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1) Little women

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1 videodisc (approximately 175 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

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English

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Dramatisation of Louisa May Alcott's novel about the lives of the four March sisters during the American Civil War as they learn to navigate love, loss and the trials of growing up.

2) Call the midwife: Season six

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3 videodiscs (approximately 570 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

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English

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When the rather austere Sister Ursula is appointed the new head of Nonnatus house, Sister Julienne finds herself demoted and working back alongside the midwives as an ordinary member of staff.

3) Cranford

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3 videodiscs, 468 min. : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

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English

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Cranford [DVDC 4011 pt. 1]: Adapted from Elizabeth Gaskell's novels, the five-episode miniseries Cranford focuses on female characters in the 19th-century British town to thematically contemplate encroaching modernity in rural England. With the camera roving house to house, each drama within the grander story is constructed of scenes featuring dialogue between several gossipy ladies obsessed with moral code, romantic ideas about courtship, and social...

4) Call the midwife: Season nine

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3 videodiscs (505 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

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English

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The life and times of a group of midwives working at Nonnatus House--a nursing convent serving the impoverished of East London in the late 1950s and early 1960s--are chronicled in this appealing British series based on true events. The women learn powerful lessons about life's struggles while visiting with expectant mothers and poor children.

5) Lilies

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3 videodiscs (approximately 467 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

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English

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Iris, May, and Ruby are sisters living in Liverpool after WWI. Dutiful, devout Iris runs the household efficiently in place of their deceased mother. Wayward, dreamy May works as a maid but longs to act. And feisty, ambitious Ruby sells corsets to keep the family afloat. With their overbearing father and war-tormented brother, they struggle through poverty, passions, and profound disappointments.

6) Call the midwife: Season five

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3 videodiscs (approximately 555 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

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English

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The beloved nurses and nuns of Nonnatus House return to warm your heart as they care for the poorest women in London's East End. Life never stands still as the midwives face surprise pregnancy, disease, blossoming romance and missing friends.