speaking of tearjerkers, I just watched the second 2 hours of the BBC adaptation of JANE EYRE on Masterpiece Theatre. The only person in the cast I recognized was Maggie Smith's son Toby as Mr Rochester, but I loved the actress playing Jane. I've never read the novel, but I've seen at least two other versions - Orson Wells, George C Scott - and I don't ever recall Jane's finding she has cousins after her uncle's death. Usually they tie up the plot after the aborted wedding and the madwoman in the attic as quickly as possible. What a weepy ending. I loved it.
And then, the previews for the Jane Austen festival beginning next week with the new adaptation of PERSUASION. Yay!