BBC Classics collection 4 vol. 4 - 4 TV mini-series: Madame Bovary / Portrait of a Marriage / Twenty Thousand Streets under the Sky / Nicholas Nickleby - 7 discs DVD Box set [IMPORT]

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Netherlands released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), English ( Dolby Surround ), Dutch ( Subtitles ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Box Set, Interactive Menu, Multi-DVD Set, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Madame Bovary (2000) A young woman in her late teens, a reader of novels and with high hopes of romance and passion, marries a widowed country doctor. Although he dotes on her, she is soon bored and discontent. First, she gives her imagination to a law student in town, and next she takes a lover. When he refuses to run away with her, she takes up again with the law clerk. Her spending on dresses and furnishings mounts; these debts and her ill-advised professional counsel to her husband bring his ruin. Portrait of a Marriage (1990) Portrait of a Marriage is a British television miniseries detailing the real-life love affair between Vita Sackville-West and Violet Keppel, as well as the strength of Vita's enduring marriage to the diplomat Harold Nicolson. Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky (2005) A story of unrequited love set in 1930s London. Nicholas Nickleby (1977) Charles Dicken's classic tale of the life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. On the death of his father, Nicholas seeks help from his uncle, but the assistance he recieves is double-edged. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: BAFTA Awards, Golden Globes, ...BBC Classics Collection - 4 Mini-Series (Vol. 4) - 7-DVD Box Set ( Madame Bovary / Portrait of a Marriage / Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky / Nicholas Nickleby )