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4) Rebecca
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c1997.
Language
English
Description
A timid young girl marries a troubled widower only to find her new home is haunted by the memory of Rebecca, the first wife.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c1999.
Language
English
Description
Lord Peter Wimsey's future brother-in-law is murdered during a family retreat at Riddlesdale Lodge. His brother Gerald Wimsey, the Duke of Denver, is charged with the crime. Lord Wimsey joins the investigation, uncovering a mysterious letter from Egypt, a grieving fiancee with suitcase in hand, and a bullet destined for one very special Wimsey.
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c2000.
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.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000.
Language
English
Description
A naive, young governess is hired by a charming bachelor to look after his two young children in a grand mansion in rural England. She is determined to make the most of her situation, despite the Master's strange stipulation that she never contact him.
Publisher
Goldhil Video
Pub. Date
c2001.
Language
English
Description
"Set amid the politically turbulent times surrounding World War II, Strangers & brothers chronicles the impassioned life of young Englishman, Lewis Eliot. In a world where truth and justice test the personal philosophies of even the strongest men, Eliot is the ambitious lawyer fighting the temptations that could ruin his personal and professional life. Eliot's decisions lead his career on a tempestuous journey of success, tragedy, and rekindled love....
10) Therese Raquin
Publisher
BFS Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
The sordid story of a young country girl whose life is slowly engulfed in a murderous love triangle. Desperate to be together, Therese and her lover conspire to murder Therese's husband and initiate a deteriorating series of events that can only end in tragedy.
Publisher
BFS Video
Pub. Date
c2002.
Language
English
Description
The best of friends: In 1924, George Bernard Shaw was introduced to Dame Laurentia McLachlan, a Benedictine nun at the Stanbrook Abbey in Worcestershire, England. Along with their mutual friend, Sydney Cockerell, director of Fitzwilliam Museum, the trio enjoyed 25 years of letters, literary debate and laughter. Relive their vigorous discussions on everythng from the existence of God, to the finer points of tango dancing.
Eagle in a cage: A school-teacher-turned-governor...
Publisher
WGBH/Boston Video
Pub. Date
c2002.
Language
English
Description
Arthur Chipping is the new Latin master at an English boy's boarding school. The eccentric schoolmaster lives a full, rich life within the cloistered school, defined by his role as the intellectual shepherd of generations of young students. Then while traveling through the countryside on summer holiday, he unexpectedly falls in love. His new wife ignites his passion and brings him out of his shell. Spans over 50 years in the life of Mr. Chipping.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c2002.
Language
English
Description
It looks like a tragic accident when Victor Dean falls down the spiral staircase at Pym's Publicity Ltd. His replacement (Wimsey in disguise) sets out to find the truth which leads him to a drug ring operating through someone at the agency.
16) The nine tailors
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c2002.
Language
English
Description
Twenty years after visiting East Anglia, Wimsey is stranded there after an auto mishap. When a mutilated body is found on the estate, Wimsey discovers a connection to the jewels that were stolen 20 years before. The full picture eludes him until a natural disaster strikes and the nine church bells that signal death in a country town ring out.
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c2002.
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.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c2002.
Language
English
Description
The mystery begins in the lounge of the Bellona Club where the elderly members all slumber like corpses in their chairs. On Armistice Day 1922, one of them really is a corpse. Question is, did the General or his sister, the Wealthy Lady Dorland, die first. Wimsey uncovers love, greed, anguish, betrayal and finally, the bitter truth.
Series
Masterpiece theatre collection volume Season 31
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
2002.
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.
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