Victorian Writers
Victorian era literature (1837–1901)
Films and TV I have seen based on the novels of writers including:
• Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870)
• Victor Hugo (1802–1885)
• Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864)
• Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865)
• William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863)
• Charles Dickens (1812–1870)
• Charlotte Bronte (1816–1855)
• Emily Bronte (1818–1848)
• George Eliot (1819–1888)
• Herman Melville (1819–1891)
• Anne Bronte (1820–1849)
• Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821–1881)
• Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880)
• Wilkie Collins (1824–1889)
• Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910)
• Lewis Carroll (1832–1898)
• Mark Twain (1835–1910)
• Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)
• Henry James (1843–1916)
• Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)
• Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
• Joseph Conrad (1857–1924)
• H. G. Wells (1866–1946)
Also see:
• The Bloomsbury Group &ct.
Films and TV I have seen based on the novels of writers including:
• Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870)
• Victor Hugo (1802–1885)
• Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864)
• Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865)
• William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863)
• Charles Dickens (1812–1870)
• Charlotte Bronte (1816–1855)
• Emily Bronte (1818–1848)
• George Eliot (1819–1888)
• Herman Melville (1819–1891)
• Anne Bronte (1820–1849)
• Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821–1881)
• Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880)
• Wilkie Collins (1824–1889)
• Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910)
• Lewis Carroll (1832–1898)
• Mark Twain (1835–1910)
• Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)
• Henry James (1843–1916)
• Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)
• Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
• Joseph Conrad (1857–1924)
• H. G. Wells (1866–1946)
Also see:
• The Bloomsbury Group &ct.
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- DirectorWallace WorsleyStarsLon ChaneyPatsy Ruth MillerNorman KerryIn 15th-century Paris, the brother of the archdeacon plots with the gypsy king to foment a peasant revolt. Meanwhile, a freakish hunchback falls in love with a gypsy dancer.V. Hugo, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831)
- DirectorNoel LangleyStarsJames HayterJames DonaldNigel PatrickThe Pickwick Club sends Mr. Pickwick and a group of friends to travel across England and to report back on the interesting things they find. In the course of their travels, they repeatedly encounter the friendly but disreputable Mr. Jingle, who becomes a continual source of trouble for all who know him. Pickwick himself is the victim of a number of misunderstandings that bring him both embarrassment and problems with the law.C. Dickens, The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (1836–37)
- DirectorCarol ReedStarsMark LesterRon MoodyShani WallisAfter being sold to a mortician, young orphan Oliver Twist runs away and meets a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by an elderly mentor in 1830s London.C. Dickens, Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress (1838)
- DirectorStephen WhittakerStarsJohn DallimoreJames D'ArcySophia MylesA young, compassionate man struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his cold-hearted, grasping uncle.C. Dickens, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1838–39)
- DirectorRonald NeameStarsAlbert FinneyAlec GuinnessEdith EvansA musical retelling of Charles Dickens' classic novel about an old bitter miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions.C. Dickens, A Christmas Carol, In Prose: Being a Ghost Story of Christmas (1843)
- DirectorRichard LesterStarsOliver ReedRaquel WelchRichard ChamberlainA young swordsman comes to Paris and faces villains, romance, adventure and intrigue with three Musketeer friends.A. Dumas, The Three Musketeers (1844)
- StarsGérard DepardieuOrnella MutiJean RochefortEdmond Dantes is unjustly sent to prison for 18 years. He escapes to reclaim his fiancée Mercedes and revenge against his nemesis, Mondego.A. Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo (1844–45)
