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How Hollywood rewrote Jane Austen for a slushy ending.

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From: The Daily Mail (London, England)
Date: 20051115
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SHE IS universally acknowledged to be one of the cleverest writers of all time.

But Hollywood moguls think they can do a better job than Jane Austen.

So they added an extra scene to the end of the new version of Pride and Prejudice.

The extended finale, now being shown in U.S. cinemas, takes place after Keira Knightley's Elizabeth Bennet has married her Mr Darcy.

In a scene critics say has all the class of a daytime soap, the couple stand, bathed in moonlight, on their bedroom balcony.

Between kisses Darcy, played by Matthew MacFadyen, murmurs 'Mrs Darcy, ...

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