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Series
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 190 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The most autobiographical of Dickens' works, David Copperfield often echoes the writer's own life. It tells a moving story of David's journey from birth to maturity, a journey which inextricably links his life with some of Dickens' most colorful and extraordinary families.
Series
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A mother and her three Edwardian children move to a country house in Yorkshire after the mysterious disappearance of their father. The children become fascinated by a nearby train and their kindness helps them befriend an older gentleman who may be able to solve the mystery of their missing father.
Series
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A vivid adaptation of Charles Dickens' powerful story of a young orphan boy who is released from his apprenticeship by a mysterious benefactor to be educated in London.
9) Oliver Twist
Series
Publisher
WGBH
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (approximately 360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Oliver is a penniless orphan at the Parish Workhouse. After he is forced by the other boys to ask for more food, he is sold as an apprentice to a miserly undertaker. He runs away and is taken in by Fagin, a thief who is in league with a murderous pair determined to see that Oliver never inherits the fortune he deserves. Life twists and turns again for Oliver, landing him in alternately dangerous and hopeful circumstances.
Series
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When the dreary English weather of 1935 gets to be too much for the eccentric Durrell family, they set off for the rustic, sun-drenched Greek island of Corfu, and the unknown.
12) Cranford
Series
Masterpiece Theatre volume Masterpiece Classics
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (291 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Cranford, in 1842, is a market town in northwest England. It is a place governed by etiquette, custom and above all, an intricate network of ladies. It seems that life has always been conducted according to their social rules. For spinsters Deborah Jenkyns, the arbiter of correctness, and Matty, her dumurring sister, the town is a hub of intrigue. Handsome new doctor Frank Harrison has arrived from London; a retired Captain and his daughters move...
Series
Publisher
Playaway View
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 video media player (approximately 90 min.) : digital, sound, color ; 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.
Language
English
Description
Mole, Water Rat, Badger, and Mr. Toad pursue merry adventures in a charming adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's magical tale of animals who behave like Edwardian gentlemen in a world gone slightly mad.
14) King Charles III
Series
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Adapted from the stage play, this is an examination of contemporary Britain, part political thriller, part family drama. Prince Charles has waited his entire life to ascend to the British throne. But after the Queen's death, he immediately finds himself wrestling his conscience over a bill to signed into law. His hesitation results in a constitutional and political crisis and William and Kate start to worry. WIth the future of the monarchy under threat,...
Series
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 310 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Set in the same 1850s [that is, 1880s] London society that gave rise to Jack the Ripper, this British detective drama features a fearless, independent heroine ... With her inquisitive mind, Miss Eliza Scarlet has always been more interested in running her late father's detective agency than behaving like a proper lady, much to the chagrin of family friend Inspector William Wellington of Scotland Yard ... also known as The Duke. But nothing has prepared...
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