Paul Scofield
Author
Series
Chronicles of Narnia volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
A boy and a talking horse share an adventurous and dangerous journey to Narnia to warn of an invasion by the ruthless Calormenes.
3) King Lear
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Shakespeare's tragedy of a royal father and his daughters is presented scene by scene in comic book format. As flies are to wanton boys, so are we to th' gods: they kill us for their sports, howls King Lear. In artist Ian Pollock's surreal interpretation of Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the abstract wail of "the unaccomodated man" is dramatized in subtle shadings of the old king's anguish. Every line of dialogue is preserved, and every scene is illustrated...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006, c1966
Edition
Widescreen format, Special ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Features the historic account of King Henry VII as he seeks a divorce from Catherine of Aragon who cannot produce an heir to the throne.
6) The crucible
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox
Pub. Date
1996
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (123 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In a small Puritan town where one's life is dedicated to God, several teenage girls are discovered in the woods and are accused of engaging in "The Devil's" work. As time goes by, the village becomes consumed by cries of witchcraft and the victims of this mass hysteria are torn from their homes and families.
7) Henry V
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2000, c1989
Edition
Widescreen format.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (138 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Young King Henry of England asserts a hereditary claim to the throne of France, gathering an army and embarking on a course that will lead to one of England's greatest battlefield triumphs and forever change the face of Europe.
Author
Series
Publisher
Audio Editions
Pub. Date
p1999
Physical Desc
25 sound discs (31.5 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Barnes & Noble Classics "pulls together a constellation of influences--biographical, historical, and literary--to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works. Left penniless by the death of his improvident father, young Nicholas Nickleby assumes responsibility for his mother and sister and seeks help from his Scrooge-like Uncle Ralph. Instantly disliking Nicholas, Ralph sends him to teach in a school run by the stupidly sadistic Wackford...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
xxxi, 575 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
The sensational bestselling story of Little Nell, the beautiful child thrown into a shadowy, terrifying world, seems to belong less to the history of the Victorian novel than to folklore, fairy tale, or myth. The sorrows of Nell and her grandfather are offset by Dickens's creation of a dazzling contemporary world inhabited by some of his most brilliantly drawn characters-the eloquent ne'er-do-well Dick Swiveller; the hungry maid known as the "Marchioness";...
11) Hard Times
Author
Series
Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Language
English
Description
Mr. Thomas Gradgrind, school headmaster in Cokestown, a northern English village beset by industrialism, runs his family and his school with a rigid adherence to facts, but his daughter's loveless marriage, his son's involvement with gambling and robbery, and his encounters with a variety of characters, force him to recognize the value of the human heart.
13) Oliver Twist
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
In tracing the parish boy's progress, Dickens did not write a topical satire on the workhouse system and the role of the 1834 New Poor Law in fostering criminality, he created a story about the survival of good, and the exploitation of violence.