Books that have stood the test of generations. (All titles are links. Just click.)
(Austen, Jane–EMMA [DVD], BBC production, four hours long)
Biggers, Earl Derr–THE HOUSE WITHOUT A KEY (Charlie Chan)
Bowen, Elizabeth–THE LAST SEPTEMBER
Christie, Agatha–MURDER IN MESOPOTAMIA
Collins, Wilkie–THE WOMAN IN WHITE
Dickens, Charles–THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD
Dickens, Charles–NICHOLAS NICKLEBY
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan–THE LOST WORLD
Eliot, George–MILL ON THE FLOSS
Farrell, J. G.–THE SIEGE OF KRISHNAPUR
Farrell, J. G.–THE SINGAPORE GRIP
(E. M. Forster–A PASSAGE TO INDIA [DVD], with Alex Guiness)
Graves, Robert–CLAUDIUS THE GOD AND HIS WIFE MESSALINA
Greene, Graham–OUR MAN IN HAVANA
Greene, Graham–THE POWER AND THE GLORY
Greene, Graham–THE THIRD MAN (book)
Hamilton, Patrick–HANGOVER SQUARE
Hamilton, Patrick–THE SLAVES OF SOLITUDE
Hamilton, Patrick–TWENTY THOUSAND STREETS UNDER THE SKY
Hayes, Alfred–THE GIRL ON THE VIA FLAMINIA
Hazelhoff Roelfzema, Erik–SOLDIER OF ORANGE
Hazelhoff Roelfzema, Erik–SOLDIER OF ORANGE [DVD], with Rutger Hauer)
James, Henry–THE BOSTONIANS (DVD), with Vanessa Redgrave
James, Henry–THE EUROPEANS (DVD), with Lee Remick
James, Henry–THE GOLDEN BOWL (DVD), with Kate Beckinsale
James, Henry–THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY
James, Henry–THE TURN OF THE SCREW
James, Henry–THE WINGS OF THE DOVE (DVD), with Helena Bonham Carter
Keneally, Thomas–SCHINDLER’S LIST (SCHINDLER’S ARK)
Lawrence, D. H.–LADY CHATTERLEY’S LOVER
Lawrence, D. H.–SONS AND LOVERS
(Lawrence, D. H.–THE WIDOWING OF MRS. HOLROYD [DVD], with Geraldine Page)
Lowry, Malcolm –UNDER THE VOLCANO
Marai, Sandor–CASANOVA IN BOLZANO
Marai, Sandor–ESTHER’S INHERITANCE
Maugham, W. Somerset–THE MOON AND SIXPENCE
Miller, Arthur–AN INCIDENT AT VICHY (PLAY)
Milne, A. A.–THE RED HOUSE MYSTERY
Murdoch, Iris–THE RED AND THE GREEN
Paton, Alan–THE HERO OF CURRIE ROAD
Pym, Barbara–QUARTET IN AUTUMN
Renault, Mary–THE KING MUST DIE
Roth, Joseph–THE RADETZKY MARCH
Singh, Khushwant–TRAIN TO PAKISTAN
Steinbeck, John–OF MICE AND MEN
Steinbeck, John–THE MOON IS DOWN
Steinbeck, John–TRAVELS WITH CHARLEY
Synge, John Millington–PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD (play)
Tanizaki, Junichiro–SOME PREFER NETTLES
Thomas, Dylan–UNDER MILK WOOD: A Play for Voices (text)
(Thomas, Dylan–UNDER MILK WOOD [BBC Audio], with Richard Burton)
Trollope, Anthony–BARCHESTER TOWERS
Trollope, Anthony–FRAMLEY PARSONAGE
Trollope, Anthony–SMALL HOUSE AT ALLINGTON
Trollope, Anthony–THE WAY WE LIVE NOW
Twain, Mark–PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF JOAN OF ARC
Waugh, Evelyn–BRIDESHEAD REVISITED
Waugh, Evelyn–PUT OUT MORE FLAGS
West, Nathaniel–MISS LONELYHEARTS
Wharton, Edith–AGE OF INNOCENCE
Wharton, Edith–GLIMPSES OF THE MOON
Wharton, Edith–THE HOUSE OF MIRTH
White, Patrick–RIDERS IN THE CHARIOT
Wilde, Oscar–For a fine play and DVD re the imprisonment of Oscar Wilde, see Adrian Hall and Richard Cumming, FEASTING WITH PANTHERS [DVD], a Broaway Theatre Archive production.
Wodehouse, P. G.–JEEVES AND THE FEUDAL SPIRIT
Wodehouse, P. G.–JEEVES IN THE OFFING
