Wuthering Heights

  by Emily Brontë The novel has been a source of inspiration for the filmmakers, television producers, opera houses for their musical interpretations and much more in the years 1939 to 2011. In the year 1939, a film was made as the adaptation of novels and won New York Film Critics Circle Award as the best film. It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1939. In the year 2011 a graphical version of the novel...

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Ulysses

   by James Joyce  The novel has been a great part of the history and adapted by the theatre plays, films, television series and in audio recordings 1958-2012. Subject of Novel: Modernist Novel. Characters in Novel: No of pages: 632-1000 depending upon the edition. Date of publish: 2, Febraury, 1922 Publisher: Sylvia Beach The novel Ulysses was considered among the dirt and ostentatious work and somehow...

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Great Expectations

    by Charles Dickens  Chales Dickens is one of the most famous writers of the decade, his masterpiece has been a source of inspiration for the people of art and literature. The novel has been filmed several times for big and small screens in the years 1917, 1922, 1934, 1946, 1954, 1959, 1967, 1974, 1981, 1983, 1989, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2011, 2012. The book has also been published many times as the revised...

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Emma

    by Jane Austen Emma has been enriched with the mind blowing achievement in the past decade. This novel has made its special appearance in the eyes of films in the year 1995, 1996 and 2010. Many times it has been privileged by the television in the years 1948, 1954, 1957, 1960, 1972, 1996, 2009. The stage performances have also been enriched by the novel’s adaptation in the years 1991, 2000, 2007, 2009, 2010, 1012 Subject...

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A Tale of Two Cities

   There are plenty of films filmed throughout the century an an adaptation of the novel A tale of two cities as silent movies, as films, as a television series, in opera musical shows and much more in the years, 1911, 1917, 1922, 1927, 1935, 1958, 1980 Subject of Novel: Historical Social criticism Characters in Novel: Sydney Carton, Lucie Manette, Charles Darnay, Dr. Alexandre Manette, Monsieur Ernest Defarge, Madame...

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Snowdrops

   by A.D. Miller The Times (Kate Saunders): The story is convincing and a full gripping Novel. The Seattle Times (Adam Woog): A.D Miller has given the organized writing piece for the life of Moscow of the glitzy era. The Independent (Leyla Sanai): The debut novel is electrifying, catchy and a heart touching view of the dark life of Moscow and the human. The Financial Times (Adrian Turpin): A. D Miller has shown the alluring...

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Pride and Prejudice

   by Jane Austen The novel is considered as the 1st ever best novel which is an exemplar. Till to date more than 20 million copies of the book have been sold worldwide. Subject of Novel: Novel of Manners/ Satire Characters in Novel : Elizabeth Bennet, Mr Darcy, Mr Bennet, Mrs Bennet, Jane Bennet, Marcy Bennet, Catherine Bennet, Lydia Bennet, Charles Bingely, Caroline Bingely, George Wickham, William Collins, Lady Catherine...

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The Great Gatsby

By F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby has been so famous, that it was filmed spanning 90 years in 1926, 1949, 1974, 2000 and it will be again in the cinema halls for all the audience in 2013 with the same name. Subject of Novel: Classical Literature. Characters in Novel : Nicholas "Nick" Carraway, Jay Gatsby (originally James Gatz), Daisy Buchanan Tom Buchanan, William Mitchell, Jordan Baker, George B. Wilson, Myrtle Wilson,...

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Half of the Human Race

   by Anthony Quinn The book got 3.65 rating on good read. Subject of Novel: Historical, Romantic fiction. Characters in Novel: Will Maitland, Connie Callaway, Mother, Tam. No of pages: 496. Publisher: Jonathan Cape. Date of publish: Febraury 1, 2011. Anthony Quin is an American famous actor, a painter and a well known writer. He has the artistic approach in his work. Though the novel Half of a human race is a piece...

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A Cruel Bird Came to the Nest and Looked In

   by Magnus Mills The novel was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. It is the seventh novel by Magnus Mills. Subject of Novel: Fiction, Comedy. Characters in Novel : Narrator,  Brambling (chancellor of the exchequer), Garganey (postmaster general), Whimbrel (royal astronomer), Sanderling (comptroller for the admiralty), Dotterel (suveryor of the imperial works), Wryneck (pellitory-of-the-wall), and Smew (librarian-in-chief)...

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The Second Coming

      By John Niven Won IMPAC dublin Award 2013 Long list. Subject: Religion/ Fiction. Main characters: Niven, God. Number Of pages: 384. Publishing date: March 5, 2012. Publisher: Vintage. The story in the novel is far more than good to read. It has a deep intelligent irony in it. The characters are just too excellent. Scenes on the rad trips are just too descriptive and fantastic. It has a clever touching with little...

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How it all began

     Shortlisted for the 2009 Costa Novel Award. Won International IMPAC Dublin literary award. Characters: Charlotte Rainsford, Rose, Lord Peters. Date of Publication: 2011. Number of pages: 256 Type: Adult Fiction Read Online The book is blend of emotional wisdom and sympathy. It is entertaining and funny. Ms lively is one of the most talented authors who have beautifully written the story in the novel. Tis...

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Gillespie and I

   By Jane Harris Won International IMPAC dublin Award. Long listed for the orange prize for fiction 2012. Subject: Fiction, history, mystery, tragic. Main Characters: Harriet Baxter, Ned, Addie Bundren, Anse Bundren, Darl Bundren, Jewel Cash, Bundren Dewey, Dell Bundren, Vardaman Bundren, Vernon Tull, Cora Tull, Lafe, Whitfield, Peabody, Samson, Armsti, Gillespie, Moseley, MacGowan, The Gillespie boy. Number...

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The Invisible Ones

By Stef Penney Won prestigious Costa Award.  Won IMPAC Dublin award 2013.  Subject: Crime Main characters : Leon Wood, Rose Janko, Ray. Number Of pages: 416 Publishing date: January 2012 The main theme of the novel is mystery and thrill. It is one of the great Novels of Stef Penney. The story is strong with considerate characters. The way story has been told through two characters makes it easy for the reader to...

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My Dear, I Wanted to Tell You

    by Louisa Young The novel was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award in the year 2011. Subject of Novel: Fiction, Romance Characters in Novel: Riley Purefoy , Nadine Waveney, Peter Locke, Julia, Rose No of pages: 336 Date of publish: March, 2011  Storyline The writer Lousia Young is a story writer, a biographic compiler and a well known journalist. She has many publications under her name. She is a fine writer...

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When God was a Rabbit

    by Sarah Winman The novel brought the breakthrough achievement for the writer Sara Winman.  As a debutant writer she won the New writer of the year in the Galaxy National Book Award happened in the United Kingdom in the year 2011.  The novel won the Newton First Book Award at the Edinburgh International Book festival happened in United Kindgdon in the year 2011. The novel made its place by winning Waterstone...

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