Wives and daughters

Wives and daughters

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Set in a richly portrayed society well-stocked with eccentric nobles and gossipy villagers, this story centers around 17-year-old Molly Gibson, the only daughter of a respected country doctor. The well-ordered world of Molly's childhood is soon to be complicated by new people and unexpected sit...

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Corporate Authors: British Broadcasting Corporation., WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), BBC Video (Firm), 2 Entertain Video (Firm), Warner Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Birtwistle, Sue., Davies, Andrew, 1936-, Renton, Nicholas., Annis, Francesca, 1945-, Carmichael, Ian, 1920-2010., Findlay, Deborah., Flynn, Barbara, 1948-, Glen, Iain, 1961-, Hawes, Keeley, 1976-, Hollander, Tom, 1967-, Howell, Anthony, 1971-, Leigh-Hunt, Barbara., Paterson, Bill, 1945-, Waddell, Justine., Wilton, Penelope, 1946-, Gambon, Michael., Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865.
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published:[Place of publication not identified] : BBC Video : 2 Entertain ; Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2006], ©2006.
Subjects:
Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, > 1810-1865 > Film adaptations.
Fathers and daughters > England > Drama.
Children of physicians > England > Drama.
Young women > England > Drama.
Stepfamilies > England > Drama.
Social classes > England > Drama.
England > Drama.
Television mini-series.
Television mini-series > Great Britain.
Television melodramas.
Television adaptations.
Television programs for the hearing impaired.
Fiction television programs.
DVD-Video discs.
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Summary:Set in a richly portrayed society well-stocked with eccentric nobles and gossipy villagers, this story centers around 17-year-old Molly Gibson, the only daughter of a respected country doctor. The well-ordered world of Molly's childhood is soon to be complicated by new people and unexpected situations. Most devastating is her father's decision to remarry after many years of widowhood. Molly's faltering efforts to cope gracefully with an impossible stepmother, a beguiling stepsister, burdensome secrets and burgeoning romance ring as true today as when Elizabeth Gaskell wrote the novel in 1865.
Item Description:Title from container.
From the novel by Elizabeth Gaskell.
Originally broadcast as a television mini-series in 1999.
Special features: [Disc 3]: 20-minute documentary "The making of 'Wives and daughters'"; 55-minute portrait "Who the dickens is Mrs. Gaskell?"; Who's who: a guide to the stars.
Physical Description:3 videodiscs (approximately 300 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD, full screen (4:3) presentation; NTSC.
ISBN:1419838180
9781419838187
FOLIO Link:View instance in FOLIO

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