Agreed! I particularly enjoyed "Persuasion".
"The Duchess of Dalrymple! Pray that she does not snub us!"
For me, reading Jane Austen is tiresome. I'm forever thinking, "Get to the point!!" I have the same reaction reading Thomas Hardy. I've truly enjoyed the film and video adaptations of her work, though, with "Persuasion" being my favorite. I also liked "Sense and Sensibility" and thought Emma Thompson deserved the Oscar for her Screenplay adaptation of the work.
We're fixing to get "Emma" from Netflix, and I'm looking forward to seeing that again. I'll have to see if Netflix has "Persuasion". I just love Ciaran Hinds, and particularly enjoyed his portrayal of Rochester in "Jane Eyre" for TV a few years back.