Jane Eyre / Charlotte Bronte / Penguin Classics

By:

Charlotte Brontë

Contributor(s):

Material type: Film

FilmPublisher number: AMP-8334 | Acorn MediaPublication details: Silver Spring, MD : Acorn Media, [2006]Description: 2 videodiscs (approximately 248 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:

two-dimensional moving image

Media type:

video

Carrier type:

videodisc

ISBN:

9780141441146
9780141441146

Genre/Form:

Television mini-series.

DDC classification:

791.4372 BRO 2006 22

LOC classification:

PN1995.9.M45 J364 2006

Contents:

Vol. 1. Parts 1-3 -- Vol. 2. Parts 4-5.

Cast: Sorcha Cusack, Michael Jayston.Summary: A novel of intense power and intrigue, Jane Eyre has dazzled generations of readers with its depiction of a woman's quest for freedom. Having grown up an orphan in the home of her cruel aunt and at a harsh charity school, Jane Eyre becomes an independent and spirited survivor-qualities that serve her well as governess at Thornfield Hall. But when she finds love with her sardonic employer, Rochester, the discovery of his terrible secret forces her to make a choice. Should she stay with him whatever the consequences or follow her convictions, even if it means leaving her beloved? This updated Penguin Classics edition features a new introduction by Brontë scholar and award-winning novelist Stevie Davies, as well as comprehensive notes, a chronology, further reading, and an appendix. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Symbiosis International University, Dubai	791.4372 BRO 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		SIU01270

Based on the novel by Charlotte Bront�e.

Originally broadcast as a television mini-series on the BBC in 1973.

DVD special features include: Bio of Charlotte Bront�e; Cast filmographies.

Vol. 1. Parts 1-3 -- Vol. 2. Parts 4-5.

Sorcha Cusack, Michael Jayston.

A novel of intense power and intrigue, Jane Eyre has dazzled generations of readers with its depiction of a woman's quest for freedom. Having grown up an orphan in the home of her cruel aunt and at a harsh charity school, Jane Eyre becomes an independent and spirited survivor-qualities that serve her well as governess at Thornfield Hall. But when she finds love with her sardonic employer, Rochester, the discovery of his terrible secret forces her to make a choice. Should she stay with him whatever the consequences or follow her convictions, even if it means leaving her beloved? This updated Penguin Classics edition features a new introduction by Brontë scholar and award-winning novelist Stevie Davies, as well as comprehensive notes, a chronology, further reading, and an appendix.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital.

Set includes: 2 DVDs.

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