{"product_id":"the-classic-novel-9780719052316","title":"The Classic Novel","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA critical examination of the long-established tradition of adapting classic novels to film or TV screen. It is historically wide-ranging, encompassing novelists from Jane Austen to Michael Ondaatje.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe early cinema ransacked literature for stories suitable for retelling in moving pictures. Dickens was particularly popular in the silent days and has remained so ever since. As the art of the cinema matured, and cinematography, music, special effects, and sound were improved, the art of dramatization began to produce high-quality versions of respected novels. This service to literature was one way the cinema gained respectability.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe authors in \u003cem\u003eThe Classic Novel\u003c\/em\u003e analyze a wide variety of literary dramatizations including \u003cem\u003eThe Old Curiosity Shop\u003c\/em\u003e (1935), various versions of \u003cem\u003eDracula\u003c\/em\u003e, the BBC's recent versions of \u003cem\u003eMiddlemarch\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/em\u003e, and the award-winning version of \u003cem\u003eThe English Patient\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47599283798252,"sku":"9780719052316","price":79.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780719052316-the-classic-novel.jpg?v=1777974956","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-classic-novel-9780719052316","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}