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Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park
Call Number: VHS00082
by Ken Taylor; Betty Willingale; David Giles; Anna Massey; Bernard Hepton; Angela Pleasence; Derek Bourgeois; Jane Austen; British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.; Lionheart Television International.; CBS Fox Video.; BBC Video (Firm); Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: [Beverly Hills, Calif.] : CBS/Fox Video ; [Alexandria, Va.] : BBC Video ; [Beverly Hills, Calif.] : Distributed by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, ©1995.
Notes: Originally aired in 1983 (261 mins.); Based on the novel Mansfield Park by Jane Austen;
Summary: True virtue triumphs over superficiality in this distinguished BBC production of Jane Austen’s celebrated novel set in 18th century England. Young, impoverished Fanny Price arrives at the elegant estate of her uncle, Sir Thomas Bertram. Snubbed by everyone except her cousin Edmund, she begins her long struggle for acceptance by her shallow relatives, who believe wealth automatically means quality.
OCLC #: 34885263
Added: October 16, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Mansfield Park
Thursday, October 16th, 2008The Barchester Chronicles
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The Barchester Chronicles
Call Number: DVD00003
by by Anthony Trollope; Donald Pleasence; Nigel Hawthorne; Alan Rickman; Geraldine McEwan; Susan Hampshire; Warner Home Video (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 2005.
Notes: 2-disc DVD set; Based on the novels The Warden and Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope. Originally broadcast on television in 1982; Special features: Middle England’s Marvel-commemorative profile of Peterborough Cathedral as it celebrated its 750th anniversary in 1989 and cast/author bios.
Summary: The cozy community of Barchester is rocked from its complacency when a crusade against the Church of England’s practice of self-enrichment misfires.
OCLC #: 57490910
Added: October 6, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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