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Description
"Emily Fox Seton accepts a marriage proposal from the older Lord James Walderhurst, a widower. It is an arrangement for them both, in James' case to stop the family home passing to James' cousin Alec Osborn and his Anglo-Indian wife Hester. Affection soon grows between them but James is posted to India with his regiment and the Osborns come to stay with Emily, telling her James sent them to look after her. But they have lied and Alec's alarming mood...
5) Bel ami
Description
"A chronicle of a young man's rise to power in Paris via his manipulation of the city's most influential and wealthy women"--from www.imdb.com.
Series
Criterion collection volume 31
Description
The chance meeting of a boy and a convict on the Romney Marshes leads to strange consequences for both of them, with mystery and wealth for the boy.
9) Lady Macbeth
Description
"In 19th-century rural England, a young bride who has been sold into marriage discovers an unstoppable desire within herself as she enters into an affair with a worker on her estate"--From www.imdb.com.
12) Tom Jones
Series
Criterion collection volume 115
Description
"The romantic and chivalrous adventures of adopted bastard Tom Jones in 18th century England"--from www.imdb.com.
13) Cranford
Description
Spinsters Deborah and Matty Jenkyns preside over an intricate network of ladies as change comes to Cranford, a market town in the northwest of England governed by etiquette and custom.
14) Les misérables
Description
Ex-convict Jean Valjean tries to rebuild his life to be a respectable citizen. However, police inspector Javert relentlessly hounds him and won't let him escape his past.
17) Sons & lovers
Description
A woman puts all of her energy into her relationship with her younger son after her oldest son dies. He, in turn, has to choose between his own personal happiness or pleasing his mother.
Description
"Welcome to Cranford, where all changes and all remains the same. Miss Matty's house is full of life and bustle. Her dream of having a child in the house has been realised in the birth of Tilly, daughter of her maid Martha and carpenter Jem. The shadow of the railway still looms but, to the relief of Matty and the Amazons, the line has been halted five miles outside of Cranford because of Lady Ludlow's refusal to sell her land. Elsewhere Miss Mattys...
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