Andrew Davies
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...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (391 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Against the backdrop of France at a time of civil unrest, this is the story of Jean Valjean, a former convict unable to escape his past life. His future is threatened by his nemesis, the chilling police officer and former prison guard Javert, who is determined to bring him to justice. As revolution ignites on the streets of Paris, Jean Valjean begins an epic journey towards self-acceptance, redemption, and love.
Series
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In her mid-thirties, still single and still being set up with dates by her mom, Bridget decides she needs to make a change in her life. She falls for her boss who uses her and then dumps her. In the meantime, Bridget keeps running into the divorced guy her mom tried to set her up with, and he happens to be ex-friends with her boss. She uses her diary as a confessional and she begins to wonder if she will ever find true love.
9) Sanditon
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Tom Parker is obsessed with turning the sleepy seaside village of Sanditon into a fashionable health resort, enlisting the backing of local bigwig Lady Denham. Through a mishap, Tom makes the acquaintance of the Heywoods and invites their eldest daughter, Charlotte, for an extended stay at Sanditon. Meanwhile, Lady Denham, a widow, is playing matchmaker for her destitute nephew, Sir Edward, who is determined to seduce Lady Denham's ward, Clara.
10) Little Dorrit
Pub. Date
c1996, c2009
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (452 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Amy Dorrit has spent her young life with her family in London's debtor prison. Arthur Clennam, a kindly but ineffectual gentleman, who returns to England from China after twenty years, risks everything to help little Dorrits's family.
11) Emma
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.
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 450 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It's 1919, WWI has just ended, and Harry Selfridge is struggling with loss. After the death of his beloved Rose, he is making costly business mistakes. His empire is weakened, and he is vulnerable to his old enemy Lord Loxley.
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A Londoner of lower class befriends and begins a romantic relationship with an aristocrat that becomes complicated when the aristocrat introduces his new friend to his sister.
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 300 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This satire of Victorian society shows the trials and tribulations of young love, the pettiness of upper class life, the raw energy and excitement of the most powerful city the world had ever seen, and the greed and corruption that lay just below its glittering surface.
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Three girlhood friends are reunited in college, ready to experience life to the fullest. It doesn't take long for them all to meet men and fall in love. Benny, unsure of herself and scared of rejection, follows her heart out on a limb for the brightest, best looking boy on campus.
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 310 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
High-spirited heroine Charlotte Heywood returns to the picturesque coastal resort of Sanditon and the companionship of her friend Georgiana Lambe. What adventures, scandals, intrigue and above all else, romance, await Miss Heywood this season?
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (DVD) (663 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
David Powlett-Jones, a young Welshman, returns from the trenches of World War I disillusioned and suffering from shellshock. Accepted as a teacher at an elite boys boarding school, David fears he won't last. Luckily, the faith of the headmaster who hired him proves well-founded. Over the course of his 20-year rise through the ranks of the school, he finds and loses love with several women.
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (663 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
David Powlett-Jones, a young Welshman, returns from the trenches of World War I disillusioned and suffering from shellshock. Accepted as a teacher at an elite boys boarding school, David fears he won't last. Luckily, the faith of the headmaster who hired him proves well-founded. Over the course of his 20-year rise through the ranks of the school, he finds and loses love with several women.
20) Mr. Selfridge
Series
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 480 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Emmy Award-winning actor Jeremy Piven stars as American entrepreneur and colorful retail magnate Harry Gordon Selfridge. Pioneering and reckless, with an almost manic energy, Harry Selfridge created a theater of retail for early 1900s Londoners where any topic or trend that was new, exciting, entertaining-or sometimes just eccentric-was showcased. Based on the book Shopping, Seduction and Mr. Selfridge by author Lindy Woodhead.