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Great Books Season 8 Episodes

  • 1993-2006
  • 10 Seasons
  • TLC
  • Documentary, Drama
  • TV-14
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This documentary series examines famous fiction and non fiction books. With each episode, a book's content is explored as well as the times in which the work was written. Furthermore, the nature of the book's significance is explored as well as its impact.

Season 8 Episode Guide

Season 8

6 Episodes 2001 - 2002

Episode 1

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Sat, Aug 11, 2001

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Episode 2

Tales of Edgar Allan Poe

Tue, Oct 30, 2001

Edgar Allan Poe's life is as tragic as his short horror stories.

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Episode 3

The Bible: Genesis

Mon, Dec 24, 2001

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Episode 4

The Bible: Exodus

Mon, Dec 24, 2001

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Episode 5

Inferno

Sat, Feb 23, 2002

Dante Alighieri's immortal poem Inferno bring us an astonishing visual and geographic look of the hell and their nine sections, how much deeper they go more worst it become, escorted by the Roman poet Virgil they make a journey all spots.

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Episode 6

Wuthering Heights

Thu, May 2, 2002

Heathcliff, archetype for the modern anti-hero, springs from Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights."

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