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The novel Sense and Sensibility was truly a masterpiece. Written by Jane Austen this ironic love story has captured the heart of readers for years. The popularity of Austen as a novelist can now be experienced through remove. This hold back has been adapted into various screenplays, including one by Emma Thompson. Another recital of the film was done by the BBC. Perhaps it is the manner in which it was filmed, the character choices or other aspects of the films that make them so different. Though they be based upon the analogous novel it is to be sure that the Emma Thompson version will preserve Austens talent in the world of film.      The Emma Thompson version can be rise spoken of in that its greatest strength is its ability to preserve and turn over the subtleties of womens life two centuries ago, of human feelings, of passion and reserve, and of wit and irony which are so essential in Austens books. The movie is, therefore, a rather weighed down piec e of work, which shows a great deal of devotion to it on the discriminate of those involved in its making. Every detail (scenery, costumes, period "accessories", etc.) is carefully considered and is an organic part of the whole, so one watching it really has the feeling of be carried back to the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries.     Though the earlier version done by the BBC is much longer and truer to the novel it is with great pains. The playacting is rather stiff as is the di...