Sherlock Holmes

Doyle, Arthur Conan. The complete Sherlock Holmes. London : Vintage Books, 2009.

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A collection of all novellas and short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. A classic in mystery stories. Detective Sherlock Holmes, the most famous resident of Baker Street, takes his assistant Watson and the readers through suspenseful adventures to reveal the most cold-blooded crimes. He is always one step ahead of Scotland Yard. A compelling writing style and the possibility of jumping from one story to another within the book as each story is autonomous, make the book a perfect choice for the eager reader.

A movie starring Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law was released in 2009. Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) takes the hunt of a serial killer, who mysteriously returned from the grave to resume his killing. The movie had two nominations to the Oscars and a sequel was released in 2011 starring the same actors.

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Sources: GoodReads, RottenTomatoes, NoveList  (through EBSCOhost), Library Journal (through ProQuest), FictionConnection

 

The curious case of Benjamin Button

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The curious case of Benjamin Button : story to screenplay. New York: Scribner 2008.

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This is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who suffers from a very particular condition. Benjamin Button is born in his seventies and ages backwards. A theme that could easily become drama if not for the witty and amusing tone used by Fitzgerald to tell the story set in Baltimore in 1860. This particular edition contains the original story as well as Eric Roth's screenplay of the 2008 movie.

Starring Brad Pitt and Australian Cate Blanchett, and directed by David Fincher, the movie has won three Oscars as well as the AFI Award for Movie of the Year. "An epic, melancholic romance that employs a multi-generational cast and groundbreaking visual effects" (Tom Huddlestone in TimeOut London)

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Sources: NoveList (trough EBSCOhost), Literature Resource Center (Gale), Amazon, Internet Archive, IMDB, TimeOut London

The legend of Sleepy Hollow

Irving, Washington. The legend of Sleepy Hollow and other stories. New York: Penguin Putnam, 2010.

 

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In this short story by Washington Irving, schoolmaster Ichabod Crane comes to the town of Sleepy Hollow to work as a school teacher and he falls in love with a Katrina, a young woman from the town. In his attempts to win her heart we will find himself involved in a ghost story with a headless horseman. The legend of Sleepy Hollow is a creepy horror story set in New York in the 19th Century.

This edition also contains travel essays, tales of romance, and literary musings by Washington Irving, as well as an introduction by Prof. Wayne Franklin.

A film based on this story was released in 1999, directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci. It won an Oscar for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration as well as other awards.

+ The movie in IMDB 
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     + You can also read a digitized 1897 edition here

 Sources: Book depository, Internet archive, NoveList, IMDB