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Northanger Abbey/Persuasion
12 NOON/2PM, DRAMA
Two feature-length Austen tales from the BBC, starting with a 1986 version of the author’s first completed novel, the Gothic Northanger Abbey, with Peter Firth (left). Then, Amanda Root stars in a 1995 adaptation of Austen’s last completed novel – a story of lost love.