Stories Inspired by Other Fiction

Beschreibung
This list is for books that were inspired by other books, in that they retell the story, use the same characters, or tell the story from a different perspective.
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21,522 Mitglieder
418 Rezensionen
3.8
10 Members
aulsmith, cbl_tn, merrystar, sturlington, souloftherose, elkiedee, Dilara86, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda
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sturlington: Inspired by The Mysteries of Udolpho.
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8,408 Mitglieder
252 Rezensionen
½ 3.5
9 Members
thorold, aulsmith, sturlington, souloftherose, elkiedee, Dilara86, Her_Royal_Orangeness, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
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aulsmith: I didn't think this went very well with Jane Eyre.
elkiedee: Wide Sargasso Sea is the story of Antoinette, known as Bertha, the Madwoman in the Attic of Jane Eyre. It's a very different perspective on the and story, and offers a bit of a challenge to the idea of Mr Rochester as a romantic hero. I'm not really a fan of Jane Eyre, apart from the early chapters which fascinated ms a child, and love WSS. I suspect that people who love JE and find it romantic will feel aggrieved by the challenge of WSS.
Dilara86: Inspired by Jane Eyre
Her_Royal_Orangeness: companion to Jane Eyre; tells the story of Bertha and how she met Rochester; very different from Jane Eyre in style and theme
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12,656 Mitglieder
232 Rezensionen
3.9
8 Members
thorold, aulsmith, sturlington, souloftherose, Her_Royal_Orangeness, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda
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aulsmith: Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
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8 Members
aulsmith, cbl_tn, merrystar, sturlington, perennialreader, souloftherose, ahef1963, kaystj
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sturlington: Inspired by Three Men in a Boat. Also homage to Gaudy Night and The Moonstone.
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5,751 Mitglieder
222 Rezensionen
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8 Members
aulsmith, RidgewayGirl, merrystar, sturlington, perennialreader, elkiedee, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
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aulsmith: More heavy-handed than Austen.
sturlington: Inspired by Emma. Satire of rural romantic fiction popular at the time.
elkiedee: I think it's not really inspired by or a response to Emma. Mary Webb was a popular author at the time and some of her work has been repented by Virago, and I understand that this was a parody of more contemporary novels than of Jane Austen.
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6,148 Mitglieder
137 Rezensionen
½ 3.7
7 Members
dara85, cbl_tn, sturlington, elkiedee, Her_Royal_Orangeness, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda
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Her_Royal_Orangeness: modern retelling of Shakespeare's King Lear
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6,693 Mitglieder
276 Rezensionen
3.8
6 Members
aulsmith, sturlington, angekenn, Her_Royal_Orangeness, ahef1963, kara.shamy
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Her_Royal_Orangeness: companion to Little Women; tells the story of the father Mr. March
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81,583 Mitglieder
1,267 Rezensionen
4.2
5 Members
sturlington, souloftherose, ahef1963, kaystj, ManWithAnAgenda
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sturlington: Inspired by We.
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28,772 Mitglieder
649 Rezensionen
½ 3.6
5 Members
aulsmith, sturlington, electrice, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
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aulsmith: Inspired by The Wizard of Oz
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15,614 Mitglieder
601 Rezensionen
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16,912 Mitglieder
263 Rezensionen
½ 3.6
4 Members
sturlington, elkiedee, angekenn, kaystj
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sturlington: Inspired by Pride and Prejudice.
elkiedee: A kind of irreverent commercial fiction take on the Pride and Prejudice story. Good fun. Bridget Jones really kicked off a whole load of comic chicklit novels with a take on Jane Austen characters.
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11,691 Mitglieder
157 Rezensionen
4.1
4 Members
thorold, sturlington, perennialreader, angekenn
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thorold: David Copperfield
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2,140 Mitglieder
94 Rezensionen
3.8
4 Members
aulsmith, sturlington, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda
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aulsmith: Based on the Aeneid.
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23,994 Mitglieder
376 Rezensionen
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3 Members
aulsmith, Her_Royal_Orangeness, kara.shamy
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Her_Royal_Orangeness: inspired by The Odyssey
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20,660 Mitglieder
316 Rezensionen
3.9
3 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
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sturlington: Inspired by The Lost World (Doyle).
