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Michelle Thomas's avatar

This is literature book #1 when I teach the medieval/Renaissance year. (4 lit books per year). I appreciate the resource!

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Jacob Allee's avatar

I have lots of resources that may be of use to you. Here is the hub of all that information: https://stgb.substack.com/p/humane-letters-great-books

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Josiah Hamilton's avatar

The movie they made of this was actually pretty good too

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Jacob Allee's avatar

I actually despised it and shut it off not long into it. I felt that they completely misunderstood Marcus’ character and the relationship between him and Essa. Perhaps I am just too picky.

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Josiah Hamilton's avatar

No probably not haha. For me I saw the movie first and then read the book. If I do it the other way around I always hate the movie since it is usually lacking in comparison.

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Jacob Allee's avatar

Yep, even the best movie adaptations still can’t contain all that the book does or it misses some important aspects of the book. LOTR movies are great, but they really misunderstand some things and they leave out several really crucial parts of the book (like the scouring of the Shire).

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