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Water for Elephants is a 2006 historical romance novel by Canadian–American author Sara Gruen. The novel is set in a 20th-century circus. Gruen wrote the book as part of the National Novel Writing Month. A film adaptation was released in 2011, while a stage musical began presentations in 2023 and opened on Broadway in spring 2024.
Apr 22, 2011 · Water for Elephants: Directed by Francis Lawrence. With Reese Witherspoon, Robert Pattinson, Christoph Waltz, Paul Schneider. Jacob takes a job as an animal caretaker in a traveling circus. There he meets Marlena, a beautiful circus performer.
Water for Elephants is a 2011 American romantic drama film directed by Francis Lawrence from a screenplay by Richard LaGravenese, based on the 2006 novel of the same name by Sara Gruen. The film stars Reese Witherspoon , Robert Pattinson , Christoph Waltz , and Hal Holbrook .
May 22, 2006 · Water for Elephants. Sara Gruen. 4.11. 1,621,523 ratings62,746 reviews. When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, drifters, and misfits, a second-rate circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression, making one-night stands in town after endless town.
Apr 22, 2011 · Water for Elephants. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Jacob Jankowski (Robert Pattinson), a veterinary student, is close to graduating when a terrible tragedy forces him to leave school. With...
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May 26, 2006 · by Sara Gruen (Author) 4.4 4,651 ratings. See all formats and editions. Over 10,000,000 copies in print worldwide. #1 New York Times Bestseller. A Los Angeles Times Bestseller. A Wall Street Journal Bestseller. A Newsday Favorite Book of 2006. A USA Today Bestseller.
Summaries. Jacob takes a job as an animal caretaker in a traveling circus. There he meets Marlena, a beautiful circus performer. Their shared compassion for a special elephant Rosie leads to love, but Marlena's cruel husband stands in their way. After his parents' death, Jacob Jankowski is left penniless and homeless.
