New in Package - The Charles Dickens Collection (6 DVDs) Great Xmas Gift!

Six BBC adaptations of Charles Dickens's works are brought together in this collection. BLEAK HOUSE: This BBC production of a Dickens's 1852 classic brings to life a host of famous characters. It is at the Court of Chancery, London, where the case of Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce has dragged on for many years. As new evidence is brought out in court, an increasing number of innocent victims are ground down by this suit. GREAT EXPECTATIONS: humble village boy Pip, who is orphaned at an early age and brought up by his domineering sister and her blacksmith husband. The story follows Pip's journey through boyhood and into the fine life he has made for himself in London, but his callous behavior catches up to him, and he is faced with the knowledge of what he has become. HARD TIMES: Charles Dickens once again takes aim at the industrialist movement in England in this, his most bitter indictment of capitalism. Thomas Gradgrind subjects his children to such grim, emotionless practicality that his daughter becomes horribly repressed and tragically marries a boorish banker, while his son becomes a coldhearted thief. MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT is an amusing take on a classic theme. As the salient tale of greed unfolds, the glittering cast delivers some stellar performances throughout. OLIVER TWIST. Oliver is an orphan boy who falls in with a group of criminals, until the mercurial Mr. Brownlow rescues him and triggers a series of adventures. OUR MUTUAL FRIEND: a young man who must marry a stranger.