Jane Austen wrote about how women depended on marriage in order to find favorable social standing an economic freedom. How cool!
That's interesting. I saw Pride and Prejudice, which I think was based on one of her novels. She was very progressive for her time.
(starting in 1940), television (starting in 1938), and professional theatre (starting in 1901), with adaptations varying greatly in their faithfulness to the original.
Books and scripts that use the general storyline of Austen's novels but change or otherwise modernise the story also became popular at the end of the 20th century. For example, "Clueless" (1995), Amy Heckerling's updated version of "Emma", which takes place in Beverly Hills, became a cultural phenomenon and spawned its own television
Jane Austen
Jane Austen (; 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage in the pursuit of favourable social standing and economic security. Her works critique the novels of sensibility of the second half of the 18th century and are part of the transition to 19th-century literary realism. Her use of biting