We love a good Jane Austen movie, we do. Credit: Mashable composite: Hulu / Focus Features / Universal / Alex Bailey / Working Title / Pathe Ltd / Paramount It is a truth universally acknowledged ...

and is credited with boosting the popularity of other Jane Austen works and inspiring new adaptations in the US. Sense and Sensibility is now available to stream for free on BBC iPlayer.

sign up for our free email newsletter. Miss Austen weaves a bit of intrigue through its flashbacks and scenes of Cassandra’s later life, raising questions: Why didn’t Jane or Cassandra marry?