We used to watch movies from time to time based on successful literary works, whether they were classics or modern novels, and even drama series, many of them adopt the same method, and this usually makes these works more eligible for success than others, as their makers are betting on their ability to attract not only lovers. Drama, but also to attract lovers of reading.
However, what we do not witness at the same rate is the emergence of novels and books in films and serials, either as part of the scene and the daily life of the hero or because they have an influential role in the dramatic sequence, which makes this exceptional occurrence that deserves to be highlighted.
These are some of the most important artworks in which books and novels appeared on screen.
3 women and one story
The first book here is "Mrs. Dalloway" by Virginia Woolf, and it is one of the main pillars of the screenplay of "The Hours". Just as the book revolves around a day in the life of an elegant woman in England after the repercussions of World War I, the film deals with it. The other day with the lives of 3 women from different times.
The first is Virginia Woolf, whom we are witnessing in the 1920s as she struggles with depression in conjunction with writing the novel "Mrs. Dalaway", and the second is a wife in her 50s who has everything to make her life perfect, but that does not prevent her from feeling unhappy, and as soon as that wife reads Virginia Woolf's novel she intends to Making a fateful decision will change her life forever.
As for the third and last, she is a book editor who holds a party for her friend, the poet, after winning an important literary award in 2001, and because of her character, her friend calls her Mrs. Dalaway, just like the heroine of the novel.
Romantic or naive?
It seems that the novels of the Colombian novelist, Gabriel García Márquez, were written to them to find their way into works of art by all means. After they were turned into films, they are used within the work itself, as happened in the movie "Serendipity".
It is a romantic comedy work that revolves around a young man and a girl who meet by chance, and a mutual and immediate admiration arises between them that foretells what is greater. However, the girl’s belief in fate prompts her to test what is between them, so she decides to write her phone number on the first page of the novel “Love in the Time of Cholera”.
Then she leaves it in a library randomly, and waits if he will guide the young man to the book and bring them together again, or not!
It is a risk that some may see as very romantic, while others will describe it as naive, especially after years of the two heroes' lives were lost before meeting again.
The most famous romantic novel of all time
It was not uncommon for books to appear on the screen more than once in the famous movie "You've Got Mail" or to occupy a space of events. The work, despite being one of the most iconic romantic films, is on the sidelines of the nearly impossible love story that arises between Its heroes, it also tells about the difficult commercial competition that arises between the young woman who owns a small library and the wealthy young man whose family owns a series of huge libraries.
Perhaps the two most famous books that appeared during the work are two novels by Jane Austen, “Sense and Sensibility” and “Pride and Prejudice,” which have achieved tremendous success that is still continuing until now despite the lapse of more than two centuries after their publication, albeit the last. It had a greater impact on events and characters that seemed somewhat identical to the relationship between the two heroes.
Purposeful comedy
The popular sitcom series "Friends" was also not without some books appearing from time to time, even if the goal behind this was to serve the funny plot with the aim of making fun.
Among them are Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, which Joy Trippiani had to read, and Stephen King's The Shining, which Rachel had to read at the same time.
This is in an attempt by the two friends to challenge each other and read his favorite book, to prove Rachel Joye that "Little Women" is more than just a classic novel with its heroines ordinary women, while proving to her on his part that "Al-Bariq" is the best horror book ever.
Thus spoke Zarathustra
Philosophical books have also had their share of screen appearances, including the book by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, "So Sprach Zarathustra", which appeared in the hands of one of the heroes of "Little Miss Sunshine".
It is noteworthy that the book is a novel issued in 4 parts, and it included a series of articles and philosophical and reflective speeches that shed light on many ideas, the most important of which is the will and how a person can determine his direction in life without feeling guilt or ruminating grief.
This was in line with the case of the hero, who was a different young man who did not feel a sense of belonging to his family .. This feeling of alienation made him far from the level of feelings and conscience, until circumstances forced him to come into close contact with them through a family adventure that combines comedy and a lot of drama, making everyone re-discover Each other.