Resource Guide
Apart from the Bible, the works of William Shakespeare, John Milton, and a few other famous authors of prose and verse below is a selected list of books and films recommended for moments of leisure
Alphabetical title list quick jump: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Adventure's of Sherlock Holmes, The (1892) Arthur Conan Doyle
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) Lewis Carroll
Around the World in Eighty Days (1874) trans. Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours (1872) Jules Verne
"Arsenic and Old Lace" (1944) Frank Capra, director
Barchester Towers (1857) Anthony Trollope
"Bridge on the River Kwai, The" (1957) David Lean, director
"Casablanca" (1942) Michael Curtiz, director
Christmas Carol, in Prose, A: Being a Ghost Story of Christmas (1843) Charles Dickens
Daisy Chain, or Aspirations, The: A Family Chronicle (1856) Charlotte Mary Yonge
Dawn of All, The (1911) Robert Hugh Benson
Doctor Thorne: a novel (1858) Anthony Trollope
Emma: a novel (1816) Jane Austen
"Foolish Wives" (1922) Erich von Stroheim, director
Four Feathers, The (1902) A. E. W. Mason
Gone with the Wind (1936) Margaret Mitchell
"Grande Illusion, La" (1937) Jean Renoir, director
Heir of Redclyffe, The (1853) Charlotte Mary Yonge
"His Girl Friday" (1940) Howard Hawks, director
Idylls of the King (1859) Alfred Lord Tennyson
"Importance of Being Earnest, The" (1899) Oscar Wilde
"It Happened One Night" (1934) Frank Capra, director
"It's a Wonderful Life" (1946) Frank Capra, director
Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1874) trans. Voyage au centre de la terre (1864) Jules Verne
"Kind Hearts and Coronets" (1949) Robert Hamer, director
King Solomon's Mines (1885) H. Rider Haggard
"Lawrence of Arabia" (1962) David Lean, director
Lord of the World (1907) Robert Hugh Benson
Mansfield Park: a novel (1814) Jane Austen
Memoirs of a Fox Hunting Man (1928) Siegfried Sassoon
Memoirs of an Infantry Officer (1930) Siegfried Sassoon
Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The (1893) Arthur Conan Doyle
"Mikado; or the Town of Titipu, The" (1885) W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan
Moby-Dick; or, the Whale (1851) Herman Melville
"My Fair Lady" (1964) George Cukor, director; screenplay and music by Alan J. Lerner & Frederick Loewe
Mysterious Island, The (1883), trans. L'Ile mysterieuse (1870) Jules Verne
Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu, The (1913) Sax Rohmer
None Other Gods (1910) Robert Hugh Benson
Old Times at Otterbourne (1891) Charlotte Mary Yonge
Oliver Twist, or the Parish Boy's Progress (1838) Charles Dickens
"One, Two, Three" (1961) Billy Wilder, writer and director
Park: A Fantastic Story (1932) John Gray
"Philadelphia Story, The" (1940) George Cukor, director
"Pirates of Penzance; or the Slave of Duty, The" (1879) W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan
Pride and Prejudice: a novel (1813) Jane Austen
"Pygmalion" (1913) George Bernard Shaw
"Quiet Man, The" (1952) John Ford, director
Sense and Sensibility: a novel (1811) Jane Austen
Sherston's Progress (1936) Siegfried Sassoon
"Shichinin no Samurai" (1954) Akira Kurosawa
"Sound of Music, The" (1965) Robert Wise, director; Music & Lyrics by Rodgers and Hammerstein
Tales... (1902-1930) Beatrix Potter
"Thief of Baghdad, The" (1924) Raoul Walsh, director
"Top Hat" (1935), Mark Sandrich, director
Treasure Island (1883), Robert Louis Stevenson
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1874) trans. Vingt Mille Lieues sous les mers (1870) Jules Verne
Vanity Fair (1848) William Makepeace Thackeray
Warden, The (1855) Anthony Trollope
"Wizard of Oz, The" (1939) Victor Fleming, director
Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys, A (1852) Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Holy Bible in English: Search or Browse the Revised Standard Version via the Humanities Text Initiative
The Gutenberg Bible, the first book printed with movable type: www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/permanent/gutenberg
For a list of the individual books in the Catholic canon of holy scripture click here.
The New American Bible translation: www.usccb.org/nab/bible/index.htm
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