North & South. Poster of the 2004 TV series and cover of the 1855 book, North and South
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North and South
Elizabeth Gaskell, 1855
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Brian Percival, 2004

Margaret Hale and her parents Maria and Richard live in the idyllic town in Helstone in Hampshire. At the wedding of her cousin, Edith, Margaret is approached by Edith’s new brother-in-law, Henry Lennox. Lennox visits Helstone a while later and proposes marriage to Margaret; she refuses him. Later, the family is forced to move to the industrial town of Milton, in the north of England.


Me Before You. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the 2012 book
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Me Before You
Jojo Moyes, 2012
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Thea Sharrock, 2016

William Traynor is a successful banker and active man who is in a good relationship with his girlfriend Alicia. While walking to work, he is talking on his mobile phone and inadvertently walks in front of a speeding motorcycle. Nathan assists him with everything physical like movement, exercise, and clothing.


The Jacket. Poster of the 2005 movie and cover of the 1914 book, The Star Rover
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The Star Rover
Jack London, 1914
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John Maybury, 2005

After miraculously recovering from an apparently fatal bullet wound to the head, Gulf War veteran Jack Starks returns to Vermont in 1992, suffering from periods of amnesia. While walking, he sees a young girl, Jackie, and her alcoholic mother in despair beside their broken-down truck. Starks and Jackie quickly form a certain affinity; she asks him to give her his dogtags and he does so.


Mary Queen of Scots. Poster of the 2018 movie and cover of the 2004 book, Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart
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Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart
John Guy, 2004
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Josie Rourke, 2018

In 1561, nineteen-year-old Mary Stuart, Catholic Queen of Scotland, returns to her home country from France following the death of her husband, Francis II, to take up her throne, where she is received by her half brother, the Earl of Moray. Seeking to weaken her cousin’s threat to her sovereignty, Elizabeth arranges for Mary, whom English Catholics recognize as their rightful Queen, to be married to an Englishman.


Dragonkeeper. Poster of the 2024 movie and cover of the 2003 book
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Dragonkeeper
Carole Wilkinson, 2003
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Salvador Simó, Li Jianping, 2024

In ancient China, dragons were once allies of humans, but our greed led to the dissolution of their partnership, and these mystical beings were relentlessly hunted. Many years later, within a secluded fortress, a young slave girl named Ping forms an unexpected bond.