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All I want : a novel / by Bell, Darcey,author.;
"A young couple with a baby on the way moves to an old Victorian house in rural, upstate New York. Strange happenings contribute to their disintegrating marriage-and to their terrifying descent into the darker side of human nature"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Married people; Pregnant women; Small cities;

A murder Yule regret / by Archer, Winnie.;
"When a tabloid journalist meets his demise during a Victorian holiday costume party, fledgling photographer Ivy Culpepper gets roped into helping prove the innocence of It Girl film star Eliza Fox since her festive photos are now official evidence"--
Subjects: Cozy mysteries.; Culpepper, Ivy (Fictitious character); Baking; Christmas; Murder;

Women in white coats : how the first women doctors changed the world of medicine / by Campbell, Olivia,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Documents the true stories of three pioneering women who defied Victorian-era boundaries to become the first women doctors, discussing how they banded together to support each other and advocate for women's health in a male-dominated field.
Subjects: Biographies.; Blackwell, Elizabeth, 1821-1910.; Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett, 1836-1917.; Jex-Blake, Sophia, 1840-1912.; Women physicians; Medicine;

The Lotterys plus one / by Donoghue, Emma,1969-;
When Sumac Lottery's estranged grandfather comes to live with her and her large family in their sprawling Victorian home, Sumac quickly realizes he's not the easiest person to get along with. But can she help him find a home where he belongs?LSC
Subjects: Children of gay parents; Grandfathers; Grandparent and child; Extended families;

Cranford [videorecording] : the original BBC mini-series / by Christie, Helen.; Drake, Fabia.; Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn,1810-1865.Cranford.Videorecording.; Hamilton, Gabrielle.; BBC Video (Firm); BFS Entertainment & Multimedia Ltd.; British Broadcasting Corporation.;
Gabrielle Hamilton, Fabia Drake, Helen Christie.Set in the early 1840s, this is the original BBC miniseries of Elizabeth Gaskell's classic tale of a fictional Victorian country village in which the genteel ladies of Cranford struggle to face an uncertain future with dignity and 19th Century decorum.PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865.; Gossip; Man-woman relationships; Market towns; Single women; Sisters; Television mini-series.;
© c2013., Distributed by BFS Entertainment & Multimedia,

Dodger / by Pratchett, Terry.;
"In an alternative version of Victorian London, a seventeen-year-old Dodger, a cunning and cheeky street urchin, unexpectedly rises in life when he saves a mysterious girl, meets Charles Dickens, and unintentionally puts a stop to the murders of Sweeny Todd"--
Subjects: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870; Adventure and adventurers; Conduct of life; Love; Todd, Sweeney (Legendary character); Humorous stories.; JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Europe.; JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General.; JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories.; Young adult fiction.;
© c2012., HarperCollins,

Ghost Stories. by Gatiss, Mark,film director.; BBC Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by BBC Studios in 2013.Merciless landowners back from the dead. Family feuds with terrifying consequences. Mysterious deaths at Oxford University. These chilling stories, inspired by Victorian literature, are adapted by award-winning performer and writer Mark Gatiss (Sherlock) and feature a glittering cast of actors.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Ghosts.; Horror films.;

The other side of Mrs. Wood : a novel / by Barker, Lucy,author.;
At the height of Victorian London's obsession with Spiritualism, the city's premier medium, Mrs. Violet Woods, while a newspaperman works to expose false mediums across London, takes in a girl with an uncanny talent for the craft to spice up her brand, which could lead to her downfall.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Journalists; Spiritualism; Women mediums;

The great mouse detective [videorecording (BLURAY)].
In Victorian London, England, a little mouse girl's toymaker father is abducted by a peglegged bat. She enlists the aid of Basil of Baker Street, the rodent world's answer to Sherlock Holmes. The case expands as Basil uncovers the crime's link to a plot against the Crown itself.CHVRS rating: G.Blu-ray.
Subjects: Animated.; Children's films.; Adventure.; Family Films.;
© 2012., Walt Disney,

Great Expectations. by Jarrold, Julian,film director.; Hill, Bernard,actor.; Rampling, Charlotte,actor.; Russell, Clive,actor.; Sumpter, Donald,actor.; Gruffudd, Ioan,actor.; Waddell, Justine,actor.; BBC Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Bernard Hill, Charlotte Rampling, Clive Russell, Donald Sumpter, Ioan Gruffudd, Justine WaddellOriginally produced by BBC Studios in 1999.Violence and Victorian gentility meet in one of Dickens' greatest creations. Pip's epic journey from boy to man has at its center his relationships with the terrifying convict Magwitch, manipulative Miss Havisham and the beautiful but heartless Estella. Tony Marchant's adaptation is dark, sometimes savagely comic and wholly unsentimental.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Motion pictures, British.; Historical films.; Motion pictures--Europe.;

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