About this title: Written by George Eliot (of Silas Marner fame), the 1859 novel Adam Bede trenchantly addresses the issues of ingrained social prejudices. Played in this British TV adaptation by Iain Glen, the titular Adam Bede is a humble carpenter, enamored of the beautiful but shallow Hetty Sorel (Patsy Kensit). Surrendering to the "political correctness" of her times, Hetty spurns Adam in favor of a wealthy marriage to a nobleman, Lord Arthur (James Wilby). Though he is deeply hurt by this, Adam never relinquishes his love for Hetty and spends the balance of the story trying to win her back in his own ...
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Format: DVD
Screen format: Full Screen
DVD region: 1
Studio: BBC Warner
Date: 04/17/2007
UPC:794051288127
Description: Iain Glen, Patsy Kensit, Susannah Harker, James Wilby, Julia McKenzie. New. 1992 Run time: 102. Buy with confidence-Satisfaction Guaranteed! read more
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