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Books Into Movies: Which Is Better? - Page 2

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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A Bridge Too Far (1977)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
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The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
42
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Brothers Karamazov (1958)
The Brothers Karamazov (1958)
43
Camille
Camille
44
Camille (1936)
Camille (1936)
45
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
46
Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales (1972)
The Canterbury Tales (1972)
47
Captain Horatio Hornblower (Cecil Scott Forester)
Captain Horatio Hornblower
48
Cecil Scott Forester
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)
49
Captains Courageous (Rudyard Kipling)
Captains Courageous
50
Rudyard Kipling
Captains Courageous (1937)
Captains Courageous (1937)
51
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
52
Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol (1951)
A Christmas Carol (1951)
53
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
54
Anthony Burgess
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
55
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
56
David Mitchell
Cloud Atlas (2012)
Cloud Atlas (2012)
57
A Coffin for Dimitrios (Ambler)
A Coffin for Dimitrios
58
Ambler
The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)
The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)
59
The Comedians (Greene)
The Comedians
60
Greene
The Comedians (1967)
The Comedians (1967)
61
Conquest of Space (Bonestall Ley)
Conquest of Space
62
Bonestall Ley
Conquest of Space (1955)
Conquest of Space (1955)
63
Coraline (Neil Gaiman)
Coraline
64
Neil Gaiman
Coraline (2009)
Coraline (2009)
65
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
66
Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
67
Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
68
Crime and Punishment (1935)
Crime and Punishment (1935)
69
Cry the Beloved Country (Alan Paton)
Cry the Beloved Country
70
Alan Paton
Cry, the Beloved Country (1952)
Cry, the Beloved Country (1952)
71
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
72
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
73
Daisy Miller (Henry James)
Daisy Miller
74
Henry James
Daisy Miller (1974)
Daisy Miller (1974)
75
The Dam Busters (Paul Brickhill)
The Dam Busters
76
Paul Brickhill
The Dam Busters (1955)
The Dam Busters (1955)
77
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
78
Charles Dickens
David Copperfield (1935)
David Copperfield (1935)
79
The Day of the Jackal (Frederick Forsyth)
The Day of the Jackal
80
Frederick Forsyth
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