Amanda Root
Author
Language
English
Description
At the age of ten, Fanny Price leaves the poverty of her Portsmouth home to be brought up among the family of her wealthy uncle, Sir Thomas Bertram, in the chilly grandeur of Mansfield Park. There she accepts her lowly status, and gradually falls in love with her cousin Edmund. When the dazzling and sophisticated Henry and Mary Crawford arrive, Fanny watches as her cousins become embroiled in rivalry and sexual jealousy, she struggles to retain her...
2) Persuasion
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Anne Elliot will do anything to get Captain Wentworth now that he is interested in Louisa Musgrove.
4) Original sin
Language
English
Description
The new CEO of a respected London publishing house is found dead and Commander Adam Dalgliesh thinks that the reasons for his death lie in his less-than-reputable past.
5) Floodland
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
After global warming causes the sea to rise until cities in England become islands, ten-year-old Zoe goes on a harrowing solitary boat journey to search for her parents.
Author
Publisher
BBC Audiobooks America
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
William Shakespeare's hilarious fairy tale (with actual fairies!) of love, magic potions and teenage rebellion, "A Midsummer Night's Dream" might be the most performed play in the history of the English-speaking theatre.
The play begins as Athenian Duke Theseus is preparing to wed Hippolyta, the Queen of the Amazons. As they ready for their nuptials, Theseus is asked to settle a dispute between a prominent local citizen Egeus and his headstrong...
Author
Publisher
BBC Audiobooks America
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
One of William Shakespeare's most popular and brilliant comedies, "Twelfth Night" features a gender-bending/mistaken identity/double-marriage-at-the-end plot that has enshrined this play as a favorite among audiences and critics alike.
A terrible shipwreck occurs off the coast of the kingdom of Illyria and a young girl - Viola - is plucked from the ocean by a group of sailors and set on shore alone, believing her twin brother Sebastian to have...
10) The BFG
Series
Language
English
Description
One moonlit night, Sophie is snatched from her bed by an awesome giant who whisks her away on a magical and funny adventure. When Sophie learns that a monstrous crew of meanies is gobbling up children, she sets out to stop them once and for all, with the help of her new, rather large, friend. The enchanting children's book from author Roald Dahl comes to life in this classic, animated musical feature.
Author
Series
Publisher
BBC Audiobooks America
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Henry V is dead and the throne is now occupied by the infant son, Henry VI. The good Duke Humphrey of Gloucester has been appointed Protector, however, a struggle for power soon develops between the young King's Lancastrian relatives and the powerful house of York under Richard Plantagenet. Meanwhile, the French, led by Joan of Arc, the maid of Orleans, threaten to win back the territories lost to Henry V.
12) The Robinsons
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[date of publication not identified]
Language
English
Description
A recently divorced South London man struggles to find meaning in his life.
Author
Publisher
BBC Audio
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
BBC Audio presents Mansfield Park, Jane Austen's perceptive study of middle class morals in the 19th century. Jane Austen's unlikely heroine Fanny Price is plucked from her impoverished family and brought up by wealthy relatives at Mansfield Park.
When two outrageous and flirtatious guests arrive at Mansfield Park, Fanny's moral compass is shattered. How will Fanny continue to appear meek and cheerful, whilst being forced to re-examine
Publisher
Films for the Humanities and Sciences
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Set in rural Spain at the turn of this century, the scene is a cloistered household managed by a newly widowed mother of five daughters. Under the shadow of the church and the tyranny bred from a need to protect the reputation of the family, the matron (Bernarda Alba) represses her daughters by enforcing an eight year mourning period. The tensions build rapidly among the imprisoned women, with a demented grandmother playing a role resembling that...