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17,143 Mitglieder
910 Rezensionen
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3 Members
sturlington, perennialreader, kara.shamy
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sturlington: Jane Eyre
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16,207 Mitglieder
295 Rezensionen
3.9
3 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
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sturlington: Inspired by Dracula.
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3 Members
aulsmith, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
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aulsmith: A rewrite of Mallory's Le Morte d'Arthur
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10,230 Mitglieder
670 Rezensionen
½ 3.4
3 Members
aulsmith, souloftherose, ManWithAnAgenda
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aulsmith: Inspired by Harry Potter and the Narnia books.
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5,491 Mitglieder
150 Rezensionen
4
3 Members
cbl_tn, sturlington, elkiedee
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sturlington: Various fairy tales and folktales, Alice in wonderland
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3,696 Mitglieder
154 Rezensionen
½ 3.4
3 Members
aulsmith, cbl_tn, sturlington
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aulsmith: Don't be disappointed. It's not really a mystery, but it's a really good book.
sturlington: Homage to the Sherlock Holmes stories.
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2,708 Mitglieder
191 Rezensionen
½ 3.7
3 Members
BookLizard, elkiedee, kaystj
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BookLizard: The servants' view of the events in Pride and Prejudice.
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2,224 Mitglieder
213 Rezensionen
4
3 Members
sturlington, elkiedee, kara.shamy
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sturlington: The Tempest
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1,712 Mitglieder
220 Rezensionen
½ 3.5
3 Members
cbl_tn, elkiedee, kara.shamy
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cbl_tn: Hogarth Shakespeare modern retelling of The Taming of the Shrew.
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1,513 Mitglieder
96 Rezensionen
3.9
3 Members
aulsmith, cbl_tn, souloftherose
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aulsmith: Trollope's Framley Parsonage
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889 Mitglieder
65 Rezensionen
½ 3.7
3 Members
cbl_tn, sturlington, kara.shamy
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cbl_tn: Hogarth Shakespeare retelling of The Winter's Tale.
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21,387 Mitglieder
755 Rezensionen
½ 3.7
3 Members
electrice, ahef1963, kara.shamy,sturlington
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sturlington : Inspired by Dracula.
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12,447 Mitglieder
189 Rezensionen
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2 Members
merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda
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merrystar: Macbeth
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10,110 Mitglieder
139 Rezensionen
4.1
2 Members
merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda
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merrystar: elements of assorted stories with fairy godmothers
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9,340 Mitglieder
224 Rezensionen
½ 3.6
2 Members
Dilara86, Her_Royal_Orangeness
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Her_Royal_Orangeness: loosely based on Howards End; described by author as an "homage" to Forster's novel
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6,037 Mitglieder
107 Rezensionen
3.8
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
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sturlington: Inspired by Beowulf
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4,902 Mitglieder
323 Rezensionen
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2 Members
cbl_tn, ahef1963
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cbl_tn: Pride and Prejudice
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3,795 Mitglieder
233 Rezensionen
3.9
2 Members
KimarieBee, sturlington
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sturlington: Pastiche of Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot novels
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3,386 Mitglieder
117 Rezensionen
½ 3.6
2 Members
aulsmith, perennialreader
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aulsmith: The Mark of Zorro by Johnston McCulley
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2,143 Mitglieder
49 Rezensionen
3.9
2 Members
cbl_tn, perennialreader
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cbl_tn: Homage to H. Rider Haggard's novels.
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2,124 Mitglieder
60 Rezensionen
4.1
2 Members
merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda
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merrystar: Tam Lin
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1,945 Mitglieder
74 Rezensionen
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1,745 Mitglieder
33 Rezensionen
½ 3.6
2 Members
thorold, cbl_tn
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thorold: Great Expectations
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1,643 Mitglieder
172 Rezensionen
½ 3.7
2 Members
sturlington, Her_Royal_Orangeness
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Her_Royal_Orangeness: explores the same themes as The Scarlet Letter - religion, oppression, etc. - in a futuristic setting
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1,379 Mitglieder
69 Rezensionen
2.9
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
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sturlington: Alice in Wonderland
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1,324 Mitglieder
68 Rezensionen
½ 3.5
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
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sturlington: Arabian nights
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929 Mitglieder
71 Rezensionen
½ 3.5
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
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sturlington: Melmoth the Wanderer
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783 Mitglieder
17 Rezensionen
½ 3.7
2 Members
aulsmith, kaystj
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aulsmith: Dr. Jekell and Mr. Hyde from the maid's pov.
