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Classic books as videos

Real sample episodes made with xBookvideo from public-domain classics — in English, Chinese and Spanish. Watch them, borrow the hook ideas, or turn any book into a video series.

The Great Gatsby sample video poster

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1925 · English

Journey to the West (西游记) sample video poster

Journey to the West (西游记)

attributed to Wu Cheng'en (吴承恩) · c. 1592 · Chinese

Don Quixote (Don Quijote de la Mancha) sample video poster

Don Quixote (Don Quijote de la Mancha)

Miguel de Cervantes · 1605 and 1615 · Spanish

Pride and Prejudice sample video poster

Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen · 1813 · English

Frankenstein sample video poster

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley · 1818 · English

Dracula sample video poster

Dracula

Bram Stoker · 1897 · English

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes sample video poster

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle · 1892 · English

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland sample video poster

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll · 1865 · English

Moby-Dick sample video poster

Moby-Dick

Herman Melville · 1851 · English

The Art of War sample video poster

The Art of War

Sun Tzu (translated by Lionel Giles) · 5th century BC (Giles translation 1910) · English

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