Jane Austen could be really quite unkind.
Take, for example, poor old Mary Bennet.
Well, unremarkable no more!
Pride and Prejudice(2005)
Unlike her sisters, Mary isnt your typical period drama heroine, itreads.
Writer Sarah Quintrell said how excited she was to work on this upcoming period drama.
I grew up an awkward, anxious teen, getting everything wrong…watching the BBCs wonderful Austen adaptations.
Mary Bennet is largely forgotten inPride and Prejudice, spending much of the novel watching on from the sidelines as her sister Lizzie falls in love with Mr. Darcy. CouldThe Other Bennet Sisterbe about to reintroduce the only “plain” member of one of literature’s most iconic families?
No news on the casting just yet.
CouldThe Other Bennet Sisterbe about to reintroduce the only plain member of one of literature’s most iconic families?
Firth starred in the six-episode drama with Jennifer Ehle and Susannah Harker.
Mary Bennet is largely forgotten inPride and Prejudice, spending much of the novel watching on from the sidelines as her sister Lizzie falls in love with Mr. Darcy. CouldThe Other Bennet Sisterbe about to reintroduce the only “plain” member of one of literature’s most iconic families?
Clearly, there really is something about Mary.
This article first appeared onTatler.
