Title:
Classic English literature collection. Volume 1.
JLCTITLE245:
Volume 1.
Publication Information:
[United States] : PBS Distribution, ©2012.
Physical 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.
ISBN:
9781608838226
Series:
General Note:
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.
Abstract:
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.
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.
Reading Level:
TV rating: Not rated.
Subject Term:
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Added Title Contained Works:
Emily Brontë's Wuthering heights.
Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey.
Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre.
Great expectations.
Added Uniform Title:
Masterpiece theatre (Television program)
Contents:
[pt. 1] Great expectations (2012) / screenplay by Sarah Phelps ; produced by George Ormond ; directed by Brian Kirk -- [pt. 2, discs 1 and 2] Jane Eyre (2006) / screenplay by Sandy Welch ; produced by Diederick Santer ; directed by Susanna White -- [pt. 3] Wuthering Heights (2008) / screenplay by Peter Bowker ; produced by Radford Neville ; directed by Coky Giedroyc -- [pt. 4] Northanger Abbey (2006) / screenplay by Andrew Davies ; produced by Keith Thompson; directed by Jon Jones.
Performer:
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.
Technical Details:
DVD; NTSC; region 1; Great expections, Wuthering Heights, Northanger Abbey: widescreen presentation; Jane Eyre: letterboxed; stereo.
Language:
Great expectations: subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing; Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, Northanger Abbey: closed captioned.