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June 16, 2004

Sweeping Romances & Romance @ the Movies Lists

In Sweeping Romances "Read the original stories that inspired some of the greatest romantic movies of all time." In Romance @ the Movies find a selection of the "greatest romantic movies" of all time that are based on books.

Emma
Emma Woodhouse is a young woman who, having engineered the marriage of her companion, turns her attention toward making a match for the local vicar and her new protegee, Harriet Smith. Her one voice of reason and restraint is Mr. Knightly, who has known her since she was a child and who watches her behaviour with wry amusement and sometimes with real anger. Emma presides over the small provincial world of Highbury with enthusiasm, but she will find it is all too easy to confuse good intentions with self-gratification. Directed by Douglas McGrath. Starring Gwyneth Paltrow. Based on the book Emma by Jane Austen. See also: Clueless.