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The Elizabeth Gaskell collection [videorecording (DVD)],

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distributed by BBC Worldwide Americas ; distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video, c2008.

Social classes -- Drama.

England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Drama.

9781419867170 (set)

1419867172 (set)

[videorecording (DVD)],

7 videodiscs (ca. 824 min.) : Dolby digital stereo. sd., col. ; 12 cm.

Based on the novels by Elizabeth Gaskell ("Cranford" was woven together from three novels by Elizabeth Gaskell: "Cranford", "My Lady Ludlow" and "Mr. Harrison's confessions").

Originally produced by the BBC as television mini-series in 2007 (Cranford), 2004 (North & South) and 1999-2000 (Wives & daughters).

DVD extras: Cranford: The Making of Cranford -- North & South: Commentary on Episodes 1 and 4 by Kate Bartlett, Brian Percival and Sandy Welch ; specially recorded interview with Richard Armitage ; deleted scenes ; production notes -- Wives & daughters: The making of Wives and daughters ; Who the Dickens is Mrs. Gaskell?

Aspect ratio: 16:9 enhanced, except Wives and Daughters: 14:9.

Cranford includes English (SDH) subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Closed-captioned (Wives & daughters, North & South).

Discs 1-2. Cranford / directed by Simon Curtis ; produced by Sue Birtwistle ; created by Sue Birtwistle and Susie Conklin ; written by Heidi Thomas -- Discs 3-4. North & South / director, Brian Percival ; producer, Kate Bartlett ; screenplay, Sandy Welch -- Discs 5-7. Wives & daughters / produced by Sue Birtwistle ; directed by Nicholas Renton ; screenplay by Andrew Davies.

Director of photography, Ben Smithard ; film editors, Frances Parker (episodes 1, 3, 5), Dan Roberts (episodes 2, 4) ; music, Carl Davis.

Cranford: Francesca Annis, Eileen Atkins, Claudie Blakley, Judi Dench, Philip Glenister, Alex Jennings, Lesley Manville, Julia McKenzie, Julia Sawalha, Imelda Staunton, Greg Wise and Simon Woods.

North & South: Daniela Denby-Ashe, Richard Armitage, Sinéad Cusack and Tim Piggott-Smith.

Wives & daughters: Justine Waddell, Francesca Annis, Keeley Hawes, Bill Paterson, Tom Hollander, Iain Glen, Rosamund Pike and Michael Gambon.

"Three adaptations of Elizabeth Gaskell's best loved novels! Cranford: This witty and poignant story, starring the Oscar-winning Judi Dench, follows the small absurdities and major tragedies in the lives of the people of Cranford. Three Gaskell novels (Cranford, My Lady Ludlow, Mr. Harrison's Confessions) have been woven together to create this uniquely rich and comic drama about ordinary human lives during one extraordinary year. North & South: Elizabeth Gaskell's feisty and passionate love story set in the changing world of Victorian industrial society. Margaret Hale is one of literature's most original heroines: a well-bred southerner from a country vicarage newly settled in the industrial northern town of Milton. 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 willfulness. Wives And Daughters: An inspired adaptation by Andrew Davies of Mrs. Gaskell's final novel, widely lauded as her masterpiece. Focusing on the fortunes of three families - the Gibsons, the Hamleys and the Cumnors - in the English village of Hollingford, Wives and Daughters is at once a poignant coming of age story, a lively romance and, not least, a witty comedy of manners."--Container.

Television mini-series

Coming-of-age films.

Television programs -- Great Britain.

Films for the hearing impaired.

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