lifts my spirits and inspires me.

Perhaps this site will help enthusiatic newcomers to more easily find what they are looking for! I have often reached a point where I thought there were no more period dramas left to watch, but so far I always manage to find just one more...

Enjoy!

10 November 2009

The Brontë Sisters: All Adaptations

THE BRONTË SISTERS


The Brontë sisters (pronounced /ˈbrɒnti/), Charlotte (21 April 1816 – 31 March 1855), Emily (30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848) and Anne (17 January 1820 – 28 May 1849), were English writers of the 1840s and 1850s. Their novels caused a sensation when they were first published and were subsequently accepted into the canon of great English literature.

JANE EYRE
by Charlotte Brontë

Jane Eyre 1934
with Colin Clive and Virginia Bruce












Jane Eyre 1944
with Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine















Jane Eyre 1970
with George C. Scott and Susannah York














Jane Eyre 1973
with Sorcha Cusack and Michael Jayston











Jane Eyre 1983
with Zelah Clarke and Timothy Dalton










Jane Eyre 1996
with William Hurt and Charlotte Gainsbourg










Jane Eyre 1997
with Ciaran Hinds and Samantha Morton













Jane Eyre 2006
with Ruth Wilson and Toby Stephens
 














WUTHERING HEIGHTS
by Emily Brontë

Wuthering Heights is Emily Brontë's only novel. It was first published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell, and a posthumous second edition was edited by her sister Charlotte.

Wuthering Heights 1939
with Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon














Wuthering Heights 1970
with Timothy Dalton and Anna Calder-Marshall










Wuthering Heights 1992
with Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche












Wuthering Heights 1998
with Orla Brady and Robert Cavanah










Wuthering Heights 2009
with Tom Hardy and Charlotte Riley












A new version starring Gemma Arterton and Ed Westwick will be out 2010.



THE TENANT OF WILDFELL HALL
by Anne Brontë

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 1968
with Janet Munro and Bryan Marshall

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 1996
with Toby Stephens and Tara Fitzgerald

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