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These are lists of works of fiction that have been made into feature films. The title of the work and the year it was published are both followed by the work's author, the title of the film, and the year of the film. If a film has an alternate title based on geographical distribution, the title listed will be that of the widest distribution area.
John Galsworthy. Succeeded by. Jules Romains. Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946) was an English writer, prolific in many genres. He wrote more than fifty novels and dozens of short stories. His non-fiction output included works of social commentary, politics, history, popular science, satire, biography, and autobiography.
s All-Time 100 Movies. All-TIME 100 Movies is a list compiled by TIME magazine of the 100 "greatest" films that were released between March 3, 1923—when the first issue of TIME was published—and early 2005, when the list was compiled. [1] Compiled by critics Richard Schickel and Richard Corliss, the list generated significant attention ...
Signature. Fyodor[ a ] Mikhailovich Dostoevsky[ b ] (11 November 1821 – 9 February 1881 [ 3 ][ c ]), sometimes transliterated as Dostoyevsky, was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist and journalist. Numerous literary critics regard him as one of the greatest novelists in all of world literature, [ 4 ] as many of his works are ...
This category has the following 26 subcategories, out of 26 total. Literary characters by country (2 C) Literary characters by writer (69 C) Literary characters by year of introduction (52 C) Literary characters by genre (15 C) Lists of literary characters (5 C, 134 P) Literary characters by nationality (11 C)
Five Canadian books are on the list: Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels, Unless by Carol Shields, Emily of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery, Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood and American War by Omar El Akkad. ^ Sola Budunrin (10 November 2019). "Things Fall Apart, Half of A Yellow Sun named in the list of 100 novels that shaped the world".
t. e. AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains is a list of the one hundred greatest screen characters (fifty each in the hero and villain categories) as chosen by the American Film Institute in June 2003. It is part of the AFI 100 Years... series. The list was first presented in a CBS special hosted by Arnold Schwarzenegger.
This poll is regarded as one of the most important "greatest ever film" lists. American critic Roger Ebert described it as "by far the most respected of the countless polls of great movies—the only one most serious movie people take seriously." [2] Bicycle Thieves (1948) topped the first poll in 1952 with 25 votes. [1]