The Jane Austen collection
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volumeLocationCall NumberStatus
MANSFCentral - Adult DVD/ Blu-rayDVD TV AUSTE MANSFAvailable
SENSEGlencarlyn - Adult DVD/ Blu-rayDVD TV AUSTE SENSEAvailable
PERSUShirlington - Adult DVD/ Blu-rayDVD TV AUSTE PERSUAvailable
PRIDEShirlington - Adult DVD/ Blu-rayDVD TV AUSTE PRIDEAvailable
NORTHWestover - Adult DVD/ Blu-rayDVD TV AUSTE NORTHAvailable

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Published
Burbank, CA : BBC Video : Distributed by Warner Home Video, c2004.
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (ca. 22 hr., 15 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English

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Title from set container.
General Note
Videodisc set release of adaptations of the Jane Austen novels produced by the BBC: Sense and sensibility, 1981; Emma, 1972; Mansfield Park, 1986; Persuasion, 1971; Pride and prejudice, 1980; Northanger Abbey, 1987.
Creation/Production Credits
Sense and sensibility: directed by Rodney Bennett ; produced by Barry Letts ; dramatized by Alexander Baron -- Emma: directed by John Glenister ; produced by Martin Lisemore ; dramatized by Denis Constanduros -- Mansfield Park: directed by David Giles ; produced by Betty Willingale ; dramatized by Ken Taylor -- Persuasion: produced and directed by Howard Baker ; dramatized by Julian Mitchell -- Pride and prejudice: directed by Cyril Coke ; produced by Jonathon Powell ; dramatized by Fay Weldon -- Northanger Abbey: directed by Giles Foster ; produced by Louis Marks ; dramatized by Maggie Wadey.
Participants/Performers
Sense and sensibility: Irene Richard, Tracey Childs -- Emma: Doran Godwin, John Carson, Mollie Sugden, Fiona Walker -- Mansfield Park: Sylvestra Le Touzel, Nicholas Farrell, Anna Massey, Bernard Hepton, Angela Pleasence -- Persuasion: Ann Fairbank, Bryan Marshall -- Pride and prejudice: Elizabeth Garvie, David Rintoul -- Northanger Abbey: Peter Firth, Googi Withers, Robert Hardy, Katherine Schlesinger.
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Sense and sensibility: The story of two sisters attempting to find happiness in the tightly structured society of 18th century England.
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Emma: Emma Woodhouse is a young woman who finds that it is sometimes all too easy to confuse good intentions with self-gratification.
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Mansfield Park: In 18th century England, young, impoverished Fanny Price arrives at the elegant estate of her uncle, Sir Thomas Bertram. Snubbed by everyone except her cousin Edmund, she begins her long struggle for acceptance by her shallow relatives who believe wealth automatically means quality.
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Persuasion: Eight years after Anne Elliot turned down Captain Wentworth's proposal of marriage, they meet again. Anne now recognizes the false values that persuaded her to reject Captain Wentworth, but his heart seems set upon the youth and beauty of the impetuous Louisa Musgrove.
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Pride and prejudice: The story of lively and rebellious Elizabeth, one of five unmarried daughters living in the countryside of 19th century England, in a world where an advantageous marriage is a woman's sole occupation.
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Northanger Abbey: In 19th century Bath, a girl bursting with freshness and passion for macabre Gothic novels experiences intrigue, adventure, and romance, especially when the romantic Henry Tilney invites her to his ancestral home.
System Details
DVD.
Language
Closed-captioned.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Richard, I., Childs, T., Godwin, D., Carson, J., Sugden, M., Walker, F., Le Touzel, S., Farrell, N., Massey, A., Hepton, B., Pleasence, A., Fairbank, A., Marshall, B., Garvie, E., Rintoul, D., Firth, P., Withers, G., Hardy, R., Schlesinger, K., Bennett, R., Letts, B., Baron, A., Glenister, J., Lisemore, M., Constanduros, D., Giles, D., Willingale, B., Taylor, K., Baker, H., Mitchell, J., Coke, C., Powell, J., Weldon, F., Foster, G., Wadey, M., & Austen, J. (2004). The Jane Austen collection (Full screen version.). BBC Video : Distributed by Warner Home Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Irene. Richard et al.. 2004. The Jane Austen Collection. Burbank, CA: BBC Video : Distributed by Warner Home Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Irene. Richard et al.. The Jane Austen Collection Burbank, CA: BBC Video : Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2004.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Richard, I., Childs, T., Godwin, D., Carson, J., Sugden, M., Walker, F. and Le Touzel, S. et al (2004). The jane austen collection. Full screen version. Burbank, CA: BBC Video : Distributed by Warner Home Video.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Richard, Irene., et al. The Jane Austen Collection Full screen version., BBC Video : Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2004.

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