Wives and daughters
(DVD)

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Madison - Adult MovieDVD 791.45 W834dOn Shelf

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Subjects

LC Subjects
Children of physicians -- England -- Drama.
England -- Drama.
Fathers and daughters -- England -- Drama.
Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865 -- Film and video adaptations.
Melodrama.
Social classes -- England -- Drama.
Stepfamilies -- England -- Drama.
Television adaptations.
Television mini-series.
Television programs for the hearing impaired.
Young women -- England -- Drama.

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Format
DVD
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
ISBN
1419838180 (liner : set), 9781419838187 (liner : set)
UPC
794051267627

Notes

General Note
Title from container.
General Note
From the novel by Elizabeth Gaskell.
General Note
Originally broadcast as a television mini-series in 1999.
Participants/Performers
Francesca Annis, Ian Carmichael, Deborah Findlay, Barbara Flynn, Iain Glen, Keeley Hawes, Tom Hollander, Anthony Howell, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Bill Paterson, Justine Waddell, Penelope Wilton, Michael Gambon.
Description
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.
Target Audience
Not rated.
System Details
DVD, full screen (4:3) presentation; NTSC.
Language
Closed-captioned.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (Style Guide)

Birtwistle, S., Davies, A., Renton, N., Annis, F., Carmichael, I., Findlay, D., Flynn, B., Glen, I., Hawes, K., Hollander, T., Howell, A., Leigh-Hunt, B., Paterson, B., Waddell, J., Wilton, P., Gambon, M., & Gaskell, E. C. (2006). Wives and daughters. BBC Video : 2 Entertain ; Distributed by Warner Home Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 18th Edition (Style Guide)

Sue. Birtwistle et al.. 2006. Wives and Daughters. BBC Video : 2 Entertain ; Distributed by Warner Home Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 18th Edition (Style Guide)

Sue. Birtwistle et al.. Wives and Daughters. BBC Video : 2 Entertain ; Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2006.

UCL Harvard Citation (Style Guide)

Birtwistle, S., Davies, A., Renton, N., Annis, F., Carmichael, I., Findlay, D. and Flynn, B. et al (2006). Wives and daughters. [S.l.] : Burbank, CA: BBC Video : 2 Entertain ; Distributed by Warner Home Video.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (Style Guide)

Birtwistle, Sue., et al. Wives and Daughters. BBC Video : 2 Entertain ; Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2006.

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