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2) The riddle
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
In order for reporter Mike Sullivan to stop a cunning killer, he must first solve a murder hidden within a newly discovered Charles Dickens manuscript.
Publisher
Westend Films ; Magnolia Mae Films,2012
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Nelly, a happily-married mother and schoolteacher, is haunted by her past. Her memories, provoked by remorse and guilt, take us back in time to follow the story of her relationship with Charles Dickens with whom she discovered an exciting but fragile complicity.
5) Bleak House
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
An interminable court case has three young people each searching for the place in the world. They become involved with passionate young lovers, ruthless lawyers, an ice-cold aristratic beauty, and a shrewd, relentless detective.
Publisher
Feature Films for Families
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Timely advice from a friend leads the struggling author, Charles Dickens, into peril as he does some soul-searching involving his desire to write for finanacial security. This fuels his own fears and self-pity, but he receives unexpected help for a young girl, who reawakens in him a desire to refocus his priorities. Unless he can discover the healing power of a simple act of charity, his dream of truly making a difference will be as dead as a doornail....
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Who will inherit the riches of wealthy old Martin Chuzzlewit? The only person he trusts is his companion and nurse, the young orphan Mary Graham, but she is employed on the understanding that she will not inherit a penny. He has disinherited his grandson, Young Martin, suspicious of the motives of the young man's love for Mary. With such a fortune at stake, the rest of the family closes in like sharks. The obsequious Pecksniff, with his daughters,...
12) Hard times
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Local MP and schoolmaster Thomas Gradgrind raises his children, Louisa and Tom, in the utilitarian fashion, stressing reason and fact and dismissing imagination and emotion. Under his influence, Louisa grows cold while Tom turns to a secret life of drinking and gambling. To be nearer her brother, Louisa accepts an offer of marriage from his boss, the self-mad, self-important banker Josiah Bounderby, though she does not love him. But soon finds herself...
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the experiences of a young man in 19th century England.
Television production of the stage play Nicholas Nickleby, which was devised to be played in two parts. Based on the novel by Charles Dickens, chronicling the experiences of a young man in 19th century England.
16) Oliver Twist
Publisher
WGBH
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Oliver is a penniless orphan at the Parish Workhouse. After he is forced by the other boys to ask for more food, he is sold as an apprentice to a miserly undertaker. He runs away and is taken in by Fagin, a thief who is in league with a murderous pair determined to see that Oliver never inherits the fortune he deserves. Life twists and turns again for Oliver, landing him in alternately dangerous and hopeful circumstances.
17) Oliver Twist
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A slightly darker version of the classic Charles Dickens tale. After living in poor conditions, Oliver runs away to the streets of London. There he meets a gang of pickpockets and soon Oliver's life is changed forever.
18) Oliver Twist
Publisher
Liberation Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Recounts the adventurous life of a poor orphan who is born in the workhouse and runs away in search of a better life, only to be lured into a life of crime. Justice and truth must triumph, as Oliver discovers the true identity of his mother.
19) Oliver Twist
Publisher
Disney DVD
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Oliver Twist is the workhouse orphan who finds himself in with some bad company, but he eventually finds the happiness he deserves.
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