Stories Inspired by Other Fiction

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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 membres
418 critiques
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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8,407 membres
252 critiques
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 membres
232 critiques
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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6,731 membres
287 critiques
4.1
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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5,750 membres
222 critiques
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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 membres
137 critiques
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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6,692 membres
276 critiques
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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81,573 membres
1,267 critiques
4.2
5 Members
sturlington, souloftherose, ahef1963, kaystj, ManWithAnAgenda
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sturlington: Inspired by We.
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28,767 membres
649 critiques
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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15,612 membres
601 critiques
4
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16,912 membres
263 critiques
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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11,690 membres
157 critiques
4.1
4 Members
thorold, sturlington, perennialreader, angekenn
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thorold: David Copperfield
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2,140 membres
94 critiques
3.8
4 Members
aulsmith, sturlington, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda
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aulsmith: Based on the Aeneid.
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23,993 membres
376 critiques
4
3 Members
aulsmith, Her_Royal_Orangeness, kara.shamy
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Her_Royal_Orangeness: inspired by The Odyssey
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20,659 membres
316 critiques
3.9
3 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
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sturlington: Inspired by The Lost World (Doyle).
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17,141 membres
910 critiques
4
3 Members
sturlington, perennialreader, kara.shamy
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sturlington: Jane Eyre
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16,207 membres
295 critiques
3.9
3 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
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sturlington: Inspired by Dracula.
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15,254 membres
203 critiques
4.1
3 Members
aulsmith, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
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aulsmith: A rewrite of Mallory's Le Morte d'Arthur
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10,227 membres
670 critiques
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 membres
150 critiques
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 membres
154 critiques
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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2,709 membres
191 critiques
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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2,223 membres
213 critiques
4
3 Members
sturlington, elkiedee, kara.shamy
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sturlington: The Tempest
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1,712 membres
220 critiques
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 membres
96 critiques
3.9
3 Members
aulsmith, cbl_tn, souloftherose
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aulsmith: Trollope's Framley Parsonage
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889 membres
65 critiques
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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21,385 membres
755 critiques
½ 3.7
3 Members
electrice, ahef1963, kara.shamy,sturlington
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sturlington : Inspired by Dracula.
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12,448 membres
189 critiques
4
2 Members
merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda
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merrystar: Macbeth
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10,110 membres
139 critiques
4.1
2 Members
merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda
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merrystar: elements of assorted stories with fairy godmothers
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9,340 membres
224 critiques
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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6,036 membres
107 critiques
3.8
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
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sturlington: Inspired by Beowulf
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4,901 membres
323 critiques
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2 Members
cbl_tn, ahef1963
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cbl_tn: Pride and Prejudice
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3,795 membres
233 critiques
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 membres
117 critiques
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 membres
49 critiques
3.9
2 Members
cbl_tn, perennialreader
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cbl_tn: Homage to H. Rider Haggard's novels.
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2,125 membres
60 critiques
4.1
2 Members
merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda
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merrystar: Tam Lin
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1,945 membres
74 critiques
4
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1,745 membres
33 critiques
½ 3.6
2 Members
thorold, cbl_tn
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thorold: Great Expectations
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1,642 membres
172 critiques
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 membres
69 critiques
2.9
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
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sturlington: Alice in Wonderland
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1,324 membres
68 critiques
½ 3.5
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
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sturlington: Arabian nights
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929 membres
71 critiques
½ 3.5
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
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sturlington: Melmoth the Wanderer
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783 membres
17 critiques
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 membres
44 critiques
4
2 Members
KimarieBee, kara.shamy
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KimarieBee: inspired by Spells of Enchantment (Parslinette/Rapunzel)
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553 membres
33 critiques
3.2
2 Members
cbl_tn, elkiedee
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423 membres
34 critiques
½ 3.4
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
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sturlington: "The Night Ocean" by H.P. Lovecraft
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237 membres
23 critiques
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 membres
12 critiques
4
2 Members
cbl_tn, kaystj
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12,816 membres
501 critiques
4.2
Member
sturlington
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sturlington: The Iliad
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12,175 membres
470 critiques
½ 4.3
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sturlington
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sturlington: Greek myths, most prominently The Odyssey
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8,509 membres
410 critiques
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 membres
90 critiques
4.2
Member
sturlington
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sturlington: Hamlet
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6,280 membres
175 critiques
4
Member
sturlington
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sturlington: Inspired by The Count of Monte Cristo.
