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BKLYN Bookmatch: Classic Books with Movie Adaptations

A list of classic books written after 1800 and their movie adaptations. These classics include period pieces, dramas, mysteries, and more. This list was created by a librarian with the Brooklyn Public Library for a reader. Would you like your own personalized list of reading suggestions? Visit Bklyn BookMatch here: bklynlibrary.org/bookmatch

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Daniel Deronda
George Eliot ; introduction by Edmund White ; notes by Hugh Osborne.
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2002 mini-series starring Hugh Dancy, www.imdb.com/title/tt0321897

The curious case of benjamin button and other jazz age stories
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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2008 film starring Brad Pitt, www.imdb.com/title/tt0421715

A Christmas carol
Charles Dickens ; foreword by Colm Tâoibâin ; introduction by Declan Kiely.
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(1) 1992 film starring Gonzo & Michael Caine, www.imdb.com/title/tt0104940/ ; (2) 2009 animated film starring Jim Carrey, www.imdb.com/title/tt1067106 ; (3) 2019 mini-series starring Guy Pearce, www.imdb.com/title/tt7686464 (this one is a bit spooky)

Sanditon : Jane Austen's last completed novel [i.e. last novel completed]
Another lady, author.
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(1) 2019 mini-series starring Rose Williams, www.imdb.com/title/tt8685324/ ; (2) 2014 film starring Amy Burrows, www.imdb.com/title/tt3796450/