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Books Into Movies: Which Is Better? - Page 6

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 Invisible Man (H.G. Wells)
The Invisible Man
201
H.G. Wells
The Invisible Man (1933)
The Invisible Man (1933)
202
The Ipcress File (Len Deighton)
The Ipcress File
203
Len Deighton
The Ipcress File (1965)
The Ipcress File (1965)
204
The Island of Doctor Moreau (Penguin Classics)
The Island of Doctor Moreau
205
Penguin Classics
Island of Lost Souls
Island of Lost Souls
206
Journey to the Centre of the Earth (Jules Verne)
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
207
Jules Verne
Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
208
Kidnapped (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Kidnapped
209
Robert Louis Stevenson
Kidnapped (1960)
Kidnapped (1960)
210
The Killers (Ernest Hemingway)
The Killers
211
Ernest Hemingway
The Killers (1946)
The Killers (1946)
212
The Killers (1964)
The Killers (1964)
213
King Solomon's Mines (Haggard)
King Solomon's Mines
214
Haggard
King Solomon's Mines (1950)
King Solomon's Mines (1950)
215
Lady Chatterley's Lover (D.H. Lawrence)
Lady Chatterley's Lover
216
D.H. Lawrence
Lady Chatterley's Lover (1981)
Lady Chatterley's Lover (1981)
217
The Lair of the White Worm (Stoker)
The Lair of the White Worm
218
Stoker
The Lair of the White Worm (1988)
The Lair of the White Worm (1988)
219
The Last Days of Pompeii (Edward Bulwer-Lytton)
The Last Days of Pompeii
220
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)
The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)
221
The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Last of the Mohicans
222
James Fenimore Cooper
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
223
Laura (Vera Caspary)
Laura
224
Vera Caspary
Laura (1944)
Laura (1944)
225
The Leopard (Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa)
The Leopard
226
Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa
The Leopard (1963)
The Leopard (1963)
227
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
228
Victor Hugo
Les Misérables (2012)
Les Misérables (2012)
229
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
230
Vladimir Nabokov
Lolita (1997)
Lolita (1997)
231
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner (Alan Sillitoe)
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner
232
Alan Sillitoe
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)
233
The Long Goodbye (Raymond Chandler)
The Long Goodbye
234
Raymond Chandler
The Long Goodbye (1973)
The Long Goodbye (1973)
235
The Long Ships (Bengtsson)
The Long Ships
236
Bengtsson
The Long Ships (1964)
The Long Ships (1964)
237
The Longest Day (Cornelius Ryan)
The Longest Day
238
Cornelius Ryan
The Longest Day (1962)
The Longest Day (1962)
239
Lord Jim (Joseph Conrad)
Lord Jim
240
Joseph Conrad
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