PBS offers a terrific English Literature set . . . quite the (Charles) Dickens!

Call this the write stuff.
PBS Distribution has released Masterpiece: Classic English Literature Collection on DVD. Learn once again why England’s reputation as a producer of literary giants is so well deserved. Celebrating some of the country’s outstanding writers, a new limited edition box set brings the lives and works of four great names in English literature to life in a new and exciting way. This collection includes Masterpiece screen adaptations of Charles DickensGreat Expectations, Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey and Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre.
In addition to these four films, the limited-edition box set features a wealth of memorabilia pieces that offer a unique glimpse into the lives of the authors. Learn all about the writers in a fact-filled booklet, before exploring rare and unseen reproduced artifacts from their personal lives, including: baptism certificates for Emily and Charlotte Brontë; the last will and testament of Jane Austen; personal letters and newspaper articles by Charles Dickens; rare photographs and much more.
Veddy fine indeed!

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