Classic books on film

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Pride And Prejudice : Complete BBC Series - 10th Anniversary Edition [1995] [DVD] [1999]
1.  Pride And Prejudice : Complete BBC Series - 10th Anniversary Edition [1995] [DVD] [1999] DVD ~ Jennifer Ehle
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  "My favourite adaptation."
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Ivanhoe [DVD]
2.  Ivanhoe [DVD] DVD ~ Christopher Lee
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  "One of the best adaptations I have ever seen. Not a bad performance in it."
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Pride And Prejudice [VHS][1980]
3.  Pride And Prejudice [VHS][1980] VHS Elizabeth Garvie
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  "Another good dramatisation. Almost as good as the 1995 version mentioned above. When will it be released on region 2 DVD?"
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Persuasion : Complete BBC Adaptation [1995] [DVD]
4.  Persuasion : Complete BBC Adaptation [1995] [DVD] DVD ~ Amanda Root
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  "A gentle but brilliant adaptation. An understated gem."
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North & South (Complete BBC Series) [DVD]
5.  North & South (Complete BBC Series) [DVD] DVD ~ Daniela Denby-Ashe
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  "A gritty and stunning adaptation of one of my favourite novels."
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Persuasion [VHS] [1971]
6.  Persuasion [VHS] [1971] VHS Anne Firbank
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  "Old-fashioned and with some ghastly costumes, but still well worth watching. Especially if it was released on DVD..."
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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall [DVD] [1996]
7.  The Tenant of Wildfell Hall [DVD] [1996] DVD ~ Toby Stephens
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  "Love this."
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Frenchman's Creek [VHS] [1998]
8.  Frenchman's Creek [VHS] [1998] VHS Tara Fitzgerald
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  "My favourite du Maurier novel on film, albeit set in a different period. Strangely, not avaliable on region 2 DVD!"
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Jane Eyre (BBC) [2007] [DVD] [2006]
9.  Jane Eyre (BBC) [2007] [DVD] [2006] DVD ~ Ruth Wilson
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  "Probably my favourite Jane Eyre."
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Sense And Sensibility (Collector's Edition) [1996] [DVD] [2002]
10.  Sense And Sensibility (Collector's Edition) [1996] [DVD] [2002] DVD ~ Emma Thompson
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Sense & Sensibility : Complete BBC Series [2008] [DVD]
11.  Sense & Sensibility : Complete BBC Series [2008] [DVD] DVD ~ Charity Wakefield
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  "Both this and the Emma Thompson/Ang Lee version are brilliant. I love Hattie Morahan as Elinor."
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Sense And Sensibility (BBC) [1981] [DVD]
12.  Sense And Sensibility (BBC) [1981] [DVD] DVD ~ Tracey Childs
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  "Very creaky looking sets, but once you get used to the old-fashioned production style and slow start this takes off."
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Northanger Abbey [DVD]
13.  Northanger Abbey [DVD] DVD ~ Katherine Schlesinger
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  "I have to confess to loving this version. Even the very 80s music. The leads are very good together and are Catherine and Henry to me."
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Northanger Abbey [DVD] [2007]
14.  Northanger Abbey [DVD] [2007] DVD ~ Felicity Jones
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  "A very good effort from ITV."
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La Reine Margot [DVD] [1995]
15.  La Reine Margot [DVD] [1995] DVD ~ Isabelle Adjani
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  "I don't think I am supposed to admit that I liked this better than the original Dumas novel, am I? The film does not follow the book too closely."
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Emma (Beckinsale) [DVD] [1996]
16.  Emma (Beckinsale) [DVD] [1996] DVD ~ Kate Beckinsale
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  "The best version I have seen of Emma."
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Jane Eyre [VHS] [1997]
17.  Jane Eyre [VHS] [1997] VHS Samantha Morton
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  "Perhaps my favourite Rochester on film. Sorry for the common refrain on this list - but I wish it was on DVD!"
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Cranford [DVD] [2007]
18.  Cranford [DVD] [2007] DVD ~ Judi Dench
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  "Brilliantly acted and well scripted."
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Little Women - Collector's Edition [DVD] [2000]
19.  Little Women - Collector's Edition [DVD] [2000] DVD ~ Susan Sarandon
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  "Strong performance all round."
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Mansfield Park [DVD]
20.  Mansfield Park [DVD] DVD ~ Nicholas Farrell
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  "Enjoyable, but some would find it too dated. A thousand times better than the Billie Piper effort."
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Bleak House - BBC (3 Disc Special Edition) [DVD] [2005]
21.  Bleak House - BBC (3 Disc Special Edition) [DVD] [2005] DVD ~ Gillian Anderson
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  "Makes Dickens more accessible."
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Pride & Prejudice - 2005 [DVD]
22.  Pride & Prejudice - 2005 [DVD] DVD ~ Keira Knightly
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  "I thought this was going to be awful, but it surprised me."
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Anna Karenina [DVD] [2000]
23.  Anna Karenina [DVD] [2000] DVD ~ Helen McCrory
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Clarissa [DVD]
24.  Clarissa [DVD] DVD ~ Saskia Wickham
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  "Cutting down the longest novel in the English language was never going to be easy, but this got most of the key scenes in."
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I Capture The Castle [DVD] [2003]
25.  I Capture The Castle [DVD] [2003] DVD ~ Romola Garai
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  "Based on the novel by Dodie Smith."
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Jane Eyre (BBC) [2007] [DVD] [2006] forum
Does this have the prequel "Wide Sargasso Sea" on it? 		0 12 Dec 2011
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall [DVD] [1996] forum
subtitles ? 		5 21 Sep 2011
North & South (Complete BBC Series) [DVD] forum
Classification 12 		1 17 Aug 2011
Sense & Sensibility : Complete BBC Series [2008] [DVD] forum
English subtitles? 		3 30 May 2011
Ivanhoe [DVD] forum
Subtitles? 		3 5 Mar 2011
Jane Eyre (BBC) [2007] [DVD] [2006] forum
Jane Eyre BBC 2006 Version 		3 5 Feb 2011
Northanger Abbey [DVD] [2007] forum
Subtitles 		0 26 Dec 2010
Persuasion : Complete BBC Adaptation [1995] [DVD] forum
Subtitles 		0 22 Dec 2010
North & South (Complete BBC Series) [DVD] forum
Any english subtitles for this set? Thanks! 		3 11 Sep 2009
Pride And Prejudice : Complete BBC Series - 10th Anniversary Edition [1995] [DVD] [1999] forum
subtitles 		1 18 Jul 2009
Cranford [DVD] [2007] forum
Dutch subtitles 		0 14 Dec 2008
Cranford [DVD] [2007] forum
DVD Extras 		1 21 Oct 2008
 
   

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