Books To Movies
Literary fiction books that have been made into films.
Books at the Oscars 
I love movies. I love books. I love books made into movies. The Academy Awards combines two things I love most into one event. Books at the Oscars - Action
This year there are numerous books represented at the Oscars for various awards. Some are true stories and some are fiction. Action and science fiction were not overlooked in the nominations. Books at the Oscars - Children
This year there are numerous books represented at the Oscars for various awards. Some are true stories and some are fiction. Childrenīs movies were not overlooked in the nominations. Books at the Oscars - Drama
This year there are numerous books represented at the Oscars in various categories. Some are true stories and some are fiction. Dramatic movies were not overlooked in the nominations. Iris Review
Iris Murdoch (1919 - 1999) was a prolific author and philosopher having written twenty-seven works of fiction, five philosophical books, six plays and two books of poetry. Her novel, The Sea, the Sea, won the 1978 Booker Prize. Joyce, Murdoch and Woolf on Film
It's no surprise literary fiction novels make great movies. What surprises me is the literary fiction authors themselves (or their inspiration) also make good movies. Here are three novelists and three movies depicting them Masterpiece Theatre's Northanger Abbey
Catherine Morland (Felicity Jones) was a plain child from a family of ten children. She preferred to participate in activities like cricket and baseball rather than socialize. If she wasnīt being active then she was poring over romantic novels. Nora Review
The movie Nora is about the woman and often the inspiration in James Joyce's life. Ewan McGregor plays James Joyce and Susan Lynch plays Nora Barnacle. While the movie is titled after her it basically begins and ends with Joyce. Orlando on Film Review
This film is based on a book by Virginia Woolf by the same name, published in 1928. It is considered by some to be a mixture of fiction and biography. Itīs the story of a young page named Orlando The Da Vinci Code Movie Review
The Da Vinci Code opens as Robert Langton (Tom Hanks) is giving a lecture in Paris on symbols, his speciality. Across town, a colleague, Jacques Sauniere (Jean-Pierre Marielle) is being chased through the Louvre Museum by an albino in monk dress looking for "the key".
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