Audible’s English-language adaptation of “Pride and Prejudice” releases in the U.S., U.K., Canada, India and Australia on Sept. 9, just a few months ahead of Austen’s birthday (Dec. 16, 1775).

Austen lends herself to movies: "Pride and Prejudice, "Emma," "Sense and Sensibility, "Mansfield Park," and "Northanger Abbey" have all been filmed, some of them multiple times.

The Pride and Prejudice series will be a period-faithful adaptation and closely follow the original text, per Tudum.. Austen's novel, which was released anonymously in 1813, tells the complex love ...