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1) Jane Eyre
Publisher
Alpha Video [distributor
Pub. Date
2003?]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (62 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Raised in a strict orphanage, Jane Eyre becomes a governess in a mysterious Yorkshire mansion, and falls in love with the master of the house. She doesn't question the mystery of the stranger living on the third floor until she hears tormented screams. After discovering the master's insane wife, Jane flees. When she returns, she learns of the terrible events that followed her departure.
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (174 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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.
Publisher
British Broadcasting Corp
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
Special ed., Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (300 min.) : sd., col. ; 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.
4) Persuasion
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (225 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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.
5) Emma
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (121 min.) : sd., col. ; 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 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...
6) Emma
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (270 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Keepsake edition; widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 blu-rays (322 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.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (312 min.) : sd., col. ; 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.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Standard version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 118 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (ca. 582 min.) : sd., col. ; 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.
12) As you like it
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 127 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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...
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Widescreen; completely digitally remastered.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (5hrs. 22min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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.
14) Emma
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 107 min.) : sound, color ; 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.
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 129 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Mr. Bennet is an English gentleman living in Hartfordshire with his overbearing wife and 5 daughters. There is the beautiful Jane, the clever Elizabeth, the bookish Mary, the immature Kitty and the wild Lydia. Unfortunately, if Mr. Bennet dies their house will be inherited by a distant cousin whom they have never met. The family's future happiness and security is dependent on the daughters making good marriages. Life is uneventful until the arrival...
Publisher
BBC Worldwide Americas
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 178 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of the lives and loves of the two Dashwood sisters, the discreet and wise Elinor, and the reckless, passionate Marianne, who pursue love and happiness around the pillars of genteel 19th century English society.
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 174 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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...
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