How many ways can a young woman find true love amid the dinner parties, balls, carriage rides, picnics, and other picturesque opportunities to meet the opposite sex in turn-of-the-19th-century England? There are six transcendently satisfying scenarios, as told in a half-dozen enchanting novels by Jane Austen - one of the most beloved writers in all of literature.

For the first time on television, Austen fans can now sit down to a weekly feast of all of her immortal plots, presented by Masterpiece™ over the course of four months in beautifully acted, lavishly set, and gorgeously costumed adaptations. As a bonus, viewers will be treated to a new drama based on Austen's own bittersweet love life.

"The Complete Jane Austen" features all-new productions of "Persuasion," "Northanger Abbey," "Mansfield Park," and "Sense and Sensibility." The lineup also includes the acclaimed "Emma" starring Kate Beckinsale, and the Emmy Award-winning "Pride and Prejudice" that made Colin Firth a leading man.

"Persuasion"
Sunday, 11/23/08 from 10-11:30 p.m. ET
Friday, 11/28/08 from 2:30-4 a.m. ET
Sally Hawkins (Little Britain) appears as Anne Elliot, destined for spinsterhood at age 27 after being persuaded eight years earlier to refuse the proposal of dashing Captain Wentworth (Rupert Penry-Jones, "Casanova"). Then chance brings them together again. While her better days are past, his are definitely ahead, as he's now rich and free to play the field among eligible young beauties. Anthony Head ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer") co-stars as Anne's spendthrift father. Adapted by Simon Burke.

"Sense and Sensibility"
Sundays, 2/1-8/09 from 9-10:30 p.m. ET
Fridays, 2/6-13/09 from 2:30-4 a.m. ET
Hattie Morahan (The Golden Compass) plays levelheaded Elinor Dashwood and Charity Wakefield ("Jane Eyre") her impulsive sister Marianne. Though poor, they attract a trio of very promising gentlemen: soon-to-be wealthy Edward Ferrars (Dan Stevens, The Line of Beauty), heroic Colonel Brandon (David Morrissey, State of Play), and Byronic John Willoughby (Dominic Cooper, The History Boys). Adapted by Andrew Davies. Directed by John Alexander. Produced by Anne Pivcevic.