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Making Shapely Fiction

by Jerome Stern ...

A deft analysis and appreciation of fiction—what makes it work and what can make it fail.Here is a book about the craft of writing fiction that is thoroughly useful from the first to the last page—whether the reader is a beginner, a seasoned writer, or a teacher of writing. You will see how a work takes form and shape once you grasp the principles of momentum, tension, and immediacy. "Tension," ... Read more

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A deft analysis and appreciation of fiction—what makes it work and what can make it fail.Here is a book about the craft of writing fiction that is thoroughly useful from the first to the last page—whether the reader is a beginner, a seasoned writer, or a teacher of writing. You will see how a work takes form and shape once you grasp the principles of momentum, tension, and immediacy. "Tension,"
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180 Masterpieces of World Literature (Vol.2)

Enriched edition. Life is a Dream, The Awakening, Babbitt, Sense and Sensibility, Dubliners, Notre Dame, Odyssey…

by Virginia Woolf, P. B. Shelley, Henrik Ibsen, Charles Dickens, James Joyce, Leo Tolstoy, Ford Madox Ford, E. M. Forster, Honoré de Balzac, Jane Austen, L. M. Montgomery0, Kenneth Grahame1, Rabindranath Tagore2, George Weedon Grossmith3, F. Scott Fitzgerald4, Daniel Defoe5, Jules Verne6, Jonathan Swift7, James Fenimore Cooper8, George MacDonald9, J. M. Barrie0, Alexandre Dumas1, Homer2, Benito Pérez Galdós3, Dante4, William Dean Howells5, Kakuzo Okakura6, Gustave Flaubert7, Victor Hugo8, Stendhal9, John Buchan0, Edgar Wallace1, William Walker Atkinson2, Émile Coué3, G. K. Chesterton4, D.H. Lawrence5, George Bernard Shaw6, Joseph Conrad7, Walter Scott8, Anthony Trollope9, Emile Zola0, Theodor Storm1, Harriet Beecher Stowe2, Nathaniel Hawthorne3, Henry Fielding4, Jerome K. Jerome5, Laurence Sterne6, Thomas Hardy7, Willa Cather8, Edith Wharton9, Kate Chopin0, Sinclair Lewis1, W. Somerset Maugham2, Henry James3, Ivan Turgenev4, Nikolai Gogol5, Pedro Calderon de la Barca6, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe7, Benjamin Franklin8, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee9, Edgar Allan Poe0, Willkie Collins1, Ann Ward Radcliffe2, Bram Stoker3, Gaston Leroux4, H. G. Wells5, Lewis Wallace6, Washington Irving7, Machiavelli8, Fyodor Dostoyevsky9, Confucius0, Laozi1, John Milton2, W. B. Yeats3, Elizabeth von Arnim4, Cao Xueqin5, Grayson Doyle8 ...

180 Masterpieces of World Literature (Vol.2) presents an unparalleled assembly of literary greatness, convening the works of seminal authors from diverse epochs and regions in a single volume. This anthology spans myriad literary periods and styles, from the classical poise of Homer to the modernist complexities of Virginia Woolf. The collection navigates through a vast landscape of thematic ... Read more

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180 Masterpieces of World Literature (Vol.2) presents an unparalleled assembly of literary greatness, convening the works of seminal authors from diverse epochs and regions in a single volume. This anthology spans myriad literary periods and styles, from the classical poise of Homer to the modernist complexities of Virginia Woolf. The collection navigates through a vast landscape of thematic
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Little Did He Know

Stories from Another Lifetime

by Jerome Stern ...

An eventful train ride. A fatefully timed snowstorm. Late night confessions, half-baked schemes, and bumbling sexual interludes leading nowhere. An endless string of office temp jobs, basement apartments, and crushing heartache. Relive the era at the precipice of a new millennium, when life was supposedly less complicated yet just as crazy.Written between 1985 and 1995, when the author was in his ... Read more

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An eventful train ride. A fatefully timed snowstorm. Late night confessions, half-baked schemes, and bumbling sexual interludes leading nowhere. An endless string of office temp jobs, basement apartments, and crushing heartache. Relive the era at the precipice of a new millennium, when life was supposedly less complicated yet just as crazy.Written between 1985 and 1995, when the author was in his
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90 Masterpieces of World Literature (Vol.II)

Enriched edition. Novels, Poetry, Plays, Short Stories, Essays, Psychology & Philosophy

by Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Robert Louis Stevenson, Henrik Ibsen, Leo Tolstoy, Ford Madox Ford, E. M. Forster, Honoré de Balzac, Kenneth Grahame, Rabindranath Tagore, George Weedon Grossmith0, F. Scott Fitzgerald1, Daniel Defoe2, Jules Verne3, Jonathan Swift4, James Fenimore Cooper5, George MacDonald6, J. M. Barrie7, Alexandre Dumas8, Homer9, Dante0, William Dean Howells1, Kakuzo Okakura2, Gustave Flaubert3, Victor Hugo4, Stendhal5, Walter Scott6, Anthony Trollope7, Emile Zola8, Theodor Storm9, Harriet Beecher Stowe0, Nathaniel Hawthorne1, Henry Fielding2, Jerome K. Jerome3, Laurence Sterne4, Thomas Hardy5, Willa Cather6, Edith Wharton7, Kate Chopin8, Sinclair Lewis9, W. Somerset Maugham0, Henry James1, Ivan Turgenev2, Nikolai Gogol3, Virginia Woolf4, Pedro Calderon de la Barca5, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe6, Friedrich Nietzsche7, Benjamin Franklin8, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee9, Kalidasa0, Válmíki1, Edgar Allan Poe2, Wilkie Collins3, Ann Ward Radcliffe4, Bram Stoker5, Gaston Leroux6, H. G. Wells7, Joseph Conrad8, Lewis Wallace9, Washington Irving0, Machiavelli1, Fyodor Dostoyevsky2, Confucius3, Laozi4, John Milton5, P. B. Shelley6, W. B. Yeats7, Charlotte Perkins Gilman8, D.H. Lawrence9, George Bernard Shaw0, Elizabeth von Arnim1, Cao Xueqin2, G. K. Chesterton3, John Buchan4, Edgar Wallace5, Nikolai Leskov6, Kurt Vonnegut7, William Walker Atkinson8, Émile Coué9, Grayson Doyle2 ...