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6,035 membres
162 critiques
4
Member
cyderry
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cyderry: Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie - how Peter learned to fly
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5,057 membres
201 critiques
3.9
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4,341 membres
222 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
sturlington
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sturlington: Homage to Frankenstein
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3,115 membres
54 critiques
½ 3.5
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Her_Royal_Orangeness
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Her_Royal_Orangeness: inspired by Wuthering Heights
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2,986 membres
55 critiques
½ 3.5
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2,828 membres
105 critiques
4
Member
cbl_tn
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2,669 membres
172 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
Her_Royal_Orangeness
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Her_Royal_Orangeness: related to The Great Gatsby
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2,667 membres
55 critiques
3.9
Member
sturlington
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sturlington: Myth oif Theseus
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2,650 membres
66 critiques
4
Member
thorold
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thorold: sequel to Tom Brown's Schooldays
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2,588 membres
250 critiques
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 membres
59 critiques
4.1
Member
kaystj
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kaystj: Retelling of "East of the Sun West of the Moon"
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2,313 membres
52 critiques
3.9
Member
sturlington
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sturlington: The fairy tale by the same name
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2,162 membres
185 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
Her_Royal_Orangeness
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Her_Royal_Orangeness: GLBTQ retelling of Cinderella
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1,990 membres
72 critiques
½ 3.3
Member
dara85
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dara85: Inspired by Gone With the Wind
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1,852 membres
41 critiques
½ 3.4
Member
thorold
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1,610 membres
31 critiques
3.8
Member
sturlington
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sturlington: Sleeping beauty
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1,557 membres
80 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
dara85
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dara85: Inspired by Jane Eyre
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1,542 membres
83 critiques
3.9
Member
sturlington
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sturlington: Retells the H.P. Lovecraft story "The Horror at Red Hook"
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1,426 membres
59 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
Her_Royal_Orangeness
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Her_Royal_Orangeness: Where the Wild Things Are
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1,412 membres
26 critiques
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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de Brom
1,361 membres
66 critiques
4
Member
KimarieBee
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KimarieBee: inspired by Peter Pan
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1,253 membres
28 critiques
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 membres
35 critiques
½ 3.4
Member
Her_Royal_Orangeness
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Her_Royal_Orangeness: authorized sequel to Peter Pan
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1,168 membres
71 critiques
½ 3.4
Member
sturlington
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sturlington: Death in Venice
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994 membres
65 critiques
4
Member
sturlington
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sturlington: The Willows by Algernon Blackwood
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929 membres
51 critiques
3.8
Member
sturlington
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sturlington: The White People by Arthur Machen
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925 membres
34 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
dara85
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dara85: Based on Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
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897 membres
64 critiques
3.9
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830 membres
63 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
cbl_tn
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829 membres
54 critiques
3.2
Member
cbl_tn
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807 membres
55 critiques
4.1
Member
cbl_tn
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cbl_tn: Dante's Inferno
85
702 membres
87 critiques
3.9
Member
sturlington
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sturlington: Inspired by the Aeneid
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696 membres
15 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
aulsmith
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aulsmith: A re-working of Heart of Darkness
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660 membres
53 critiques
4.1
Member
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 membres
10 critiques
½ 3.4
Member
inge87
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inge87: Fantasy set in a world where Shakespeare is "The Great Historian" and everything he wrote actually happened.
89
628 membres
22 critiques
3.8
Member
thorold
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thorold: Completes Jane Austen's unfinished novel, Sanditon
90
608 membres
69 critiques
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 membres
42 critiques
½ 3.4
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sturlington
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sturlington: Inspired by The Tempest.
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577 membres
40 critiques
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 membres
39 critiques
4
Member
sturlington
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sturlington: Lovecraft
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545 membres
39 critiques
3.1
Member
cbl_tn
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543 membres
27 critiques
3.2
2 Members
merrystar, kaystj,ManWithAnAgenda
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kaystj: Jane Eyre in space
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539 membres
15 critiques
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 membres
39 critiques
½ 3.7
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kaystj
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kaystj: Retelling of "East of the Sun West of the Moon"
98
467 membres
33 critiques
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 membres
25 critiques
½ 3.5
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kaystj
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kaystj: Jane Eyre with vampires
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453 membres
10 critiques
½ 3.6
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Her_Royal_Orangeness
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Her_Royal_Orangeness: inspired by Gilgamesh, the epic poem