DVD box of special edition of Pride and Prejudice.

DVD box of special edition of Pride and Prejudice.

BBC/A&E,

1995.

Directed by Simon Langton. Written by Andrew Davies.

This six-hour BBC Television production starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle first aired in 1995. Although Austen did not write the now legendary scene in which Lizzie confronts a drenched Darcy (that was Davies’s creation), this standout “wet shirt” moment from the production continues to galvanize Austen fans three decades on.

Signed by Andrew Davies. Show beside a Mr. Darcy paper doll greeting card, 2013.