Gentleman Jack. Poster of the 2019 TV series and cover of the 1998 book, Female Fortune: Land, Gender and Authority
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Female Fortune: Land, Gender and Authority
Jill Liddington, 1998
TV series vs book
Sally Wainwright, 2019-

Set in 1832, the brilliant, endearing Miss Anne Lister leaves Hastings brokenhearted and heads to the lush landscape of Halifax, West Yorkshire, England to restore her uncle’s estate that she has inherited. This newly instated, unusual lady landowner and landlord encounters a potentially blossoming and dangerous romance with another woman, which she records in a cryptic diary that no one can decode.


Gentleman Jack. Poster of the 2019 TV series and cover of the 2003 book, Nature's Domain
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Nature's Domain
Jill Liddington, 2003
TV series vs book
Sally Wainwright, 2019-

Set in 1832, the brilliant, endearing Miss Anne Lister leaves Hastings brokenhearted and heads to the lush landscape of Halifax, West Yorkshire, England to restore her uncle’s estate that she has inherited. This newly instated, unusual lady landowner and landlord encounters a potentially blossoming and dangerous romance with another woman, which she records in a cryptic diary that no one can decode.


An Inspector Calls. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the 1945 book
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An Inspector Calls
J.B. Priestley, 1945
movie vs book
Aisling Walsh, 2015

The film is set in 1912, and follows the events of a single evening on which the wealthy Birling family is holding a dinner party to celebrate the engagement of their daughter, Sheila, to Gerald Croft. The festivities are then interrupted by a visit from what is taken to be a policeman, Inspector Goole, who is investigating the recent suicide of a local young woman named Eva Smith.


Elizabeth Is Missing. Poster of the 2019 movie and cover of the 2014 book
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Elizabeth Is Missing
Emma Healey, 2014
movie vs book
Aisling Walsh, 2019

Maud, a grandmother in her 80s living with Alzheimer’s disease, relies on sticky notes to get through the day as her memory slowly deteriorates. One day her best friend, another elderly woman named Elizabeth, fails to meet her as promised. She is forced to investigate on her own as her memory flashes back to the mystery of another disappearance: that of her elder sister, Sukey, 70 years earlier.