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Publisher
Binge Box
Pub. Date
2020
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (ca. 573 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Fall in love with these classic love stories. Titles included: Pride & Prejudice, Casablanca, Wuthering Heights, Sense and Sensibility and To Have and Have Not.
Publisher
BBC Video
Language
English
Description
Story of two sisters attempting to find happiness in the tightly structured society of 19th century England. Elinor, disciplined, restrained and very conscious of the manners of the day, represents sense. Outspoken, impetuous, emotional Marianne represents sensibility. Attracted to a man already promised to another, Elinor suffers silently to keep scandal away from her family. Marianne enjoys a flirtation with a handsome scoundrel that could lead...
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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
Binge Box
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs : Pride & Prejudice. Little Women. Crazy Rich Asians. The Help.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Enjoy 4 popular movies based on novels.
Titles included: Pride & Prejudice. Little Women. Crazy Rich Asians. The Help.
Publisher
British Broadcasting Corp
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (240 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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.
7) Emma
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Emma Woodhouse imagines that she dominates those around her in the small town of Highbury, but her matchmaking creates problems for herself and others.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
[Widescreen edition].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 181 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Following the banning of his earlier novel, The Rainbow, D.H. Lawrence shocked his audience yet again with Women in Love. Combining elements of both novels, this adaptation focuses on the lives of two sisters, Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen, as they struggle with their own loves, desires, passions, and relationships with two friends, Rupert Birkin and Gerald Crich. As Ursula and Birkin's friendship and love develop, Gudrun and Gerald's stormy and destructive...
10) Persuasion
Language
English
Description
When Anne Elliot turned down Captain Wentworth's proposal of marriage, she allowed herself to be persuaded by her snobbish family's conviction of his unworthiness. But now, after a separation of eight years, Anne Elliot and Captain Wentworth are to meet again and the tables have turned. Her former lover's fortunes have prospered and he is now returned from a career at sea both eligible and affluent. Anne's father, Sir Walter Elliot of Kellynch Hall,...
11) Venus
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Maurice is a successful but aging actor who sees something in Jessie, a brash young girl; namely, a potential for humanity which blossoms under his kindness and gentle guidance. For Maurice, something else blossoms as well - romantic love for a girl fifty years younger.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 351 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Newcomer Gabriel Cochrane arrive in Candleford with a vendetta against the evil banker Steerforth, who he feels has tricked him into losing his business. Elsewhere, Dorcas makes an ill-judged intervention, Minnie becomes worried that Alfie might fall out of love with her, and Emma is left in a precarious financial position.
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs in 2 separate volumes (DVD) (approximately 582 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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
British Broadcasting Corp
Pub. Date
2001.
Edition
Special edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 300 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet
Language
English
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.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Edition
Keepsake edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (506 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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.
16) Emma
Language
English
Description
"Twenty-one-year-old Emma Woodhouse loves playing matchmaker. When pretty and socially inferior Harries arrives, Emma decides to indulge her passion. Against the advice of family friend and surrogate older brother Mr. Knightly, Emma persuades Harries to reject a marriage proposal from a local farmer in order to hold out for an offer from the dashing Mr. Elton. But Emma soon discovers Mr. Elton's true motives and her advice to Harriet goes terribly...
17) Emma
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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 protegée, 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...
19) Mansfield Park
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (312 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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.
20) Mansfield Park
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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.
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