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2007,p1992., General, 2 entertain/BBC Video ; distributed by Warner Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Adam Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Adam Bede, an honest, hard-working carpenter, has his heart set on marrying his sweetheart, pretty dairymaid Hetty Sorrel. Hetty wants nothing to do with her boring life on the farm and she allows herself to be seduced by the heir to a local estate. She finds herself abandoned and pregnant from her ill-fated dalliance.
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2013., Universal Studios Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Anna (2012) Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Set in late 19th century Russia high-society, the aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the affluent Count Vronsky.
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-- Downton Abbey 2.2022., General, Universal Call No: NEW DVD Fic Downton New Era Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: The Dowager Countess reveals she has a villa in the south of France, and many of the family follow her there for a rest while some of the family stay behind to keep an eye on the cast and crew of a film which is shooting at the grand estate.
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By Bonneville, Hugh Findlay, Jessica Brown, 1989- Carmichael, Laura Carter, Jim, 1948- Coyle, Brendan Dockery, Michelle, 1981- Finneran, Siobhan, 1967- Frogatt, Joanne, 1979- James-Collier, Rob Leech, Allen Logan, Phyllis MacLaine, Shirley, 1934- McGovern, Elizabeth, 1961- McShera, Sophie Nicol, Lesley, 1953- Nuttall, Amy, 1982- Smith, Maggie, 1934- Stevens, Dan, 1982c2013., PBS Distribution PBS Distribution Call No: DVD Fic Downton season 3 Edition: Original UK ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Downton Abbey Volume: 3Summary Note: The war is over and a long-awaited engagement is on, but all is not tranquil at Downton Abbey as wrenching social changes, romantic intrigues, and personal crises grip the majestic English country estate for a third thrilling season. In the wake of World War I, Robert, Earl of Grantham, sticks to his duty to maintain Downton more firmly than ever.
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c2014., General, PBS Distribution/WGBH Call No: DVD Fic Downton 4 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Downton Abbey Volume: 4Summary Note: "Season Four, set in 1922, sees the return of our much-loved characters in the sumptuous setting of Downton Abbey. As they face new challenges, the Crawley family and the servants who work for them remain inextricably intertwined. Six months after Matthew's tragic death, his loss is still felt throughout the great house. Mary struggles to face a new future with her fatherless child, and is encouraged by the family to pick up the pieces. Accepting a new role on the estate, the now-eligible Mary also finds herself the reluctant object of attention from a number of eager suitors. With the twenties in full swing and the tides of change sweeping through Downton, Rose's continued attraction to the bright lights of London spells trouble for the Crawleys, and Edith's budding relationship with Michael Gregson is threatened by events beyond her control. Meanwhile, below stairs, passions run high and young hearts look set to be broken. Writer and creator Julian Fellowes brings back this most-watched drama in PBS history for its fourth gripping season. The acclaimed ensemble cast is led by Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, Michelle Dockery, and Maggie Smith, along with returning guest star Shirley MacLaine and new guest star Paul Giamatti as Cora's playboy brother Harold."--Container.
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2015, p2014., Adult, PBS Distribution/WGBH Call No: DVD Fic Downton 5 Edition: Original UK Edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Downton Abbey Volume: 5Summary Note: "As Season Five begins in 1924, the radio is the latest miracle, a new Labour government heralds changes throughout the land, and Downton's traditional ways are besieged on all fronts. Robert, Mary, and Branson must navigate these shifting sands together to ensure the future of the estate for generations to comes. As Branson finds himself playing a more crucial role at Downton than ever before, he can't help but question his place in the world. Mary is finally coming to accept that she would. Mary is finally coming to accept that she would like to marry again, but will she ever be able to find the same happiness that she had with Matthew? And with no news of her beloved Gregson, Edith suffers under the burden of her terrible secret. Downstairs, all of the servants must consider what effect social changes may have on their working lives. No one, from Mr. Carson to Daisy, will be left unaffected. The Crawley family and the servants who work for them remain inseparably intertwined as they rise to meet the new challenges of the day."--Container.
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-- Downton Abbey.By Fellowes, Julian Croucher, Chris, 1981- Neame, Gareth Marchant, Nigel Trubridge, Liz Eaton, Rebecca, 1947- Simpson, Susanne Bonneville, Hugh Carmichael, Laura, 1986- Carter, Jim, 1948- Cassidy, Raquel, 1968- Coyle, Brendan Dockery, Michelle, 1981- Doyle, Kevin, 1961- Fox, Michael. Froggatt, Joanne, 1980- Goode, Matthew, 1978- James, Lily, 1989- James-Collier, R2016., PBS Distribution Call No: DVD Fic Downton 6 Edition: Original UK edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Downton Abbey Volume: 6Summary Note: The year is 1925. Momentous changes threaten the great house, its owners, and its servants, while past scandals continue to loom. Return to the sumptuous setting of Downton Abbey for the sixth and final season to discover what will finally become of the Crawley family, and the servants who work for them, as they face new challenges and begin forging different paths in a rapidly changing world. Secrets and rifts threaten the unity of the family, while those below stairs continue to navigate social changes which put their futures in jeopardy.
