Brideshead Revisited. Poster of the 1981 TV series and cover of the 1945 book
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Brideshead Revisited
Evelyn Waugh, 1945
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Charles Sturridge, Michael Lindsay-Hogg, 1981

Taking place during the 1920s and 1940s, amidst the picturesque setting of Oxford, artist Charles Ryder strikes up a friendship with Sebastian Flyte, a member of a wealthy English aristocratic family. Charles becomes entwined with their family affairs and frequents their grand estate known as Brideshead Castle.


David Copperfield. Poster of the 2000 movie and cover of the 1850 book
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David Copperfield
Charles Dickens, 1850
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Peter Medak, 2000

The story follows the life of David Copperfield from childhood to maturity. David was born in Blunderstone, Suffolk, England, six months after the death of his father. David spends his early years in relative happiness with his loving, childish mother and their kindly housekeeper, Clara Peggotty. They call him Davy. When he is seven years old his mother marries Edward Murdstone.


Haunted. Poster of the 1995 movie and cover of the 1988 book
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Haunted
James Herbert, 1988
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Lewis Gilbert, 1995

A doubtful professor ventures to a secluded British estate with the intent to disprove claims of psychic phenomena. However, his mission takes an unexpected turn as he becomes haunted by a ghost from his own past.


The Holcroft Covenant. Poster of the 1985 movie and cover of the 1978 book
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The Holcroft Covenant
Robert Ludlum, 1978
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John Frankenheimer, 1985

Noel Holcroft’s late father – who was a general in the Wehrmacht and once close to Adolf Hitler – left behind a fortune supposedly to make amends for his wrongdoings. But more than forty years later, Noel finds himself embroiled in a web of conspiracies involving the children of two of his father’s Nazi colleagues, a mysterious organisation supposedly devoted to ensuring the Nazis never again come to power, and a woman who may be Noel’s downfall or his only hope.