Lies We Tell. Poster of the 2023 movie and cover of the 1864 book, Uncle Silas
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Uncle Silas
J. Sheridan Le Fanu, 1864
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Lisa Mulcahy, 2023

In the depths of a vast and remote estate in wild Ireland, lives Maud, an 18-year-old girl recently haunted by the sudden death of her father and inheritor of all his wealth. Her uncle Silas, suspected of murder, is deemed the trustee of Maud until she turns 21. The wolves begin to circle her, with Silas as the puppeteer of a group of predators, all eager to get their share of the spoils.


Little Women. Poster of the 2017 TV series and cover of the 1868 book
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Little Women
Louisa May Alcott, 1868
TV series vs book
Vanessa Caswill, 2017

Four sisters and their mother, whom they call Marmee, live in a new neighborhood in Massachusetts in genteel poverty. Having lost all his money, their father is serving as a chaplain in the American Civil War, far from home. The mother and daughters face their first Christmas without him.