My friends and I have been waiting anxiously for the revamped Masterpiece series on PBS, due in large part to the Austen themed kickoff. The Masterpiece: Classic season began this past Sunday night, with an adaptation of Persuasion. Now, to show my age and the fact that I grew up without cable, I remember when Masterpiece: Classic and Masterpiece: Mystery were completely separate entities-Mystery (on Thursday nights in the area I grew up in) with it's very spooky opening animation sequence and Masterpiece Theatre (on Sundays) with its distinctive theme, which then inspired the very cute Monsterpiece Theatre. Regardless of the fact that they were separated by genre, many episodes had their origins from well-known novels, short stories, and plays. . For more information on the various stories shown on Masterpiece Theatre, visit the archives. If you liked Persuasion, here are some other books you may wish to read.
Jane Austen, Emma
Jane Austen, Mansfield Park
Jane Austen, Northaner Abbey
Jane Austen, Persuasion
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility
Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre
Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights
Charles Dickens, Bleak House
Charles Dickens, The Old Curiousity Shop
Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
George Eliot, Silas Marner
Elizabeth Gaskell, Cranford
Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native
Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D’Urbervilles
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