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.
This clip, from Discovery Education, provides an introduction to The Odyssey (by Homer) and introduces us to Ulysses (Odysseus), the story's hero.
Sir Anthony Hopkins portrays Count Pierre Bezukhov in the BBC's 1972 production of War and Peace. Still shot, copyright, BBC, all rights re...
Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen, is a #1 bestselling novel which has been made into a major motion picture.
Water for Elephants is a story about the Benzini Bros.
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