From wood engravings to Colin Firth: new exhibition depicts the stories of Jane Austen

<p>Bath museum celebrates varied ways illustrators of author’s work and adapters of her novels have portrayed her characters through history</p><p>For the 21st-century Jane Austen fan, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/mar/25/mr-darcy-colin-firth-white-shirt-lake-scene-jane-austen-exhibition">the images of Colin Firth’s Mr Darcy</a> in the beloved BBC series Pride and Prejudice or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/feb/14/emma-review-jane-austen-anya-taylor-joy">Anya Taylor-Joy’s big-screen portrayal of Emma</a> may be the first to leap to mind.</p><p>But an exhibition opening in Bath celebrates the varied ways illustrators of Austen’s work and adapters of her novels have depicted some of her most cherished characters.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/sep/10/from-wood-engravings-to-colin-firth-new-exhibition-depicts-the-stories-of-jane-austen">Continue reading...</a>