Oh, what about A Thousand Acres, a great book winning tons of awards and based on King Lear?
Xander: I still don't get why we came here to get info about a killer snot monster. Giles: Because it's a killer snot monster from outer space. I did not say that.
'Never Leave Me'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Pix - Jun 24, 2013 2:41:53 pm PDT #20931 of 28370
The status is NOT quo.
Pix - Jun 24, 2013 2:43:09 pm PDT #20932 of 28370
The status is NOT quo.
Found an interesting link: [link]
megan walker - Jun 24, 2013 2:43:34 pm PDT #20933 of 28370
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
The Jane Austen Book Club.
Oooh, that's a great example (although I didn't like that particular book).
And I know one person in the salon who would probably love the Mary Russell books (which I've been meaning to try myself).
Pix - Jun 24, 2013 2:45:22 pm PDT #20934 of 28370
The status is NOT quo.
I love Atwood's Penelopiad, but that's in part because I've taught the original Odyssey so many times that I get all of her references and find them endlessly entertaining.
Dana - Jun 24, 2013 2:45:36 pm PDT #20935 of 28370
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
There's probably a whole other pile based on The Iliad, The Odyssey, and The Aenead. And retellings of Medea.
megan walker - Jun 24, 2013 2:45:54 pm PDT #20936 of 28370
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Found an interesting link: [link]
Thanks! Lots of good ideas there. Bridget Jones Diary is perhaps stretching it a bit, but a few of those seem exactly the type of thing I'm looking for.
Dana - Jun 24, 2013 2:46:56 pm PDT #20937 of 28370
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Pix - Jun 24, 2013 2:47:57 pm PDT #20938 of 28370
The status is NOT quo.
Dana, one of my students gave me Gertrude and Claudius for Christmas this year. I really need to read it.
megan walker - Jun 24, 2013 2:56:56 pm PDT #20939 of 28370
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
The Song of Achilles was one of my favorite books last year and I totally forgot about it.
DavidS - Jun 24, 2013 2:57:32 pm PDT #20940 of 28370
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Jane Eyre/Wide Sargasso Sea and Dr. Jeckyll.../Mary Reilly would be examples of ones more in the fan fiction vein, but I'm also thinking about books where a particular classic is a big plot point.
Updike wrote one based on Scarlet Letter titled, I think "S."
Ahab's Wife.
Foe by J.M. Coetzee - Robinson Crusoe told from the POV of Friday.
There are a bunch more but those are the ones I remember off the top of my had after Wide Sargasso Sea.