Synopsis
A series of TV plays based on stories or novels by Henry James.
Uploader's description on archive.org
Details
- Running time
- 47 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- 1970s Classic TV, Classic TV
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- 1974
- UK-TV
- Period Drama
- Based on novel
- 19th century
- British vignette
- High society
- English countryside
- London England
- Class distinction
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Affairs Of The Heart And The Pleasure Of The Word · Roger Little 14344 · 2024-04-29
Greetings and cheers for the initiative and vision in having made Affairs Of The Heart available. The series is a particularly fine example of why much literary or period adapted drama was so often brilliant in the 1970s. With each episode taking the name of its leading character and all adapted from stories of Henry James, including novels, it's remarkable how fluid and satisfying the treatment is within the forty five minute or so framework. The viewer is fixed upon the compelling and focused human drama at hand, usually containing a surprise twist of ambiguity in James' exploration. In…