2.3 From Book to Screen: My Favourite Adaptations
Hello and welcome back to The Community Library! This week I’m talking all about my favourite film and TV adaptations of books. From Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet to Bridget Jones’s Diary, I talk about a wide range of adaptations. Make sure you tune in next week for a discussion of Jane Austen’s Emma in comparison with the 1995 classic film Clueless!
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Links to all books and films mentioned (in order of their mentioning ... more or less)
The Hate U Give (2018)
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Romeo + Juliet (1996)
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001)
Pride and Prejudice (1995)
Pride & Prejudice (2005)
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Big Little Lies / Season 1 (2017)
Big Little Lies by Liane Morairty
Anna Karenina (2012)
The Beautiful Lie (2015)
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
Cruel Intentions (1999)
Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
Les Misérables (musical, since 1980)
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
The Harry Potter Film Series (2001 – 2011)
Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling
The Lord of the Rings Film Series (2001 – 2003)
The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
The Shining (1980)
The Shining by Stephen King
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Hunger Games Film Series (2012 – 2015)
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
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Cover artwork is by Ashley Ronning
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Featured image is the poster for Rebecca (1940). Image provided by IMDb.com.