Books like Hamlet: Screenplay, Introduction And Film Diary
12 books with a reading profile close to Hamlet: Screenplay, Introduction And Film Diary by Kenneth Branagh. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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Oliver Twist
narrative, literary
Born in a bleak parish workhouse, Oliver Twist begins his life as a nameless orphan struggling against the systemic cruelty of the English poor laws.
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2
Susan Lenox
narrative, literary
Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise follows an illegitimate girl born into a rigid Midwestern environment.
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3
Daughter of Fortune
narrative, literary
In mid-nineteenth-century Valparaiso, Eliza Sommers is raised as a foundling by a rigid British family.
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The Old Curiosity Shop
narrative, literary
Nell Trent lives in a London warehouse filled with dusty antiquities, cared for by her grandfather.
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5
Evangeline
narrative, literary
Set in 1755 during the Expulsion of the Acadians, this epic poem follows the separation of two lovers, Evangeline Bellefontaine and Gabriel Lajeunesse.
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An Ideal Husband
by Oscar Wilde
narrative, literary
Sir Robert Chiltern is a rising political star in London whose reputation rests on a foundation of absolute integrity.
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Mademoiselle Fifi
narrative, literary
Set during the Prussian occupation of France in the 1870s, this collection centers on the titular novella about a cruel Prussian officer nicknamed Mademoiselle Fifi for his effeminate mannerisms.
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The Red Badge of Courage
narrative, literary
Henry Fleming is a young Union private during the American Civil War who enlists with romanticized visions of heroic combat.
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9
Empire Falls
narrative, literary
Miles Roby manages the Empire Grill, a greasy spoon in a decaying Maine logging town owned by the wealthy Whiting family.
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10
To Have and Have Not
narrative, literary
Harry Morgan, a fishing boat captain in Key West, struggles to support his family during the Great Depression.
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O Pioneers!
by Willa Cather
narrative, literary
Alexandra Bergson, a Swedish-American immigrant in late nineteenth-century Nebraska, inherits her father’s struggling farm amid a harsh prairie landscape.
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12
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain
narrative, literary
Set along the Mississippi River in the mid-19th century, these interconnected novels follow the lives of two boys navigating the constraints of antebellum society.
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