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Books Into Movies: Which Is Better? - Page 10

Our maverick English Teacher and movie buff looks at a whole bunch of books AND the movies that were based on them. In some cases the books are famous and the movies are obscure; in others, the reverse is true. In a few cases both are quite well known, and occasionally neither the book nor the movie are remembered. And, most interestingly, it is remarkable how often the book is NOT better than the movie.
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The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (1965)
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (1965)
361
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
362
Ernest Hemingway
The Sun Also Rises (1957)
The Sun Also Rises (1957)
363
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
364
Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities (1958)
A Tale of Two Cities (1958)
365
Taras Bulba (Nikolai Gogol)
Taras Bulba
366
Nikolai Gogol
Taras Bulba (1962)
Taras Bulba (1962)
367
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
368
Thomas Hardy
Tess (1979)
Tess (1979)
369
The Thin Man (Dashiell Hammett)
The Thin Man
370
Dashiell Hammett
The Thin Man (1934)
The Thin Man (1934)
371
The Third Man (Greene)
The Third Man
372
Greene
The Third Man (1949)
The Third Man (1949)
373
Three Comrades (Erich Maria Remarque)
Three Comrades
374
Erich Maria Remarque
Three Comrades (1938)
Three Comrades (1938)
375
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
376
H.G. Wells
The Time Machine (1960)
The Time Machine (1960)
377
To Have and Have Not (Ernest Hemingway)
To Have and Have Not
378
Ernest Hemingway
To Have and Have Not (1944)
To Have and Have Not (1944)
379
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
380
Harper Lee
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
381
Trainspotting (Irvine Welsh)
Trainspotting
382
Irvine Welsh
Trainspotting (1996)
Trainspotting (1996)
383
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island
384
Robert Louis Stevenson
Treasure Island (1950)
Treasure Island (1950)
385
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
386
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
387
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
388
Franz Kafka
The Trial (1962)
The Trial (1962)
389
True Grit (Charles Portis)
True Grit
390
Charles Portis
True Grit (2010)
True Grit (2010)
391
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
392
James Joyce
Ulysses (1967)
Ulysses (1967)
393
Under the Volcano (Malcolm Lowry)
Under the Volcano
394
Malcolm Lowry
Under the Volcano (1984)
Under the Volcano (1984)
395
The Vikings (Edison Marshall)
The Vikings
396
Edison Marshall
The Vikings (1958)
The Vikings (1958)
397
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
398
Leo Tolstoy
War and Peace (Natasha Rostova) (1966)
War and Peace (Natasha Rostova) (1966)
399
The War of the Worlds (H. G. Wells)
The War of the Worlds
400
H. G. Wells
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