Summary 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. View more details
Directed : Tim Fywell
Written : Gustave Flaubert Heidi Thomas
Stars : Greg Wise Frances O'Connor Eileen Atkins Hugh Bonneville
Genres : Drama Romance
Release date : Jan 12, 2001
Countries of origin : United States United Kingdom
Official sites : arabuloku.com PBS
Language : English
Filming locations : Ashridge Park, Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) WGBH
Summary 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. View more details
Genres : Drama Romance
Release date : Jan 12, 2001
Countries of origin : United States United Kingdom
Official sites : arabuloku.com PBS
Language : English
Filming locations : Ashridge Park, Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) WGBH