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Authors who write classic children’s books are far more important than one would think. Their stories donāt only provide the stimuli that fire up a childās imagination, thus stretching their experience, but they provide a bridge between cultures. A balanced diet of their books allows children to enter into the lives of children in other …
Charles Dickens is a giant of English literature, and a prolific writer. By the time he died 14 first rate Charles Dickens novels had been published, and he was working on another.
For a country with such a small population Scotland has produced a surprising number of world class creative writers. Many of the best Scottish writers have, like Irish writers such as Oscar Wilde, W.B. Yeats, Seamus Heaney, Jonathan Swift, and others, become regarded by the outside world as great āEnglishā writers.
It is unusual that a novel published as recently at 1991 should be considered a ‘great American novel,’ but American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis is memorable and shocking.
The world around us is saturated with stimuli and, as reading a novel requires a disproportionate amount of time, it is important that we choose carefully before committing to so much time on one activity. One way of choosing a novel is to open several books and read the opening sentences. Novelists pay particular attention …
A novelās opening sentence is a vital component of a novel, but what about the ending, and specifically the final sentence? Read 25 of the very best closing sentences from classic novels.
Herman Melvilleās masterpiece has a strong claim to the title āThe Great American Novelā especially with an endorsement from Bob Dylan, a songwriter regarded as a songwriter of American themes.
Science and literature may be two very different disciplines, but there are a number of renowned scientists that went on to become novelists. Here are 10 of the very best.
The Great Gatsby is not only a memorable depiction of its age ā called the roaring twenties, the jazz age, and sometimes the lost generation –Ā but itās presented by arguably the best prose writer among American writers.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is often named āthe great American novel.ā It is one of the first American novels to have been written entirely in the vernacular.
