Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. Poster of the 1977 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Star Wars: A New Hope
Ryder Windham, 2004
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George Lucas, 1977

The galaxy is in a period of civil war. Princess Leia, secretly one of the Rebellion ‘s leaders, has obtained its schematics, but her starship is intercepted by an Imperial Star Destroyer under the command of the ruthless Sith Lord Darth Vader, an agent to the Empire.


Nineteen Eighty-Four. Poster of the 1954 movie and cover of the 1949 book, 1984
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1984
George Orwell, 1949
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Rudolph Cartier, 1954

In the year 1984, civilization has been damaged by world war, civil conflict, and revolution. Airstrip One is a province of Oceania, one of the three totalitarian super-states that rule the world. It is ruled by the “Party” under the ideology of “Ingsoc” and the mysterious leader Big Brother, who has an intense cult of personality. The Party brutally purges out anyone who does not fully conform to their regime using the Thought Police and constant surveillance.


Hamlet. Poster of the 1948 movie and cover of the 1603 book
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Hamlet
William Shakespeare, 1603
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Laurence Olivier, 1948

The action begins on the battlements of Elsinore where a sentry, Francisco, is relieved of his watch by another sentry, Bernardo, who, with yet another sentry, Marcellus, has twice previously seen the Ghost of King Hamlet. Marcellus then arrives with the skeptical Horatio, Prince Hamlet’s friend. Suddenly, all three see the Ghost, and Horatio demands that the ghost speak. The ghost vanishes then, without a word.


Horror of Dracula. Poster of the 1958 movie and cover of the 1897 book, Dracula
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Dracula
Bram Stoker, 1897
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Terence Fisher, 1958

In 1885, Jonathan Harker arrives at the castle of Count Dracula near Klausenburg to take up his post as librarian. Inside, he is startled by a young woman who claims that she is a prisoner and begs for his help. Dracula arrives, greets Harker and guides him to his room. Alone, Jonathan writes in his diary, and his true intentions are revealed: he is a vampire hunter and has come to kill Dracula.


A Tale of Two Cities. Poster of the 1980 movie and cover of the 1859 book
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A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens, 1859
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Jim Goddard, 1980

Dissolute barrister Sydney Carton becomes enchanted and then hopelessly in love with the beautiful Lucie Manette. But Lucie loves and marries Charles Darnay, and remains oblivious to Carton’s undimmed devotion to her. When Darnay is ensnared in the deadly web of the French Revolution and condemned to die by the guillotine, Sydney Carton concocts a dangerous plot to free the husband of the woman he loves.