The Nineteenth-Century English Novel
Films
"He had no fortune, no connections. It was entirely
prudent of you to reject him."
(Susan Fleetwood as Lady Russell)
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Roger Michell's Persuasion
(1995)
"Better to be without sense than misapply it as
you do."
(Jeremy Northam as Mr. Knightly)
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Douglas McGrath's Emma
(1996)
"Okay, so you're probably going, 'Is this a Noxzema
commercial or what?' But
actually, I have a way normal
life!"
(Alicia Silverstone as Cher)
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Amy Heckerling's Clueless
(1995)
Kenneth Branagh's Frankenstein
(1994)
William Hurt as Mr. Rochester: "Do you think me
handsome?"
Charlotte Gainsbourg as Jane: "No sir."
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Franco Zeffirelli's Jane
Eyre (1996)
Ethan Hawke as Finn: "Are you with anyone?"
Gwyneth Paltrow as Estella: "I'm here, aren't
I?"
Finn: "I mean, like . . ."
Estella: "Like a steady boyfreind?"
Finn: "Yes."
Estella: "No"
"I know plenty of dingy people. I don't want to know any more."
(John Malkovich as Gilbert Osmond)
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"They say you are a man of good . . . taste."
(Gary Oldman as Dracula)
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Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula
(1992)