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2011., E1 Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Glorious Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: In this tense WWII-era thriller, Anne, a young woman from a political family, stumbles upon sinister evidence relating to a secret Nazi conspiracy plot and ends up caught in a deadly web of lies and betrayal.
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2002, p2001., Adult, Alliance Atlantis Call No: DVD Fic Gosford Edition: Collector's ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Drama set at the country estate of Sir William McCordle in 1932, showing the lives of upstairs guests and downstairs servants at a hunting party weekend when one of the group is murdered.
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-- Howards End2005., General, Criterion Collection ; Distributed by Home Vision Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Howards Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Merchant Ivory collectionSummary Note: Margaret and Helen Schlegel are sisters from a well-educated European family. A series of events brings them into a relationship with the very English Wilcox family. Both families also come into contact with Leonard Bast and his wife, a couple near the lowest tier of the rigid class system. Leonard's desire for cultural and intellectual status attracts the attention of Helen. Margaret must reconcile her independent spirit with her desire for companionship and a comfortable place in Edwardian society. Her moral strength is eventually able to resolve the tangle of opposites.
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-- Indian doctor.2021., Adult, 670, Kino Lorber Call No: DVD Fic IndianD Edition: Widescreen edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Prem Sharma, a highly educated Indian doctor, and Kamini, his beautiful upper-class wife, leave India in 1963 attracted by the promise of opportunities in the new National Health Service and a glamorous lifestyle in London. It comes as a shock for both the Sharmas and the residents of a small Welsh coal-mining village when they are assigned there instead.
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2015., General, PBS Distribution Call No: DVD Fic Indian 1 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Julie Walters (Oscar nominee for Billy Elliot and Educating Rita) stars as the glamorous doyenne of an English social club in the twilight era of British rule in India. Set in a subtropical paradise, Indian Summers explores the collision of the high-living English ruling class with the local people agitating for Indian independence. As the drama unfolds, the two sides alternately clash and merge in an intricate game of power, politics, and passion."--Container.
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[2004]., Criterion Collection : Distributed by Home Vision Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Savages 1972 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Merchant Ivory collectionSummary Note: A tribe of primitive mud people encounter a croquet ball, rolling through the forest. Following it, they find themselves on a large, deserted estate. After entering, the begin to become civilized and assume the stereotypical roles of people at a party.
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-- Upstairs, downstairs.By Thomas, Heidi, 1967- Lyn, Euros Metzstein, Saul, 1970- Atkins, Eileen, 1934- Marsh, Jean Hawes, Keeley, 1977- Stoppard, Ed Foy, Claire, 1984- Reid, Anne Malik, Art Jackson, Neil Scarborough, Adrian Bradbury, Helen Kendrick, Ellie, 1990- Mirallegro, Nico British Broadcasting Corporation Warner Home Video (Firm)c2011., British Broadcasting Corporation : Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video Ltd. Call No: DVD Fic Upstairs (2010-) 1 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Upstairs, downstairs (2010) Volume: 1Summary Note: One of the most loved television series of all time is brought back to life with a fresh cast and sumptuous production values. It's 1936, and six years since parlor maid Rose left 165 Eaton Place, when fate brings her back as housekeeper to its new owners: Sir Hallam, his wife Lady Agnes, and Maud, Lady Holland, his mother. Rose soon finds she has her work cut out as she recruits a new 'downstairs' family to help run the elegance and finery of the 'upstairs' world.
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2010., General, Farrar, Straus and Giroux Call No: Bio M683w Edition: 1st American ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Deborah Mitford, Duchess of Devonshire, is the youngest of the famously witty brood that includes the writers Jessica and Nancy, who wrote when Deborah was born, "How disgusting of the poor darling to go and be a girl." Deborah's effervescent memoir chronicles her remarkable life, from an eccentric but happy childhood in the Oxfordshire countryside, to tea with Adolf Hitler and her controversially political sister Unity in 1937, to her marriage to the second son of the Duke of Devonshire. Her life would change utterly with his unexpected inheritance of the title and vast estates after the wartime death of his brother, who had married Kick Kennedy, the beloved sister of John F. Kennedy. Her friendship with that family would last through triumph and tragedy. This is a unique portrait of an age, and an unprecedented look at life inside one of the great aristocratic families of England.--From publisher description.
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-- Downton Abbey.2011., St. Martin's Press Call No: 791.4572 F322w Edition: 1st U.S. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A companion book to the popular British series about the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants offers insights into the story and characters and background information on British society in the early years of the twentieth century.