Books and their Adaptations

Choices for Final Paper

 

 

  1. Warren, Robert Penn.  All the King’s Men

All the King’s Men”

 

  1. Inge, William.  Bus Stop

“Bus Stop”

 

  1. Barry, Philip. The Philadelphia Story.

Philadelphia Story”

 

4.  Lowry, Malcolm. Under the Volcano.

                                                        “Under the Volcano”

 

5. Thompson, Jim.  POP 1280

                                                        “Clean Slate”

 

6.  Amado, Jorge.  Dona Flor and her Two Husbands.

                                                        “Dona Flor and her Two Husbands”

 

7.de Balzac, Honore.  Cousin Bette.

                                                        “Cousin Bette”

 

8. Dick, Philip K.  Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

                                                        “Blade Runner” (1982, 1992)

 

9. Herbert, Frank.  Dune.

                                                        “Dune”

 

10.  Hemingway, Ernest.  A Farewell to Arms.

                                                                        “A Farewell to Arms”

 

11. Keyes, Daniel. Flowers for Algernon.

                                                        Charly

 

12. Jones, James. From Here To Eternity.

                                                        “From Here To Eternity”

 

13. Jackson, Shirley. The Haunting Of Hill House.

                                                                        “The Haunting”

 

14. Wells, H.G.  The Island of Dr. Moreau.

                                                        Island of Lost Souls”

 

15.  Alcott, Louisa May.  Little Women.

                                        “Little Women”

 

16.  Nabokov, Vladimir.  Lolita.

                                                        “Lolita”

 

17.  Hammett, Dashell.  The Maltese Falcon.

“The Maltese Falcon”

 

18.  Woolf, Virginia.  Mrs. Dalloway.

                                        “Mrs. Dalloway”

 

19.  Woolf, Virginia.  Orlando.

                                                        Orlando

 

20.  Wright, Richard.  Native Son.

                                        “Native Son”

 

21.  Bloch, Robert.  Psycho.

                                        “Psycho”

 

22.  Braine, John.  Room at the Top.

                                        “Room at the Top”

 

23.  Bowles, Paul.  The Sheltering Sky.

                                                        “The Sheltering Sky”

 

24.  Camus, Albert.  The Stranger.

                                                        “The Stranger”

 

25.  Hammett, Dashell.  The Thin Man.

                                                        “The Thin Man”

 

26. Jones, James.  The Thin Red Line.

                                        “The Thin Red Line”

 

27.  James, Henry.  The Turn of the Screw.

                                                        “The Innocents”

 

28.  Kundera, Milan.  The Unbearable Lightness of Being.

                                        “The Unbearable Lightness of Being”

 

29.  Faulkner, William.  Intruder in the Dust.

                                        “Intruder in the Dust”

 

30.  Forster, E.M.  Maurice. 

“Maurice”

 

31.  Lawrence, D.H.  Women in Love.

                                        “Women in Love”

 

32.  Albee, Edward.  Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf.

                                                        “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf

 

33.  Agee, James.  A Death in the Family.

                                         “A Death in the Family”

 

34.  Mitford, Nancy.  Love in a Cold Climate and In Pursuit of Love

                                                        “Love in a Cold Climate”

 

35.  Cather, Willa.  The Song of the Lark

                                        “The Song of the Lark”

36.  Dreiser, Theodore.  An American Tragedy.

                                                        “An American Tragedy”

37.  West, Nathaniel.  The Day of the Locust

                                                        “The Day of the Locust”

 

38.  Mamet, David.  Oleanna.

                                        Oleanna

 

39.  Stoppard, Tom.  Rosenkrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.

                                        Rosenkrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead”

 

40.  Osborne, John.  Look Back In Anger.

                                        “Look Back in Anger”

 

41. Sillitoe, Alan.  Saturday Night and Sunday Morning.

                                        “Saturday Night and Sunday Morning”

 

42. Wallant, Edward Lewis.  The Pawnbroker.

                                                        “The Pawnbroker”

 

43.  Fielding, Henry.  Tom Jones.

                                        “Tom Jones”

 

44.  Goldman, James.  The Lion in Winter.

                                        “The Lion in Winter

 

45.  Barrie. J.M.  Peter Pan.

                                        “Peter Pan”

 

46.  Hecht, Ben and Charles McArthur.  The Front Page.

                                                        “His Girl Friday”

 

47.  Allende, Isabel.  The House of the Spirits.

                                        “The House of the Spirits”

 

48.  Lorca, Gabriel Garcia.  Blood Wedding.

                                                        “Blood Wedding  (Bodas de Sangre)

 

49.  Kazan, Elia.  America, America.

                                        America, America

 

50.  Shulberg, Bud.  The Harder They Fall.

                                        “The Harder They Fall”