Summary: Anne Elliot fell deeply in love with handsome young naval officer Frederick Wentworth at the age of nineteen. But with neither fortune nor rank to recommend him, Anne was persuaded to break off her engagement. Eight years later, Anne has lived to regret her decision. She never stopped loving Wentworth, and when he returns from sea with rank and fortune, she can only watch as every eligible...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2008
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV PERSummary: Friendless, orphaned Jane Eyre takes a job as governess to a lively French girl. In time, she finds herself in love with the child's guardian. When she saves him from a fire, she finds that there are many secrets to learn ... secrets that could destroy her happiness.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2007
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV JANSummary: Sense and sensibility: 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...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2008
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV SENSummary: Silas Marner was a man who had everything, until he lost it all. Falsely accused of theft and driven out of his town, Silas starts life anew. One day, upon arriving home, he discovers a child asleep on the hearth.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV SILSummary: The story of the five Bennet sisters living in early 19th century England. Their mother is scheming to make prestigious marriages for them. Focuses on Elizabeth Bennet, who mistakenly finds the rich Mr. Darcy an oaf, even as he sets all the other fair maidens' hearts aflutter.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2006
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD Classic PrideCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PRISummary: 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.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2008
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MANSummary: 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...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2004
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD Classic SenseSummary: Thirteen year-old Nell Trent lives with her ailing grandfather in a run down London antique shop, unaware that her grandfather has a ruinous gambling addiction that has left them nearly penniless.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2006
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD Cla Dickens OldSummary: 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...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Focus Features 2006
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Family Pride 2006Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PRICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PRI RATED PGSummary: Jane Eyre, a mistreated orphan, becomes a governess and learns to survive by relying on her independence and intelligence.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2006
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV JANSummary: Set in 19th century England, this story follows young David Copperfield's difficult journey from boy to man.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2006
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DAVCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD Cla Dickens DavidSummary: The fortunes of Cedric Fauntleroy and his widowed mother "Dearest" change when the elderly Earl of Dorincourt has Cedric, his rightful heir, brought from the slums of New York to England. The Earl welcomes Cedric but banishes his mother to a cottage outside the manor, unjustly accusing her of marrying his son for the money.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LITSummary: Tells of the Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, whose chances at marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 1999
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1 available in Romance DVDs, Call number: DVD ROMANCE SENCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SENCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SEN RATED PGSummary: 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.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: British Broadcasting Corp. 2001
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV PRICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD PRI NOT RATEDCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series Pride 2001Summary: 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.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2002
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family DavidSummary: Based on the classic novel by Anthony Trollope, the story follows Louis and Emily Trevalyan. After a blissful first year of marriage, things turn darker when a roguish Colonel takes an interest in Emily that fans the flames of Louis's jealousy.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2005
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV HESummary: Uncertain of her future but unwilling to sacrifice her freedom, Bathsheba rejects the proposal of Gabriel Oak only to become his employer. Still in love, Gabriel can only watch as Bathsheba flirts with her neighbor, Mr. Boldwood unleashing a passionate obsession within the reserved Boldwood. Both men forsake their hearts, however, upon the arrival of the dashing soldier Frank Troy. Despite...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2012
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV FARDench, Judi
Summary: Follows the lives of the people in the English town of Cranford over the course of two years.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2 Entertain 2010
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV CRASummary: A mini-series based on Thackeray's story of an amoral beauty determined to scheme and seduce her way into Britain's upper classes.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Home Video 2003
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV VANSummary: Growing up poor in London, Becky Sharp defies her poverty-stricken background and ascends the social ladder alongside her best friend, Amelia.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2005
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA VANCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD VANSummary: Emma brings to life Jane Austen's novel about a woman who makes it her goal to 'fix' the lives of all her friends while ignoring her own problems.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Lionsgate 2011
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY EMMSummary: Set in the 1890's, the story of a lesbian love affair between a music hall male impersonator and a young woman smitten by the music hall life.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Acorn Media 2003