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This highly acclaimed adaptation of Charles Dickens' last completed novel paints a powerful portrait of Victorian London. Set against the contrasting backgrounds of new money and squalid poverty, two epic love stories unfold amid bitter tensions over money, class and passion. This classic is ad...

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Other Authors:	Wearing, Catherine (Producer), Farino, Julian (Director), Welch, Sandy (Screenwriter), McGann, Paul (Actor), Hawes, Keeley, 1976- (Actor), Schofield, David, 1951- (Actor), Bradley, David, 1942- (Actor), Mafham, Dominic (Actor), Culkin, Michael (Actor), Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	London, England : BBC Worldwide, 1998.
Series:	Academic Video Online
Subjects:	Inheritance and succession > 19th century > Drama. Social classes > Drama. Poor families > Drama. Deception > Drama. London (England) > Social life and customs > 19th century > Drama. Deception Inheritance and succession Manners and customs Poor families Social classes England > London 1800-1899 Drama Television adaptations Television adaptations. Adaptations télévisées.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	This highly acclaimed adaptation of Charles Dickens' last completed novel paints a powerful portrait of Victorian London. Set against the contrasting backgrounds of new money and squalid poverty, two epic love stories unfold amid bitter tensions over money, class and passion. This classic is adapted by Sandy Welch. A complicated train of events is set in motion when the good-natured and unworldly Boffins inherit a fortune from their old employer when his son and heir, John Harmon, apparently drowns.
Item Description:	Title from resource description page (viewed May 20, 2022).
Physical Description:	1 online resource (51 minutes)
Playing Time:	00:50:32