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Imagining Jane Austen’s Heroines (with period portraits)
10 responses to “Imagining Jane Austen’s Heroines (with period portraits)”
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When I first read P&P, I imagined Jane as brunette and Elizabeth as blonde. I was quite put out, at first, by the actors they chose for the 1995 mini-series. 😉
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Interesting! I watched P&P 2005 first so I imagined them the same way as most adaptations, but I like in 1980 that their hair colour is reversed.
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I always thought Elizabeth dark haired and Jane lighter haired. The pictures made for a fun post! I like the look on the girl sketching she looks like she is thinking about what to draw!lol She fits the description though she is simply pretty. The others seem to fit their characters too.
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Thank you! I spent a lot of time searching for portraits that seemed to fit the characters.
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I really enjoyed this article, very much! Loved all the illustrations. The one of Catherine Moreland was especially moving for me. Thank you!
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Thanks 🙂 I really liked that one I paired with Catherine, a very nice portrait.
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The portrait for Anne kinda looks like Jennifer Ehle!
I also imagine the heroines as the paitings on the covers of my books so Emma would be a brunette and Elinor and Marianne would be blonde.
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It does look like her a bit!
Oh nice! I love when the cover matches with my idea of the character inside.
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I’ve always imagined Jane as Mrs Christopher Horton, duchess of Cumberland as the edition of the book I’ve read had this cover. And Elizabeth was blonde… but I’m not sure, as I read P&P, not much attentively, when I was 13 years old, before watching the BBC 1995 adaptation and then rereading the book, which made me imagine the characters differently.
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That’s a very nice portrait!
The adaptations can definitely influence how we see the characters. I watched 2005 first, so I didn’t have a chance to imagine them on my own.
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