From Page to Picture: 10 Classic Novels That Became Cinematic Cathedrals

Not all stories are born equal. Some are destined to live forever — first as ink on a page, then as light on a screen.

Literature’s most haunting heroines and doomed lovers return again and again, clothed in silk gowns, flickering candles and the stormlight of cinema. 

Below, The Lace Ledger presents 10 blockbuster films that began as classic novels — each a reminder that stories, like ghosts, never truly die.