Book to Movie Adaptions - Drama Edition Part 2
Part 2 is here!!! Still looking for a good story? Try one of these great books then check out the movie from Hoopla. There’s something for everyone!
House Of The Spirits
Life and love in three generations of Isabel Allende’s Trueba family. The film stars Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, and Jeremy Irons.
Link: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12247112
E-book: https://livebrary.overdrive.com/media/2412727
The Human Stain
Anthony Hopkins and Nicole Kidman star in Phillip Roth’s story of a college professor whose dark secret ruins his life.
Link: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12247228
E-book: https://livebrary.overdrive.com/media/574475
Jude
Thomas Hardy’s novel about a woman trapped in an abusive marriage. She falls in love with an unhappily married man, but they face rejection and poverty.
Link: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11853137
E-book: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11574586
Like Water For Chocolate
Unable to marry the man she loves, a woman expresses her passion for him through food.
Link: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12183232
E-book: https://livebrary.overdrive.com/media/34789
Lolita
A professor has a scandalous affair with his landlady’s teenage daughter in Vladimir Nabokov’s classic.
Link: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11726487
E-book: https://livebrary.overdrive.com/media/457100
Nicholas Nickleby
Charles Dickens’ tale of a young man trying to save his family from their vicious uncle.
Link: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11080265
E-book: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12982615
1984
George Orwell’s tale of a man’s squalid life in an alternate 1984 England.
Link: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11080278
E-book: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12248757
Of Human Bondage
Bette Davis and Leslie Howard star in this classic version of W. Somerset Maugham’s novel. A club-footed medical student falls for a selfish, vulgar waitress.
Link: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12292823
E-book: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11639428
Pollyanna
Eleanor Porter’s classic children’s story of a young girl whose positive attitude changes lives in a small town.
Link: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/10086029
E-book: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12232838
The Quiet American
Love and war clash when a young American falls in love with the mistress of a British journalist. Phillip Noyce’s film of Graham Greene’s novel stars Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser.
Link: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12247614
E-book: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12186676
A Room With A View
While revisiting Italy after World War II, a woman remembers the romance she had there on a vacation years earlier. This is a TV film of E.M. Forster’s classic.
Link: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12346352
E-book: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12255360
The Shipping News
A man and his daughter move to his small Newfoundland hometown after a tragedy. There, they find new life and love. A popular film version of Annie Proulx’s bestseller.
Link: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12183249
E-book: https://livebrary.overdrive.com/media/286824
The Sound And The Fury
William Faulkner’s steamy tale of a dysfunctional Southern family.
Link: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11792144
E-book: https://livebrary.overdrive.com/media/537285
Where The Red Fern Grows
Wilson Rawls’ family classic about a boy’s yearning for two Redbone Hound dogs.
Link: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12041355
E-book: https://livebrary.overdrive.com/media/507773
Wings Of The Dove
A young society woman faces a difficult decision when she falls for a common journalist in this Henry James classic.
Link: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12188162
E-book: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11459997
Wuthering Heights
Emily Bronte’s classic about doomed lovers Heathcliff and Cathy.
Link one: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11080258