Romola Garai as Emma. Photo Credit: PBS/ Masterpiece Classics.

Did you miss the latest adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma?  Never fear, as PBS.org has all three episodes available free, for online viewing: Watch Emma online| Masterpiece | PBS.  Important note: Emma will only be available online until Tuesday, March 9, 2010, Eastern time.  Go watch it now.

Emma Woodhouse (Romola Garai) & Mr. Knightly (Jonny Lee Miller). Photo Credit: PBS.

Vlada from ‘Staying In’ recently tweeted exciting news for Jane Austen fans.  A new three-part adaptation of Emma premieres on January 24th, 2010, and will be airing on Sunday nights through February 7th on Masterpiece (PBS).  PBS.org offers the following description:

A fresh and fiercely funny new three-part adaptation of Jane Austen’s comic masterpiece, starring Romola Garai (Atonement) as the “handsome, clever and rich” Emma Woodhouse, a young woman who dominates her small provincial world of Highbury. Misguidedly believing that she is a skilled matchmaker, Emma repeatedly attempts to pair up her friends, often with dire results. Jonny Lee Miller (Endgame, Eli Stone) plays Mr. Knightley, Emma’s shrewd and attractive neighbor, and Michael Gambon (Cranford) is her affectionate, neurotic father.

It probably won’t be better than Clueless, but what Emma adaptation could be?  I’m only half joking (OK, I’m not joking at all).  Also, yes, Dumbledore is going to play Mr. Woodhouse.  That should be fun.  To read the original description, and watch a short trailer of the piece, click here: Masterpiece | Emma | PBS.