Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Classic English literature collection. Volume 1.

Publisher, Date:

Description:

5 videodiscs (approximately 635 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (11 pages : 18 cm) and memorabilia collection (25 items) in envelope (13 x 20 cm) inside DVD container cover.

Summary:

Great Expectations: "Nothing is quite as it seems for young orphan Pip in this superb retelling of Dickens' classic coming-of-age novel."--Back cover of container.

Jane Eyre: "When a lonely young governess falls in love with the father of her new student at Thornfield Hall, things finally appear to be going well for Jane Eyre. However, Jane and Mr. Rochester are haunted by the mysteries of their past lives."--Back cover of container.

Wuthering Heights: "The fiery romance of Heathcliff and Cathy reignites in this thrilling new adaptation of Emil Brontë's tragic love story."--Back cover of container.

Northanger Abbey: "Is there a a dark mystery behind the locked doors? And why has her budding romance suddenly been cut short? Set in Austen's beloved Bath, Catherine becomes mmired in a world of fact and fantasy"--Back cover of container.

Target Audience Note:

TV rating: Not rated.

Series:

Masterpiece classic

Masterpiece classic.

Subjects:

Orphans -- Drama.

Poor children -- Drama.

Ex-convicts -- Drama.

Benefactors -- Drama.

Young men -- Drama.

Revenge -- Drama.

Governesses -- Drama.

Man-woman relationships -- Drama.

Young women -- Drama.

Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Drama.

Rejection (Psychology) -- Drama.

Rural families -- England -- Drama.

Foundlings -- Drama.

Upper class -- England -- Bath -- Drama.

Country homes -- England -- Drama.

Man-woman relationships -- England -- Drama.

England -- Drama.

England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Drama.

Yorkshire (England) -- Drama.

Genre:

Coming-of-age films.

Made-for-TV movies.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Fiction television programs.

Feature films.

Television adaptations.

Romance films.

Romance television programs.

Other Author:

Phelps, Sarah.

Welch, Sandy.

Bowker, Peter, 1958-

Davies, Andrew, 1936-

Ormond, George.

Santer, Diederick.

Neville, Radford.

Thompson, Keith.

Kirk, Brian, 1968-

White, Susanna.

Giedroyc, Coky.

Jones, Jon.

Winstone, Ray, 1957-

Anderson, Gillian, 1968-

Suchet, David.

Booth, Douglas, 1992-

Wilson, Ruth, 1982-

Stephens, Toby, 1969-

Annis, Francesca, 1945-

Ashbourne, Lorraine.

Buchan, Andrew, 1979-

Hardy, Tom, 1977-

Riley, Charlotte.

Lincoln, Andrew, 1973-

Lancashire, Sarah, 1964-

Gorman, Burn, 1974-

Halstead, Rosalind, 1983-

Jones, Felicity.

Feild, J. J.

Mulligan, Carey, 1985-

Beck, William.

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Great expectations.

Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855. Jane Eyre.

Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848. Wuthering Heights.

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817. Northanger Abbey.

PBS Distribution (Firm)

Other Title:

Classic English literature collection. First volume

Classic English literature collection. Volume one

Classic English literature collection. Vol. one

Classic English literature collection. Vol. 1

Masterpiece theatre (Television program)

Great expectations.

Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre.

Emily Brontë's Wuthering heights.

Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey.

Notes:

Memorabilia collections includes facsimiles of letters, legal documents, programs, photographs, postcards, and map. The booklet contains brief biographies of the authors.

All originally broadcast on the PBS series "Masterpiece classic."

"Great expectations" based on the novel by Carles Dickens ; "Jane Eyre" based on the novel by Charlotte Bronte ; "Wuthering Heights" based on the novel by Emily Brontë ; "Northanger Abbey" based on the novel by Jane Austen.

Special features: Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights: access to the Masterpiece web site ; Wuthering Heights: Behind the scenes footage.

Great expecations: Ray Winstone, Gillian Anderson, David Suchet, Douglas Booth ; Jane Eyre: Ruth Wilson, Toby Stephens, Francesca Annis, Lorraine Ashbourne, Andrew Buchan; Wuthering heights: Tom Hardy, Charlotte Riley, Andrew Lincoln, Sarah Lancashire, Burn Gorman, Rosalind Halstead; Northhanger abbey: Felicity Jones, J.J. Field, Carey Mulligan, William Beck.

DVD; NTSC; region 1; Great expections, Wuthering Heights, Northanger Abbey: widescreen presentation; Jane Eyre: letterboxed; stereo.

Great expectations: subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing; Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, Northanger Abbey: closed captioned.

Contents:

Great expectations (2012) / screenplay by Sarah Phelps ; produced by George Ormond ; directed by Brian Kirk -- Jane Eyre (2006) / screenplay by Sandy Welch ; produced by Diederick Santer ; directed by Susanna White -- Wuthering Heights (2008) / screenplay by Peter Bowker ; produced by Radford Neville ; directed by Coky Giedroyc -- Northanger Abbey (2006) / screenplay by Andrew Davies ; produced by Keith Thompson; directed by Jon Jones.

ISBN:

9781608838226

1608838226

Publisher Number:

ENLC600

ENCL600.1--ENCL600.4

Other Number:

830468607

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

772467

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD TV Classic