Netflix period drama that 'brings classic Jane Austen story back to life' gets beautiful trailer

The first trailer for Netflix's anticipated Pride and Prejudice adaptation has finally arrived. The new version of Jane Austen's classic story sees Emma Corrin take on the role of Elizabeth Bennet, reuniting with The Crown co-star Olivia Colman as mother Mrs Bennet.

Ahead of its release on 3 December, the beautiful preview gives a taste of the Bennet family, as Lizzy and sister Jane (Freya Mavor) muse on their futures.

Mrs Bennet says the book's iconic opening line: "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife," before we are also introduced to Jack Lowden's Mr Darcy.

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As well as the growing tensions between Lizzy and Darcy, there are also looks at Daryl McCormack's Charles Bingley, Louis Partridge's George Wickham and Jamie Demetriou's hapless William Collins, as well as Fiona Shaw as Lady Catherine de Bourgh and Rufus Sewell's Mr Bennet.

The new version comes from Dolly Alderton, who Netflix teased "faithfully brings Jane Austen’s iconic story back to life for audiences that cherish it, whilst inspiring a new generation to fall in love with it for the first time".

"Pride and Prejudice is such a timeless story because of the emotions in the book; they are as pertinent now as they were in 1812," Alderton said.

"Embarrassment of your family, fear that you’re going to get left behind, fear that the world is not going to be a safe place for your children as it was for you, mortification that you judged someone incorrectly or that you had been misjudged. We go to that book to see our hearts reflected in it."

She added of including the famous line on the preview: "I always knew that I wanted it to be the opening line of the trailer, not only because I think it’s so relatable to women now who are looking to find the right partner and looking to find love, who are resentful of how much time it takes over their schedule and their brain, but also because it captures how much Lizzy is a character who’s working things out as she goes along."

The show writer previously revealed that Corrin and Colman left the crew "sobbing" during one scene during the production's final days.

Pride and Prejudice streams on Netflix from 3 December.

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