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Books Into Movies: Which Is Better? - Page 8

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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On the Road (2012)
On the Road (2012)
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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Alexander Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
282
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1970)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1970)
283
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
284
Ken Kesey
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
285
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
286
Virginia Woolf
Orlando (1992)
Orlando (1992)
287
Our Man in Havana (Graham Greene)
Our Man in Havana
288
Graham Greene
Our Man in Havana (1959)
Our Man in Havana (1959)
289
The Ox-Bow Incident (Clark, Walter Van Tilburg)
The Ox-Bow Incident
290
Clark, Walter Van Tilburg
The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
291
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
292
E.M. Forster
A Passage to India (1984)
A Passage to India (1984)
293
Paths of Glory (Humphrey Cobb)
Paths of Glory
294
Humphrey Cobb
Paths of Glory (1957)
Paths of Glory (1957)
295
The Phantom of the Opera (Penguin Classics)
The Phantom of the Opera
296
Penguin Classics
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
297
The Pickwick Papers (Charles Dickens)
The Pickwick Papers
298
Charles Dickens
The Pickwick Papers (1952)
The Pickwick Papers (1952)
299
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Joan Lindsay)
Picnic at Hanging Rock
300
Joan Lindsay
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
301
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
302
James Joyce
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1977)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1977)
303
The Power and the Glory (Greene, Graham)
The Power and the Glory
304
Greene, Graham
The Fugitive (1947)
The Fugitive (1947)
305
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
306
Jane Austen
Pride & Prejudice (2005)
Pride & Prejudice (2005)
307
Psycho (Robert Bloch)
Psycho
308
Robert Bloch
Psycho (1960)
Psycho (1960)
309
The Quiet American (Graham Greene)
The Quiet American
310
Graham Greene
The Quiet American (2002)
The Quiet American (2002)
311
Quo Vadis (Henryk Sienkiewicz)
Quo Vadis
312
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Quo Vadis (1951)
Quo Vadis (1951)
313
Ready Player One (Ernest Cline)
Ready Player One
314
Ernest Cline
Ready Player One (2018)
Ready Player One (2018)
315
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
316
Daphne Du Maurier
Rebecca (1940)
Rebecca (1940)
317
The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
318
The Red Badge of Courage & Other Stories (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage & Other Stories
319
Stephen Crane
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
320
Kazuo Ishiguro
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