Polly is sad to leave Bretton, mostly as it appears John has barely registered her departure. When Polly’s father returns, Lucy sees her ardent love for and devotion to her father. Polly becomes attached to John, who treats her like a little wife or mother. Bretton’s 16-year-old son, John, returns home. She does not sleep or eat regularly and only begins to assimilate when Mrs. Polly is an eccentric young girl and small in stature for her age. Polly’s mother was a negligent parent and wife, but Mr. On a stormy night, young Polly Home also arrives at Bretton to stay while her bereaved father travels abroad. Lucy, the narrator, hints that her godmother has brought her there in light of distressing events at home, but Lucy never specifies the nature of the concern.
So come on BBC you are now showing ROADS TO FREEDOM and shortly your terrific production of SUNSET SONG open your vaults and let us see MAN OF STRAW again with Derek Jacobi, CAKES AND ALE, SENTIMENTAL EDUCATION, FATHERS AND SONS, EYELESS IN GAZA and much, much, more.The narrative begins as 14-year-old Lucy Snowe visits her godmother, Mrs. Based upon her own experiences as a student in Belgium this is a much more believable a d mature work than Jane Eyre shame it is not better known. So often with Hollywood productions the plain heroine is anything but yet with Judy Parfitt it was a lot more believable as indeed was Peter Jeffrey as the irascible Monsieur Paul Emmanuel.
There was the school classroom, the dormitories and the gardens and that was about it.
In many ways like other classic productions of this era.it was liking watching a stage play with very few sets. I remember this series vividly another one which the BBC made very cheaply and where it's strength lay in the solid screenplay and the wonderful acting of Peter Jeffrey ,Mona Bruce and Judy Parfitt in particular.
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