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Notable film adaptations of classic books
still from Little Women (2019)
Little Women
(Greta Gerwig, 2019)
Sense and Sensibility
(Ang Lee, 1995)
If Beale Street Could Talk
(Barry Jenkins, 2018)
Clueless
(Amy Heckerling, 1995) - adaptation of
Emma
by Jane Austen
To Kill a Mockingbird
(Robert Mulligan, 1982)
Easy A
(Will Gluck, 2010) - adaptation of
The Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Jane Eyre
(Cary Fukunaga, 2011)
The Great Gatsby
(Baz Luhrmann, 2013)
1984
(Michael Radford, 1984)
The Age of Innocence
(Martin Scorcese, 1993)
eBooks: Literary Classics
Learn about literary classics
What makes a book a classic? (ThoughtCo.)
The main tenets of classic literature.
Tales of the unexpected: 10 literary classics you probably won't have read (The Guardian)
Discover lesser-known and forgotten masterpieces such as The Purple Cloud by MP Shiel (1901).
4 literary classics you finally have time to read (RTE)
Staying home? This is the perfect time to dive into longer books like Ulysses by James Joyce!
11 lost Literary Classics You Can Download for Free (Vulture)
More classic books you may not be aware of, such as The Last Man by Mary Shelley (1826). All available for free online!
Listen: Backlisted Podcast
Backlisted
A podcast dedicated to "giving new life to old books." Each episode, the hosts offer a convincing argument for why you should read classic works of literature, from Charles Dickens to Angela Carter!
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