The Lady Vanishes. Poster of the 1938 movie and cover of the 1936 book, The Wheel Spins
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The Wheel Spins
Ethel Lina White, 1936
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Alfred Hitchcock, 1938

English tourist Iris Henderson and her friends Blanche and Julie are in the fictional European country of Bandrika. In the same predicament are Charters and Caldicott, English cricket enthusiasts anxious to see the last days of the Test match in Manchester, and Miss Froy, a governess and music teacher who is returning home to England.


A Tale of Two Cities. Poster of the 1958 movie and cover of the 1859 book
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A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens, 1859
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Ralph Thomas, 1958

Sydney Carton, a drunken English lawyer, discovers that Charles Darnay, a man he once defended, is a French aristocrat trying to escape the French Revolution. While he envies the man over the love of a woman, Lucie Manette, his conscience is pricked and he resolves to help him escape the guillotine.