Great novels are often connected-to (or based-on) real-life events. It's fun to search-for (and uncover) those connections. This Collection features fictional stories with real-life tie-ins.
Did Bates, Lord Grantham's valet, push Green, Lord Gillingham's valet, into the path of a bus at Piccadilly? Did he have a motive?
As his body begins to turn into Edward Hyde, without his first swallowing the potion, Dr. Jekyll has to look into a mirror to see what form his body i...
Meet Dylan Thomas who lived hard, wrote beautifully and died young (at 39) while leaving behind some of the most-loved poems written in English.
When his nephew, Fred, invites Ebenezer Scrooge for Christmas dinner, the old miser even refuses his nephew's kind request.
Traveling with the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, Scrooge hears about a man who has died. No one seems to have any respect for this person whose name...
As the Spirit of Christmas Present guides Scrooge to various places, on Christmas Eve, he ends at a place where Ebenezer comes face-to-face with the e...
Erich Maria Remarque's book was published in English with the title "All Quiet on the Western Front." It remains a popular story about the horrors of ...
Near the beginning of "A Christmas Carol," Ebenezer Scrooge walks home from his office. When he gets there, he thinks he sees the face of Jacob Marley...
Hameln - referred to as "Hamelin" in English - is another quaint town along Germany's popular Fairy Tale Road. It is the setting for The Pied Piper o...
This is the story of Faust, based on the dramatic poem by Goethe and adapted for the screen - in 1926 - by F.W. Murnau and his team.
Frankenstein - a student at the University of Ingolstadt (in Germany) - has worked hard for nearly two years on a major project. He has given everythi...
Frankenstein moves to the remote Orkney Islands to work on a companion for his monster. Nearing completion of his task, Victor has second thoughts and...
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