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1) 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.
3) 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.
5) 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
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.
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.
9) 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...
10) 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.
12) Venus
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Maurice and Ian are successful, but aging actors. The two are close friends whose conversation generally revolves around theatrical shop talk and the infirmities of other aging actors. Ian is fearful that death is right around the corner, so he agrees to let his niece's daughter, Jessie, move in to his flat to care for him. Jessie is a modern woman in her early twenties. She turns out to be a nightmare for Ian, especially since she is a hard-drinking,...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
2 blu-rays (322 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Georgian England, where affairs of the heart are an exquisite game, and marriage the ultimate prize. But Elizabeth Bennet spirited, independent, and one of five unmarried sisters, is determined to wed for love, not money or privilege. Featuring over an hour of never-before-seen bonus features.
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (ca. 582 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follows the relationship of two contrasting communities: Lark Rise, a small hamlet gently holding onto the past, and Candleford, a neighboring market town bustling into the future. When young Laura Timmins leaves Lark Rise for a job at the Candleford post office, she discovers an eye-opening, exciting new world. In the face of scandals and feuds, she must leave her childhood behind.
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (174 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve when she falls in love with the charming but unsuitable John Willoughby, ignoring her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behavior leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Elinor, sensitive to social convention, struggles to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Will the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness...
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 118 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story of the five Bennett sisters living in early 19th century England. Their mother is scheming to make prestigious marriages for them. Focuses on Elizabeth Bennett, who mistakenly finds the rich Mr. Darcy an oaf, even as he sets all the other fair maidens' hearts aflutter.
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (5hrs. 22min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story of lively and rebellious Elizabeth Bennet, one of five unmarried daughters living in the countryside of nineteenth-century England, in a world where an advantageous marriage is a woman's sole occupation.
18) As you like it
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 127 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Rosalind is the daughter of banished Duke Senior and is being raised at the court of Duke Frederick, with her cousin Celia. She falls in love with a young man named Orlando, but she is banished by Duke Frederick, who threatens death if she comes near the court again. Celia goes with Rosalind. Disguised as the boy Ganymede, Rosalind enters the forest of Arden. Upon their arrival in the forest, they happen upon Orlando and his manservant, who are fleeing...
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