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Return with us now to the days of polite society, back when upper lips were stiff, corsetry was tortuous and no one was really happy. Hardly the good old days, but at least everyone looked smart and knew how to behave. From Austen to Dickens we have no end of impeccable period dramas for you to enjoy, films that, for better and for worse, reveal how we used to live.
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 | Marie Antoinette
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From director Sofia Coppola comes Marie Antoinette. Spanning from her betrothal to Louis XVI at the age of fourteen to the final fall of Versailles a...
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 | Howard's End(1992)
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Edwardian drama based on E.M. Forster's novel which follows the fortunes of two families. Winner of three Academy Awards including Best Actress, Best ...
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 | Room With A View, A(2001)
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Based on the novel by E.M. Forster and set in Florence and the English countryside, the film follows a young English couple who encounter passion in I...
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 | Nicholas Nickleby
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An adaptation of one of Charles Dicken's best-loved stories. Nicholas Nickleby becomes the head of his family after the untimely death of his father a...
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 | Emma
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In 19th century England a young woman spends so much time meddling in the affairs of others that she fails to recognise her own longings. Based on the...
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 | Sense And Sensibility(1995)
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Set in rural Georgian England, the story of two beautiful sisters searching for true love and happiness in a society obsessed with both financial and ...
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 | Pride And Prejudice(1995)
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An adaptation of Jane Austen's novel about five unmarried sisters in 19th century England. When Mr Darcy arrives to live in the area the Bennett famil...
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 | Crow 2, The - City Of Angels(1996)
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A single father is resurrected from a watery grave to exact a terrible revenge on those who killed him and his son. Using strange supernatural powers,...
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 | Little Women
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An adaptation of the classic 1886 story by Louisa M. Alcott, of the four March sisters growing up in 19th century America.
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 | Forsyte Saga, The Disc 1
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An epic television mini-series, this 1960's BBC production was avidly followed by audiences around the world. The literary adaptation follows the Vict...
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