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Fri 08 Aug 2007Classic journeyTV director Joe Wright brought style and a bit of gritty realism to his hit adapation of Pride & Prejudice. As a follow-up, he's tackling another literary heavyweight, though of more recent vintage, writes Donald ClarkeWhen three years ago, Joe Wright set out to direct his agreeably grubby adaptation of Pride & Prejudice, he could expect a certain degree of accommodation from the Jane Austen appreciation tendency. After all, if his P&P were not up to scratch, there would, surely, be another one along in a few minutes.