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The very best South American novels burst on the scene to make South American literate a major literary force in the twentieth century. It previously consisted mainly of oral and some written literature in indigenous languages but, with the explosion of immigrants in the twentieth century South American literature in Spanish rose to prominence around …
South Africa has a great tradition of fictional works. The country has an indelible scar resulting from its colonial and racial history, vitally important to everyone connected with the country and an obsession among writers. Setting any story at all in South Africa does not require a conscious exploration of the issues: just telling a …
The earliest manifestations of the novel form appeared in seventeenth-century Europe – more in France and Spain, rather than in England – and they were quite significant in the history of the novel, providing, as they did, models for later writers.
One of the most interesting things about the best Welsh novels is that, until relatively recently, there was very little Welsh fiction in English, making it the newest body of fiction in the English-speaking world. Moreover, the novel form was relatively late in coming to Wales, as before the twentieth century Welsh writers writing in …
German fiction has a rich history, with countless novelists and some truly great books, going back generations from the very best German writers.
German fiction has a rich history, with countless novelists and some truly great books, going back generations from the very best German writers.
So many of the best Canadian authors have taken their place in the world of literature, several, like those on this list, becoming world-renowned authors.
Lemony Snicket is the pen name of US author Daniel Handler (1970-) , who has created a Victorian Gothic world where the story of three orphans is told – in somewhat of a dark humoured, sarcastic way – in 13 books making up the A Series of Unfortunate Events series.
Agatha Christie (1890–1976) was the Grande Dame of English crime fiction. She specialised in the detective novel. Her two most famous detectives are the Belgian, Hercule Poirot and the English spinster, Miss Marple.
A sentence or phrase in a novel can stir the emotions, and sometimes a sentence or phrase will even become as famous – or more famous – than the novel itself. Here are twenty such defining quotes from classic novels.
