Pumpkinpuddy’s Reviews > Classic British Fiction: Jane Austen's complete works, all 8 of her novels plus 3 books about her in a single file > Status Update

Finished Mansfield Park. Boy is that different from the movie. Some of the major plot points are the same, but some of the characterizations of people are different, and the whole thing with Tom's illness is completely different in the book.

I've seen at least 6 different movie versions of this, and the Colin Firth version is the most faithful to the book. The only major thing left out is that Lizzie visits Jane on her way to and from the Collins', but nothing of note is really happens during those visits so it makes sense it was left out. There were some other concessions to it being a movie, but nothing major.

I'm currently re-reading Sense and Sensibility. It's been so long since I read it, I'd forgotten how different it is from any of the movie versions. I guess they'll all be like that.