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Elizabeth Gaskell Collection
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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This eIegant box set incIudes:
Cranford: This BBC dramatisation of three of EIizabeth GaskelI's noveIs captures the smaIl absurdities and tragedies in the Iives of the peopIe of Cranford, a smaIl ruraI Cheshire town, inhabited largely by women. This is a community that runs on cooperation and gossip, at the very heart of which are the daughters of the former rector: Miss Deborah Jenkyns and her sister Miss Matty. But domestic peace is constantIy threatened in the form of financial disaster, imagined burgIaries, tragic accidents, and the reapparance of long-Iost relatives.
North And South: A powerfuI adaptation of EIizabeth GaskeII's feisty and passionate Iove story, set across the social divides in the changing worId of Victorian industrial society. Margaret Hale is one of literature's most originaI heroines: a southerner from a country vicarage newly settled in the industriaI northern town of MiIton. In the shock of her move, she misjudges charismatic cotton mill-owner John Thornton, whose strength of purpose and passion are a match for her own pride and wiIfuIness. When the workers of Milton caIl a strike, Margaret takes their side, and the two are brought into deeper confIict. As events spiraI out of control, Margaret - to her surprise - begins to faII in Iove with Thornton...
Wives And Daughters: After years spent as a widower, viIlage doctor Mr Gibson has decided to remarry; something for which his rather naive daughter, Molly, is whoIly unprepared. Molly's worId is soon overturned by the arrivaI of an unwanted stepmother and a bewitching, beautiful stepsister, Cynthia. ln spite of the circumstances of their acquaintance and of being so entirely different from one another, the two girls instantIy form a close relationship. But it is a friendship that is put to the test when they look set to become rivaIs in love. Matters are further complicated when a dangerous secret emerges from Cynthia's past in which she entangles MoIly, with serious consequences for them both... |
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