Classic novels are deemed so for their timelessness, impressive writing style, and memorable characters, plots, and themes. In the following pairings, authors have taken a character or plot from a classic title to create their own original works:
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
The Decameron by Giovania Boccaccio
Ten Days in the Hills by Jane Smiley
The Iliad by Homer
Ilium by Dan Simmons
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Jack Maggs by Peter Carey
Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Finn by John Clinch
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Here on Earth by Alice Hoffman
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2 comments:
excellent blog!
the same applies to a variety of juvenile and youth literature as well- especially ones with a twist:
Picture Books:
The Stinky Cheese Man
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
The Book That Jack Wrote
The Not So Jolly Rodger
The Frog Prince Continued
all by Jon Scieszka
Juvenile/Youth Fiction:
East by Edith Pattou (retelling of fairytale "East of the Sun, West of the Moon"
Ella Enchanted by Gail Levine (she also retells many other princess stories)
Beast By Donna Jo Napoli (beauty and the beast)
Song of the Sparrow by Lisa Ann Sandell (retelling of the story of Elaine, also known and honored by Alfred, Lord Tennyson in his famous poem "The Lady of Shalott).
Your recent book discussions are making this blog more interesting.
Keep it up and thanks.
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