pastoral fiction

Presents an adaptation Thomas Hardy's "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" in which a young woman finds herself the victim of fate and of forces beyond her control in nineteenth-century England.

A young woman finds herself the victim of fate and of forces beyond her control in nineteenth-century England.

Tess Durbeyfield attempts to restore her family's fortunes by claiming their connection with the the aristocratic d'Urbervilles. After Alec d'Urberville seduces her and makes her life miserable, she meets and falls in love with Angel Clare.

Follows the escapades of four animal friends--Toad, Mole, Rat, and Badger--who live along a river in the English countryside.

Embittered by a false accusation and disappointed in friendship and love, the weaver Silas Marner retreats into a life alone with his loom and his gold. Fate steals his gold and replaces it with a golden-haired foundling child.

A young woman finds herself the victim of fate and of forces beyond her control in nineteenth-century England.

Sent to live with relatives on their farm because of his unhappy home life, an eleven-year-old city boy meets his distant cousin Harris and is given an introduction to a whole new world.

Describes the relationship between a West Texas rancher Jack Carmine, "God's only freeborn soul", and Linda, an exotic dancer from Minnesota whom he rescues. Jack has a profound effect not only on Linda, but also on song writer Bobby McGregor, whom he met in Vietnam, and Vaughn Rhomer, Jack's uncle.