My Fair Lady. Poster of the 1964 movie and cover of the 1956 book, Pygmalion
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Pygmalion
George Bernard Shaw, 1956
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George Cukor, 1964

In London, Professor Henry Higgins, a scholar of phonetics, believes that the accent and tone of one’s voice determines a person’s prospects in society. He agrees to a wager that he can make Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl with a thick, unintelligible accent, presentable in high society.


Sabrina. Poster of the 1954 movie and cover of the 1955 book, Sabrina Fair
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Sabrina Fair
Samuel Taylor, 1955
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Billy Wilder, 1954

Sabrina Fairchild is the young daughter of the Larrabee family’s chauffeur, Thomas, and has been in love with David Larrabee all her life. David is a three-times-married playboy who has never paid attention to Sabrina because to him she was still a child. Eavesdropping on a party at the Larrabee mansion, as she has often done before, Sabrina notices David enticing yet another woman.


Breakfast at Tiffany's. Poster of the 1961 movie and cover of the 1958 book
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Breakfast at Tiffany's
Truman Capote, 1958
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Blake Edwards, 1961

Early one morning, a taxi pulls up in front of Tiffany & Co. and from it emerges elegantly dressed Holly Golightly, carrying a paper bag containing her breakfast. Once inside, Holly cannot find her keys so she buzzes her landlord, Mr. Yunioshi, to let her in. Tomato’s lawyer pays her $100 a week to deliver ‘the weather report’.


War and Peace. Poster of the 1956 movie and cover of the 1865 book
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War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy, 1865
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King Vidor, 1956

The turbulent interactions between Napoleon and Russia, particularly his ill-fated 1812 invasion, provide the dramatic backdrop for the intricately intertwined personal lives of two aristocratic families.