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620 Mitglieder
44 Rezensionen
4
2 Members
KimarieBee, kara.shamy
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KimarieBee: inspired by Spells of Enchantment (Parslinette/Rapunzel)
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550 Mitglieder
33 Rezensionen
3.2
2 Members
cbl_tn, elkiedee
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423 Mitglieder
34 Rezensionen
½ 3.4
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
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sturlington: "The Night Ocean" by H.P. Lovecraft
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237 Mitglieder
23 Rezensionen
3.9
2 Members
Her_Royal_Orangeness, kara.shamy
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Her_Royal_Orangeness: inspired by Peter Pan
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100 Mitglieder
12 Rezensionen
4
2 Members
cbl_tn, kaystj
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12,822 Mitglieder
501 Rezensionen
4.2
Member
sturlington
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sturlington: The Iliad
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12,181 Mitglieder
470 Rezensionen
½ 4.3
Member
sturlington
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sturlington: Greek myths, most prominently The Odyssey
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8,509 Mitglieder
410 Rezensionen
½ 3.7
Member
Her_Royal_Orangeness
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Her_Royal_Orangeness: modern retelling of Shakespeare's Hamlet
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7,975 Mitglieder
90 Rezensionen
4.2
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sturlington
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sturlington: Hamlet
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6,280 Mitglieder
175 Rezensionen
4
Member
sturlington
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sturlington: Inspired by The Count of Monte Cristo.
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6,035 Mitglieder
162 Rezensionen
4
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cyderry
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cyderry: Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie - how Peter learned to fly
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5,059 Mitglieder
201 Rezensionen
3.9
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4,341 Mitglieder
222 Rezensionen
½ 3.7
Member
sturlington
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sturlington: Homage to Frankenstein
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3,116 Mitglieder
54 Rezensionen
½ 3.5
Member
Her_Royal_Orangeness
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Her_Royal_Orangeness: inspired by Wuthering Heights
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2,986 Mitglieder
55 Rezensionen
½ 3.5
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2,829 Mitglieder
105 Rezensionen
4
Member
cbl_tn
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2,669 Mitglieder
172 Rezensionen
½ 3.6
Member
Her_Royal_Orangeness
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Her_Royal_Orangeness: related to The Great Gatsby
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2,668 Mitglieder
55 Rezensionen
3.9
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sturlington
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sturlington: Myth oif Theseus
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2,650 Mitglieder
66 Rezensionen
4
Member
thorold
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thorold: sequel to Tom Brown's Schooldays
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2,588 Mitglieder
250 Rezensionen
3.8
Member
BookLizard
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BookLizard: I don't want to give away what it's retelling because that discovery is part of the fun, but I will say, you don't get much more star-crossed than a human and a zombie.
