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  1. Jane Eyre (1973) (2006)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 257 minutes), £19.99

    The 1973 BBC television adaption of the classic novel starring Sorcha Cusack and Michael Jayston.

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  2. Making ‘Junk’ (1999 Video)

    Subject
    Drama; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min., 1999 sale: £19.50 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    A video-based teaching pack on Barry Purchese’s adaptation of ‘Junk’, the Melvin Burgess novel of teenage heroin addiction. Includes: interviews with Burgess, the production team and cast of...

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  3. Tale of Two Cities, A 1 (1997 Video)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £29.95 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    An introduction to ‘A Tale of Two Cities’, presenting an overview of the work, including characters and plot development, and a look at life in Dickensian times, interwoven with analysis by Dr Margaret...

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  4. Tale of Two Cities, A 2 (1997 Multimedia)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    An interactive guide to ‘A Tale of Two Cities’, containing the complete text together with interactive tutorials with Dr Margaret Reynolds and Dr John Rignall, dramatised film extracts, character...

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  5. Wide Sargasso Sea: Real and Imaginary Islands (1997 Video)

    Producer
    Amanda Willett
    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the life and work of Jean Rhys, born and brought up on the Caribbean island of Dominica, and her most well-known novel, ‘Wide Sargasso Sea’.

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  6. Building the Perfect Beast (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Tony Coe
    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 49 min.

    Presents a wide range of views about the importance and possible meaning of the Creature in Mary Shelley’s novel ‘Frankenstein’. Identifies the mythic status that the work seems to have acquired in...

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  7. In Conversation with D M Thomas: The Novelist and the Therapist (1996 Video)

    Subject
    English language and literature; Psychiatry
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 59 min., 1997 sale: £49.95 (inclusive) 1997 sale: £200.00 (inclusive) set of 5

    D M Thomas, author of ‘The White Hotel’, talks to Michael Jacobs. The novel is about one of Freud’s patients and combines the themes of love and death. The book raises questions about the relationship...

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  8. Jane Eyre (1996 Video)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 2004 sale: £29.95 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    An introduction to ‘Jane Eyre’ (1847), including dramatised interpretation, period images, biographical details, and analysis of characters and text. Covers plot development; the relationship between...

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  9. Martin Chuzzlewit (1994)

    Subject
    Drama; English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (337 minutes), £19.99 (retail) £125.00 BBC Learning)

    A television adaptation by David Lodge of the Charles Dickens novel, with Paul Schofield in the title role. Old Martin Chuzzlewit is very rich but paranoid that everyone is after his money. His grandson has...

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  10. Middlemarch (1994)

    Director
    Anthony Page
    Producer
    Louis Marks
    Subject
    Drama; English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 375 minutes), £24.99 (retail)

    George Eliot’s saga of love, disillusionment and blackmail in 19th-century England, adapted by Andrew Davies. Dorothea misguidedly marries the Rev. Edward Casaubon, whilst Dr Lydgate finds his ideals...

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