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Publisher
KL Studio Classics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Based on the terrifying suspense novel by Agatha Christie, this film stars Hayley Mills as a wealthy heiress who moves into a magnificent dream house with her new husband. But when murder begins to make itself at home, the stage is set for a stunning climax that even hardcore Christie fans consider one of her darkest and most shocking twists ever.
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
In this charming and thoughtful retelling of Mansfield Park, Amanda Grange brings one of Jane Austin's most remarkable novels to life once again... At ten years of age, Fanny Price came to live with Edmund Bertram and his family at Mansfield Park. Far from the brat Edmund expected, Fanny became his closest confidante and dearest friend. But when the fashionable Crawford siblings - Henry and Mary - come to town, Edmund is enchanted by Mary's beauty...
Author
Series
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Description
"Jane Eyre follows the titular character as she makes her way through Thornfield Hall as the governess and love interest of Mr. Rochester. The text reprinted in this new edition is that of the 1848 third edition text--the last text corrected by Charlotte Bronte. The text is accompanied by explanatory footnotes and an introduction that explores the influences of the novel and its journey to publication. "Contexts" includes excerpts from Charlotte's...
6) Rebecca
Series
Criterion collection volume 135
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A young woman who believes she has found her heart's desire when she marries the dashing aristocratic widower Maxim de Winter. But upon moving to Manderley, her groom's baroque ancestral mansion, she soon learns that his deceased wife's memory haunts not only the home but the temperamental, brooding Maxim as well.
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"It's long been accepted that the 1950s and 1960s were a period of steady decline for the British stately country home. In Noble Ambitions, celebrated historian Adrian Tinniswood shows that the postwar history of family seats and great houses is much more nuanced. Tinniswood proves that the country house is not only an iconic symbol, but a lens through which to understand the shifting fortunes of the British élite. Twinned with the orthodox narrative...
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