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2) Persuasion
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (225 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Adaptation of Jane Austen's novel about lost and found love. Anne is persuaded to reject a proposition of marriage from the man she loves due to his lack of fortune. Years later she is made the offer again.
Publisher
British Broadcasting Corporation
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (240 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When the beautiful and innocent Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles and seek a portion of their family fortune, meeting the manipulative Alec proves to be her downfall.
4) Jane Eyre
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003?]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The harshly treated orphan girl, Jane Eyre, becomes a governess in a mysterious Yorkshire mansion and falls in love with the master of the house.
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (174 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
BBC mini-series adaptation of Jane Austen's story of love. Two sisters find themselves in poor financial state and unsuitable for a proper marriage. Through hardship and heartbreak they find true love.
6) Emma
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (270 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An adaptation of Jane Austen's novel about Emma Woodhouse, a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people's affairs. She is perpetually trying to unite men and women who are utterly wrong for each other. Despite her interest in romance, Emma is clueless about her own feelings, and her relationship with Mr. Knightly.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (260 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
British humor at its finest! The tale of two formidable ladies as they vie for social supremacy in their provincial 1920s town, which overflows with snootiness, low cunning schemes, and a rivalry that won't end.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (312 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Fanny is an impoverished young woman, snubbed by society, who earns the respect and love of her cousin in this BBC mini-series adaptation of the Jane Austen classic set in 19th century England.
11) Straw dogs
Series
Publisher
Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A young mathematician, David Summer, and his English wife, Amy, move to a Cornish village, seeking the quiet life. But beneath the seemingly peaceful isolation of the village lies a savagery and violence that could destroy the couple.
Description
In her mid-thirties, still single and still being set up with dates by her mom, Bridget decides she needs to make a change in her life. She falls for her boss who uses her and then dumps her. In the meantime, Bridget keeps running into the divorced guy her mom tried to set her up with, and he happens to be ex-friends with her boss. She uses her diary as a confessional and she begins to wonder if she will ever find true love.
13) Mansfield Park
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 DVD (86 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Fanny Price goes to live with prosperous relatives at Mansfield Park and must navigate a labyrinth of intrigues and affairs among the occupants of the house.
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
1 DVD (180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Tess Durbeyfield is a luminous beauty who is violated by one man and forsaken by another, but she refuses to remain a victim. Her struggle to endure despite the abandonment of her true love, and despite her desperate attempt to attain happiness, propels Tess toward a tragic end.
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (260 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
British humor at its finest! The tale of two formidable ladies as they vie for social supremacy in their provincial 1920s town, which overflows with snootiness, low cunning schemes, and a rivalry that won't end.
16) Emma
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (121 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Emma Woodhouse is a young woman who, having engineered the marriage of her companion, turns her attention toward making a match for the local vicar and her new protege?e, Harriet Smith. Her one voice of reason and restraint is Mr. Knightley, who has known her since she was a child and who watches her behaviour with wry amusement and sometimes with real anger. Emma presides over the small provincial world of Highbury with enthusiasm, but she will find...
18) The Forsyte saga
Series
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (ca. 426 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Drama of the family life and loves of an upper-middle-class Victorian English family.
19) Mansfield Park
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When Fanny Price is sent away to live with her rich cousins, she's meant to learn the ways of proper society but manages to enlighten them as well.
Publisher
British Broadcasting Corp
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (300 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Description
The story of lively and rebellious Elizabeth, one of five unmarried daughters living in the countryside of 19th century England, in a world where an advantageous marriage is a woman's sole occupation.
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