Bleak House
"At the court of Chancery, the Jarndyce and Jarndyce case grinds on for years with no end in sight. Entangled in the lawsuit are a growing number of innocent victims: Ada Clare and Richard Carstone, whose inheritance is gradually being devoured by legal costs; Esther Summerson, a child with mys...
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Summary: | "At the court of Chancery, the Jarndyce and Jarndyce case grinds on for years with no end in sight. Entangled in the lawsuit are a growing number of innocent victims: Ada Clare and Richard Carstone, whose inheritance is gradually being devoured by legal costs; Esther Summerson, a child with mysterious parentage; and even Jo, the destitute little crossing-sweeper. As the case staggers onward, yet more people become embroiled in the furious legal battle, including the proud Lady Dedlock, who finds herself persecuted by the menacing lawyer Tulkinghorn, then hunted by the determined Inspector Bucket, one of the first detectives to appear in English literature. A savage, but often comic, indictment of a society that is rotten to the core ..."--Container. |
Item Description: | Originally produced for television in 1985 as episodes of the television series, Masterpiece Theatre. Based on the novel by Charles Dickens. Episodes 1-4 on side A and episodes 5-8 on side B. "BBC Video classic"--Container. "BBC VIdeo"--Container. |
Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (418 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
Format: | DVD. |
Audience: | MPAA rating: Not rated. |
Production Credits: | Dramatization, Arthur Hopcraft ; director, Ross Devenish ; music, Geoffrey Burgon ; producers, John Harris, Betty Willingale. |
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Burbank, Calif. :
Warner Home Video,
[2005?]
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ISBN: | 1419814494 9781419814495 |
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500 | |a Originally produced for television in 1985 as episodes of the television series, Masterpiece Theatre. | ||
500 | |a Based on the novel by Charles Dickens. | ||
500 | |a Episodes 1-4 on side A and episodes 5-8 on side B. | ||
500 | |a "BBC Video classic"--Container. | ||
500 | |a "BBC VIdeo"--Container. | ||
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520 | |a "At the court of Chancery, the Jarndyce and Jarndyce case grinds on for years with no end in sight. Entangled in the lawsuit are a growing number of innocent victims: Ada Clare and Richard Carstone, whose inheritance is gradually being devoured by legal costs; Esther Summerson, a child with mysterious parentage; and even Jo, the destitute little crossing-sweeper. As the case staggers onward, yet more people become embroiled in the furious legal battle, including the proud Lady Dedlock, who finds herself persecuted by the menacing lawyer Tulkinghorn, then hunted by the determined Inspector Bucket, one of the first detectives to appear in English literature. A savage, but often comic, indictment of a society that is rotten to the core ..."--Container. | ||
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