Jane Smiley

Jane Smiley's 1991 novel A Thousand Acres, based on the story of King Lear and Barn Blind's daughters, became an international bestseller and went on to win the Pulitzer Prize.

a 1991 novel by American author Jane won the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction in 1991 and was adapted to a 1997 film of the same name

A Thousand Acres is a 1991 novel by American author Jane won the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction in 1991 and was adapted to a 1997 film of the same name.

among Brian Boone's five books that offer a brand new take on pre-existing works

A Thousand Acres is among Brian Boone's five books that offer a brand new take on pre-existing works, Edward Docx's top ten Shakespearean stories in modern fiction, Emma Donoghue's six best books, Anne Tyler's six favorite books, Sally O'Reilly ten top novels inspired by Shakespeare, Alexia Nader's nine favorite books about unhappy families, and John Mullan's top ten twice-told tales.

J ane Smiley

J ane Smiley s A Thousand Acres and William Shakespeare s King Lear.

among Stacey Swann's seven novels about family members making each other miserable

A Thousand Acres is among Stacey Swann's seven novels about family members making each other miserable, Robert McCrum's ten top Shakespearean books, Rachel Mans McKenny's eleven books about midwesterners who aren’t trying to be nice, Hannah Beckerman's top ten toxic families in fiction, Brian Boone's five books that offer a brand new take on pre-existing works, Edward Docx's top ten Shakespearean stories in modern fiction, Emma Donoghue's six best books, Anne Tyler's six favorite books, Sally O'Reilly ten top novels inspired by Shakespeare, Alexia Nader's nine favorite books about unhappy families, and John Mullan's top ten twice-told tales.

among Sally O'Reilly ten top novels inspired by Shakespeare, Alexia Nader's nine favorite books about unhappy families, and John Mullan's top ten twice-told tales

A Thousand Acres is among Sally O'Reilly ten top novels inspired by Shakespeare, Alexia Nader's nine favorite books about unhappy families, and John Mullan's top ten twice-told tales.

Janey Smiley

A Year at the Races by Jane Smiley: Janey Smiley is a Pulitzer award winning novelist best known for titles such as A Thousand Acres and Moo.

Webster

Webster Groves's best-selling A Thousand Acres, a story based on William Shakespeare's King Lear, received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1992.

among Emma Donoghue's six best books

A Thousand Acres is among Emma Donoghue's six best books, Anne Tyler's six favorite books, Sally O'Reilly ten top novels inspired by Shakespeare, Alexia Nader's nine favorite books about unhappy families, and John Mullan's top ten twice-told tales.

the story of Larry Cook, the irascible (and increasingly unhinged) owner of a farm in Iowa

Winner of the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, A Thousand Acres tells the story of Larry Cook, the irascible (and increasingly unhinged) owner of a farm in Iowa.

Jane Austen

A farmer, I believe in Iowa, was talking and Jane Austen said, “I farm, I’d say 1,000 acres.

Martin Scorsese’s Cape FearIrwin Winkler’s Michael Caton-Jones’ Rob RoyJocelyn Moorhouse , Night and the City, ,

Martin Scorsese’s Cape Fear, Irwin Winkler’s Night and the City, Michael Caton-Jones’ Rob Roy, Jocelyn Moorhouse’s A Thousand Acres,

of Shakespeare’s King Lear

One Thousand Acres is a re-telling of Shakespeare’s King Lear.

Virginia Cook Smith

At sixty miles per hour, you could pass our farm in a minute, on County Road 686, which ran due north into the T intersection at Cabot Street Road,' explains Virginia Cook Smith in the first sentence of A Thousand Acres.

the story of King Lear

A Thousand Acres was the story of King Lear.

John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck was an American novelist of great renown.

William Makepeace Thackeray

(1848–50) is a novel by the English author William Makepeace Thackeray.