Author: Sue Birtwistle,
Susie Conklin
Genre: Making-of
My rating
on a 1-10 scale: 9
Type: Non-fiction
Number of
pages: 117
My overall
opinion: If you love the 1995 Pride
and Prejudice, you’re going to want to get your hands on this book! I
really have enjoyed reading it again and again. It’s got all kinds of fun
details about hair and makeup and filming (did you know that one of the few
actors who didn’t have a wig was Susannah Harker, who played Jane? But she did
have two and a half feet cut off the front, since long hair in the front wasn’t
in back then). There are also plenty of pictures of many things – the
locations, the costumes, the material used in them. And of course, lots from
the filming! Including some special behind-the-scenes shots that you don’t see
very often online! It also includes an interview with Colin Firth about being
Mr. Darcy. There is a cast list (with pictures of the actors, though not all), and some quotes from the actors too.
Altogether a very fun and helpful book! It’s worth buying.