The African Queen. Poster of the 1951 movie and cover of the 1935 book
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The African Queen
C.S. Forester, 1935
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John Huston, 1951

Samuel Sayer and his sister Rose are British Methodist missionaries in the village of Kungdu in German East Africa at the beginning of World War I in September 1914. When Charlie warns the Sayers that war has broken out between Germany and Britain, they choose to remain in Kungdu, only to witness German colonial troops burn down the village and herd the villagers away to be forcibly recruited.


Marie Antoinette. Poster of the 1938 movie and cover of the 1932 book, Marie Antoinette: The Portrait of an Average Woman
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Marie Antoinette: The Portrait of an Average Woman
Stefan Zweig, 1932
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W.S. Van Dyke, Julien Duvivier, 1938

In 1769 Vienna, Empress Maria Theresa of Austria tells her daughter Maria Antonia she is to marry the Dauphin Louis-Auguste. On her second wedding anniversary, Madame du Barry, King Louis XV’s mistress, gifts Marie with an empty cradle and a poem critical of her inability to produce an heir.


Great Expectations. Poster of the 1974 movie and cover of the 1861 book
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Great Expectations
Charles Dickens, 1861
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Joseph Hardy, 1974

A young boy called Pip stumbles upon a hunted criminal who threatens him and demands food. A few years later, Pip finds that he has a benefactor. Imagining that Miss Havisham, a rich lady whose adopted daughter Estella he loves, is the benefactor, Pip believes in a grand plan at the end of which he will be married to Estella.


When Eight Bells Toll. Poster of the 1971 movie and cover of the 1966 book
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When Eight Bells Toll
Alistair MacLean, 1966
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Etienne Périer, 1971

British Treasury secret agent Phillip Calvert is sent to investigate the hijacking of five cargo ships in the Irish Sea. Posing as marine biologists, Calvert and his partner Hunslett find the local inhabitants suspicious and hostile. They suspect that Cypriot tycoon and shipping magnate Sir Anthony Skouras may be behind the pirating of the gold bullion.