- StarsRuth WilsonToby StephensLorraine AshbourneA young governess falls in love with her brooding and complex master. However, his dark past may destroy their relationship forever.C. Bronte, Jane Eyre (1847)
- DirectorCary Joji FukunagaStarsMia WasikowskaMichael FassbenderJamie BellA mousy governess who softens the heart of her employer soon discovers that he's hiding a terrible secret.C. Bronte, Jane Eyre (1847)
- DirectorWilliam WylerStarsMerle OberonLaurence OlivierDavid NivenA servant in the house of Wuthering Heights tells a traveler the unfortunate tale of lovers Cathy and Heathcliff.E. Bronte, Wuthering Heights (1847)
- StarsToby StephensTara FitzgeraldRupert GravesAn adaptation of Anne Bronte's novel; a young widow takes her son and moves to Yorkshire.A. Bronte, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848)
- StarsNatasha LittleFrances GreyPhilip GlenisterAn adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's classic story of parvenue Becky Sharp's rise from obscure and humble origins to her subsequent ignominious fall from Society; set against the backdrop of Regency England and continental Europe during the Napoleonic War.W. M. Thackeray, Vanity Fair (1848)
- DirectorGeorge CukorStarsFreddie BartholomewFrank LawtonEdna May OliverA gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world.C. Dickens, David Copperfield (1850)
- StarsDaniel RadcliffeTrevor EvePauline QuirkeA gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world.C. Dickens, The Personal History, Adventures, Experience and Observation of David Copperfield the Younger of Blunderstone Rookery (1850)
- DirectorArmando IannucciStarsDev PatelHugh LaurieTilda SwintonA modern take on Charles Dickens's classic tale of a young orphan who is able to triumph over many obstacles.
- DirectorRobert G. VignolaStarsColleen MooreHardie AlbrightHenry B. WalthallIn the seventeenth century, in Massachusetts, a young woman is forced to wear a scarlet "A" on her dress for bearing a child out of wedlock.N. Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter: A Romance (1850)
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsGregory PeckRichard BasehartLeo GennThe sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.H. Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale (1851)
- DirectorPaul StanleyStarsJack AransonCaptain Ahab's descent into madness destroys everyone around him. This powerful character drew John Barrymore, Orson Wells and John Huston. This film has been called the best, most authentic version of Herman Melville's MOBY DICK.H. Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale (1851)
- DirectorJoe MayStarsGeorge SandersMargaret LindsayVincent PriceBased on the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, this classic film follows a family feud between two brothers and an ancient curse that haunts them.N. Hawthorne, The House of the Seven Gables (1851)
- StarsAnna Maxwell MartinCarey MulliganDenis LawsonA suspenseful tale about the injustices of the 19th Century English legal system.C. Dickens, Bleak House (1852–53)
- DirectorJonathan ParkerStarsDavid PaymerCrispin GloverGlenne HeadlyA clueless boss has no idea what to do with his mundane office worker whose refusal of duties only gets worse each passing minute.H.Melville, Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street (1853)
- CreatorSue BirtwistleSusie ConklinStarsJudi DenchImelda StauntonJulia McKenzieIn the 1840s, Cranford is ruled by the ladies. They adore good gossip, and romance and change is in the air, as the unwelcome grasp of the Industrial Revolution rapidly approaches their beloved rural market-town.E. Gaskell, Cranford (1853)
My Lady Ludlow (1858)
Mr. Harrison's Confessions (1851) - StarsDaniela Denby-AsheRichard ArmitageTim Pigott-SmithNorth and South is a four-part adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's love story of Margaret Hale, a middle-class southerner who is forced to move to the northern town of Milton.E. Gaskell, North and South (1855)
- DirectorSophie BarthesStarsMia WasikowskaRhys IfansEzra MillerBored in her marriage to a country doctor and stifled by life in a small town, the restless Emma Bovary pursues her dreams of passion and excitement, whatever they may cost.G. Flaubert, Madame Bovary (1856)
- DirectorPeter GodfreyStarsAlexis SmithEleanor ParkerSydney GreenstreetA ghostly woman warns a beautiful Victorian heiress about a count, and a strange spell haunts a mansion and its inhabitants in an adaptation of Wilkie Collins' novel.W. Collins, The Woman in White (1859)