Masterful Literary Adaptations of Timeless Classics

An exploration of Charles Dicken's unfinished work in which the mystery of the murder of Edwin Drood is examined.

The Dorrits are a family whose life revolves around the Marshalsea, a debtor's prison. Amy Dorrit's kind nature brings the family into contact with a wide swath of English society, from the poorest to the richest, and back again.

Set in Victorian London, Gwendolen Harleth is drawn to Daniel Deronda, a selfless and intelligent gentleman of unknown parentage, but her own desperate need for financial security may destroy her chance at happiness.

Chronicles the lives of three generations of the upper-middle-class British family, the Forsytes, from the 1870s to 1920.

A suspenseful tale about the injustices of the 19th Century English legal system.

A humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.

A humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.

The orphan Pip becomes a gentleman when his life is transformed by a mystery benefactor.

Intertwining tales of love, greed, and secret identities in Charles Dickens's 1860s London.

A young, compassionate man struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his cold-hearted, grasping uncle.

A young, compassionate man struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his cold-hearted, grasping uncle.

A young, compassionate man struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his cold-hearted, grasping uncle.

A young woman's penchant for sensational Gothic novels leads to misunderstandings in the matters of the heart.

A young governess falls in love with her brooding and complex master. However, his dark past may destroy their relationship forever.

Emma Woodhouse is a wealthy young woman living in the early 19th century, whose misplaced confidence in her matchmaking abilities occasions several romantic misadventures, which leads her into deeper meanings of love and life.

The daughter of a country doctor copes with an unwanted stepmother, an impetuous stepsister, burdensome secrets, the town gossips, and the tug on her own heartstrings for a man who thinks of her only as a friend.

An adaptation of Anne Bronte's novel; a young widow takes her son and moves to Yorkshire.

In this lighthearted romance from Victorian novelist Thomas Hardy, the beautiful new village school teacher is pursued by three suitors: a working-class man, a landowner, and the vicar.

A drunken farm worker sells his wife and child at a market and begins a new life of wealth and respect as the Mayor of Casterbridge. However, his past returns to haunt him when he is reunited with his family, with unexpected consequences.

Jane Eyre, an orphan, is sent by her heartless Aunt Reed to a charity school. Later, when she becomes a governess at Thornfield Hall, she falls for the enigmatic Mr Rochester but discovers that the house holds a dark secret.

Foundling Heathcliff is raised by the wealthy Earnshaws in Yorkshire but in later life launches a vendetta against the family.

Set against a backdrop of war, religious strife and power struggles which tears lives and families apart.

A vain, pretty girl has recently taken over her uncle's farm. Her independent, naïve personality leaves her torn between the three men who wish to marry her.

Napoleon's tumultuous relations with Russia including his disastrous 1812 invasion serve as the backdrop for the tangled personal lives of five aristocratic Russian families.

Beginning with the forced marriage of Glencora (Susan Hampshire), the lives of the friends and children of this couple are the subject of study. The backdrop is the House of Commons in England as we watch the comings and goings and loves and tragedies of the powerful and not-so-powerful.