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2,325 Mitglieder
59 Rezensionen
4.1
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kaystj
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kaystj: Retelling of "East of the Sun West of the Moon"
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2,313 Mitglieder
52 Rezensionen
3.9
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sturlington
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sturlington: The fairy tale by the same name
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2,162 Mitglieder
185 Rezensionen
½ 3.6
Member
Her_Royal_Orangeness
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Her_Royal_Orangeness: GLBTQ retelling of Cinderella
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1,991 Mitglieder
72 Rezensionen
½ 3.3
Member
dara85
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dara85: Inspired by Gone With the Wind
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1,853 Mitglieder
41 Rezensionen
½ 3.4
Member
thorold
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1,610 Mitglieder
31 Rezensionen
3.8
Member
sturlington
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sturlington: Sleeping beauty
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1,560 Mitglieder
80 Rezensionen
½ 3.5
Member
dara85
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dara85: Inspired by Jane Eyre
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1,541 Mitglieder
83 Rezensionen
3.9
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sturlington
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sturlington: Retells the H.P. Lovecraft story "The Horror at Red Hook"
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1,412 Mitglieder
26 Rezensionen
3.9
Member
thorold
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thorold: The bully from Tom Brown's Schooldays in a storyline inspired by The Prisoner of Zenda
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von Brom
1,361 Mitglieder
66 Rezensionen
4
Member
KimarieBee
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KimarieBee: inspired by Peter Pan
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1,253 Mitglieder
28 Rezensionen
½ 3.4
Member
Her_Royal_Orangeness
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Her_Royal_Orangeness: set in a world based on Tolkien's Middle-earth; shares plot points with The Lord of the Rings
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1,198 Mitglieder
35 Rezensionen
½ 3.4
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Her_Royal_Orangeness
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Her_Royal_Orangeness: authorized sequel to Peter Pan
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1,168 Mitglieder
71 Rezensionen
½ 3.4
Member
sturlington
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sturlington: Death in Venice
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994 Mitglieder
65 Rezensionen
4
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sturlington
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sturlington: The Willows by Algernon Blackwood
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929 Mitglieder
51 Rezensionen
3.8
Member
sturlington
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sturlington: The White People by Arthur Machen
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925 Mitglieder
34 Rezensionen
½ 3.5
Member
dara85
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dara85: Based on Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
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897 Mitglieder
64 Rezensionen
3.9
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830 Mitglieder
63 Rezensionen
½ 3.6
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cbl_tn
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829 Mitglieder
54 Rezensionen
3.2
Member
cbl_tn
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807 Mitglieder
55 Rezensionen
4.1
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cbl_tn
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cbl_tn: Dante's Inferno
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702 Mitglieder
87 Rezensionen
3.9
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sturlington
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sturlington: Inspired by the Aeneid
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696 Mitglieder
15 Rezensionen
½ 3.7
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aulsmith
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aulsmith: A re-working of Heart of Darkness
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660 Mitglieder
53 Rezensionen
4.1
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dara85
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dara85: Historical fiction- inspired by the Wizard of Oz. The love story of L. Frank Baum and Maud Gage and Maud's assistance in the making of the movie, The Wizard of Oz.
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658 Mitglieder
10 Rezensionen
½ 3.4
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inge87
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inge87: Fantasy set in a world where Shakespeare is "The Great Historian" and everything he wrote actually happened.
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628 Mitglieder
22 Rezensionen
3.8
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thorold
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thorold: Completes Jane Austen's unfinished novel, Sanditon
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608 Mitglieder
69 Rezensionen
½ 3.5
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kaystj
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kaystj: contemporary Jane Eyre, with Rochester as an aging rock star
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607 Mitglieder
42 Rezensionen
½ 3.4
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sturlington
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sturlington: Inspired by The Tempest.
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577 Mitglieder
40 Rezensionen
½ 3.7
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aulsmith
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aulsmith: Inspired by Joanna Russ's Whileaway stories.
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557 Mitglieder
39 Rezensionen
4
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sturlington
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sturlington: Lovecraft
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545 Mitglieder
39 Rezensionen
3.1
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cbl_tn
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543 Mitglieder
27 Rezensionen
3.2
2 Members
merrystar, kaystj,ManWithAnAgenda
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kaystj: Jane Eyre in space
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539 Mitglieder
15 Rezensionen
½ 3.6
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kaystj
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kaystj: Retelling of Dracula from his point of view
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468 Mitglieder
39 Rezensionen
½ 3.7
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kaystj
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kaystj: Retelling of "East of the Sun West of the Moon"
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467 Mitglieder
33 Rezensionen
3.9
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cbl_tn
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cbl_tn: Modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice
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455 Mitglieder
25 Rezensionen
½ 3.5
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kaystj
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kaystj: Jane Eyre with vampires
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454 Mitglieder
10 Rezensionen
½ 3.6
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Her_Royal_Orangeness
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Her_Royal_Orangeness: inspired by Gilgamesh, the epic poem