The Red Badge of Courage, Works of Stephen Crane Series, Stephen Crane, Book

Boring bank account officer Stanley Ipkiss (Jim Carrey) is tired of kowtowing to his know-nothing boss and being rejected by attractive women. But just before he decides to end it all, Stanley is transformed from a spineless accountant into a jiving zoot-suited hellion when he discovers the superhuman powers of an ancient wooden mask he finds floating in the river. With the mask, Stanley has the courage to do everything he's ever dreamed of. That includes wooing blond bombshell Tina Carlyle (Cameron...

Anyone who watches Hugh Laurie as House on TV or has seen Stephen Fry in V for Vendetta will especially enjoy this series. Hugh Laurie plays a ditsy upper crust Brit (he is British, so the accent is authentic), with Stephen Fry as his savvy butler who solves problems while allowing his employer to believe it was his doing. They are a great team, and I'm looking forward to checking out the comedy show they did together.

Stephen Crane was the son of a well-known Methodist minister--one of 14 children. His mother was active in the church and was herself the niece of a bishop who was renowned for his fire-and-brimstone, stern, unforgiving outlook. Crane repudiated the staunch Methodism of his family, but questions of faith preoccupied him all his life. He attended a military-style prep school in Claverack, New York, and spent a year at Lafayette College and a semester at Syracuse University, where he was much more...