Sentences with phrase «of classic novels»

This is a fantasy realm so fully and elegantly realized, it might be the adaptation of a classic novel.

Besides picking up bundles of classic novels for a few bucks, many new books are discounted within a year of their release.

The most popular books listed on dating profiles are a mix of classic novels and contemporary bestsellers.

Pick from a variety of classic novels, romantic content, and thrillers.

Yet there are plenty of classic novels and human rights - centered literature aimed at a younger audience which give children the opportunity to learn human rights principles.

Mira Nair's film version of the classic novel by William Makepeace Thackery introduces a new audience to the beautiful, funny, passionate and calculating heroine Becky Sharp (Witherspoon).

Ben - Hur is a new adaptation of the classic novel by Lew Wallace about two brothers who take their rivalry into the arena of chariot - racing.

Barron Storey (American, b. April 6, 1940) is an illustrator, graphic novelist, fine artist and noted educator, Storey has created award - winning artworks for the covers and pages of Time, National Geographic, Saturday Review, and The Sandman: Endless Nights among many others including the cover of the classic novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding (1980 edition.)

Barron Storey An illustrator, graphic novelist, fine artist and noted educator, Barron Storey has created award - winning artworks for the covers and pages of Time, National Geographic, Saturday Review, and The Sandman: Endless Nights, among many others including the cover of the classic novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding (1980 edition.)

GQ is taking some heat for a new article called «21 Books You Don't Have to Read,» in which they included the Bible in a list of classic novels they've...

A modern - day retelling of the classic novel Rebecca, King's powerful latest is set on a beautiful estate in the Blue Ridge Mountains, where love, jealousy and ghosts combine.

March 15, 2018 • The author's lawyer says a contract bars the producers of a high - profile stage adaptation from departing «in any manner» from the spirit of the classic novel.

(K Dick, Brunner, Sheckley, Matheson, Vance...) Ah well, I guess it's like movies, young readers need new covers and young adult heroes instead of adult heroes, just like they need current actors and style to remake older films and many of the classic novels are not properly reprinted.

The first series of Anne of Green Cables is the center of attention, and not because readers have praised the re-release of the classic novel in the form of Kindle Edition.

When we say Gulliver, most of us are brought straight to the idea of the classic novel Gullivers Travels.

It said the action was a confirmation of the classic novel by a British author, Jeffery Archer titled «Honour among thieves», where he postulated that criminals do not compromise the actions of other criminals».

In this reimagining of the classic novel, an unhinged submarine captain searches fanatically for the prehistoric whale that took his leg.

Fans of the classic novel The Pillars of the Earth should bust out their books and rejoice, as Kalypso Media announced that...

Little Women — The 1994 film adaptation of this classic novel stars Winona Ryder, Trini Alvarado, Samantha Mathis, and Claire Danes as sisters living alone with their mother while their father is away fighting in the Civil War.

This weekend brings the sword and sandal epic Ben - Hur to theaters, a new telling of the classic novel by Lew Wallace that was already turned into a movie back in 1959.

The plot is all about the notoriously private and reclusive author of the classic novel, «The Catcher In The Rye,» and while much has been speculated about the author's life over the years, you get the sense that some of these ideas have made their way into this rather safe and sanitised film.

Many adaptation of classic novels pay slavish attention to historical / period detail, particularly in terms of dress, and have a cool colour palette — possibly taking their tone from grey / white mansions in large green parks in England, where it never stops raining — but this film is different.

Author Ray Bradbury visited Creature Features on October 20, 1996 to autograph the new laserdisc release of Walt Disney's 1983 adaptation of his classic novel SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES.

That might mean more non-fiction books or reading historical or technical documents in addition to close readings of classic novels or poetry.

12 Monkeys is their most popular, but they have also produced a number of classic novel adaptations that will be coming to the small screen, including Childhood's End, 3001: The Final Odyssey, and Old Man's War.

Dimsy scours the «net for links to productions of classic novels, and posts them on her blog.

The Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction is now accepting entries of classic novels published in 2015 over 50,000 words in length that take place in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia..

When you first install the app you'll find that you have a copy of the classic novel Treasure Island as well as the Bluefire Reader User Guide to get you started.

With a focus on helping English teachers in grades 9 - 12, Prestwick House publishes the largest selection of literature teaching guides in the country, a line of classic novels, and hundreds of other educational products.

My advice is that if you want to get an ebook version of a classic novel like Pride and Prejudice, you should first check out the sites listed below.

Dating back to the mid-80's for PC / consoles, Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a game based on the series of classic novels of the same name...

Borrowing the names of classic novels, plays, and Hollywood films (such as The Fugitive Kind, High Society, or The Pajama Game) and utilizing a wide - ranging color palette, from faint pastels to lavish oils, she seems to draw from the best of both Cézanne and early Pollock.

«Weaving together references drawn from a diverse range of classic novels, films and other texts, I am attempting to employ visual montage to play with notions of landscape and history painting, to devise a narrative played out across a triptych of video screens.

Funny versions of classic novels for the Twitter - era readers.

GQ is taking some heat for a new article called «21 Books You Don't Have to Read,» in which they included the Bible in a list of classic novels they've classified as the «most overrated books of all time.»

In this modern retelling of the classic novel, Lemuel Gulliver (Jack Black) accepts an assignment to write a story about the Bermuda Triangle.

I loved how the tone of the novel, the «young gentleman about Manhattan» in the spirit of some classic novels, contrasted with the rather seedy nature of some of Louis» pursuits.

An illustrator, graphic novelist, fine artist and noted educator, Barron Storey has created award - winning artworks for the covers and pages of Time, National Geographic, Saturday Review, and The Sandman: Endless Nights, among many others including the cover of the classic novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding (1980 edition.)

Alongside that, adaptations of classic novels by Jane Austen and the Brontë sisters - as well as the growing success of period dramas such as Downton Abbey - are helping to increase interest in visiting stately homes across the UK.

Alfonso Cuaron, who did the amazing third «Harry Potter» film, brings us the well - done adaptation of the classic novel, «A Little Princess».

Cukor directed the second and best of the four screen versions of this classic novel, starring Katharine Hepburn, who gives an extraordinary performance as the sensitive tomboy.

Famous science - fiction author Ray Bradbury (Martian Chronicles / Fahrenheit 451) wrote the screenplay with John Huston, and like many cinematic adaptations of classic novels, namely The Brothers Karamazov starring Yul Breynner, there's very quick pacing and they skimmed over details.

March 7, 2018 • Director Ava DuVernay's adaptation of the classic novel is devoid of cynicism, full of beautiful images and deeply moving.

If a child is being put off or intimidated by the complexity of language in most books aimed at their age range, don't be afraid to offer them books geared to a younger audience or containing simplified text, such as comic books or graphic novel versions of classic novels.

It's Jane Austen week on the paperback aisle, with a sparkling new edition of one of her classic novels and a charming new story about young Jane herself:

For a traditionally book - binded Kindle case that features a cover of a classic novel, look no further than Klever Case.

Skip the English degree and take a look at this cartoonist's abridged versions of these classic novels.