In '90 Masterpieces of World Literature (Vol.II)', the reader encounters an expansive tableau of human thought and emotion, as painted by some of the greatest writers from diverse eras and geographies. This anthology embraces a wide array of literary styles—from the tight-knit social narratives of Jane Austen to the expansive philosophical musings of Nietzsche, and from the stark realism of Emile ... Read more

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In '90 Masterpieces of World Literature (Vol.II)', the reader encounters an expansive tableau of human thought and emotion, as painted by some of the greatest writers from diverse eras and geographies. This anthology embraces a wide array of literary styles—from the tight-knit social narratives of Jane Austen to the expansive philosophical musings of Nietzsche, and from the stark realism of Emile
... Read more
The Ultimate Book Club: 180 Books You Should Read (Vol.2)

Enriched edition. Life is a Dream, The Awakening, Babbitt, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Sense and Sensibility

by Robert Louis Stevenson, Henrik Ibsen, Charles Dickens, Leo Tolstoy, Ford Madox Ford, E. M. Forster, Honoré de Balzac, Jane Austen, L. M. Montgomery, Kenneth Grahame, Rabindranath Tagore0, George and Weedon Grossmith1, F. Scott Fitzgerald2, Daniel Defoe3, Jules Verne4, Jonathan Swift5, James Fenimore Cooper6, George MacDonald7, J. M. Barrie8, Alexandre Dumas9, Homer0, Dante1, William Dean Howells2, Kakuzo Okakura3, Gustave Flaubert4, Victor Hugo5, Stendhal6, Sir Walter Scott7, Anthony Trollope8, Emile Zola9, Theodor Storm0, Harriet Beecher Stowe1, Nathaniel Hawthorne2, Henry Fielding3, Jerome K. Jerome4, Laurence Sterne5, Thomas Hardy6, Willa Cather7, Edith Wharton8, Kate Chopin9, Sinclair Lewis0, W. Somerset Maugham1, Henry James2, Ivan Turgenev3, Nikolai Gogol4, Virginia Woolf5, Anonymous6, Pedro Calderon de la Barca7, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe8, Friedrich Nietzsche9, Benjamin Franklin0, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee1, Kalidasa2, Válmíki3, Edgar Allan Poe4, Wilkie Collins5, Ann Ward Radcliffe6, Bram Stoker7, Gaston Leroux8, H. G. Wells9, Joseph Conrad0, Lewis Wallace1, Washington Irving2, Machiavelli3, Fyodor Dostoyevsky4, Confucius5, Laozi6, John Milton7, P. B. Shelley8, W. B. Yeats9, Charlotte Perkins Gilman0, D.H. Lawrence1, George Bernard Shaw2, Elizabeth von Arnim3, Cao Xueqin4, G. K. Chesterton5, John Buchan6, Edgar Wallace7, Nikolai Leskov8, Kurt Vonnegut9, William Walker Atkinson0, Émile Coué1, Hunter Reeves4 ...

The Ultimate Book Club: 180 Books You Should Read (Vol. 2) presents a meticulously curated collection that spans genres, eras, and continents, offering a panoramic view of literary evolution and innovation chronologically and thematically. Bridging the expanse between classical and modern narratives, this anthology embraces a diversity of styles—from the refined prose of Austen to the passionate ... Read more

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The Ultimate Book Club: 180 Books You Should Read (Vol. 2) presents a meticulously curated collection that spans genres, eras, and continents, offering a panoramic view of literary evolution and innovation chronologically and thematically. Bridging the expanse between classical and modern narratives, this anthology embraces a diversity of styles—from the refined prose of Austen to the passionate
... Read more
180 Masterpieces You Should Read Before You Die (Vol.2)

A Global Anthology of Timeless Classics, Epic, Drama, Satire, and Modernist Fiction

by Virginia Woolf, Henrik Ibsen, Charles Dickens, James Joyce, Leo Tolstoy, Ford Madox Ford, E. M. Forster, Honoré de Balzac, Jane Austen, L. M. Montgomery, Kenneth Grahame, Rabindranath Tagore, George Weedon Grossmith, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Daniel Defoe, Jules Verne, Jonathan Swift, James Fenimore Cooper, George MacDonald, J. M. Barrie, Alexandre Dumas, Homer, Benito Pérez Galdós, Dante, William Dean Howells, Kakuzo Okakura, Gustave Flaubert, Victor Hugo, Stendhal, John Buchan, Edgar Wallace, William Walker Atkinson, Émile Coué, G. K. Chesterton, D.H. Lawrence, George Bernard Shaw, Joseph Conrad, Walter Scott, Anthony Trollope, Emile Zola, Theodor Storm, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry Fielding, Jerome K. Jerome, Laurence Sterne, Thomas Hardy, Willa Cather, Edith Wharton, Kate Chopin, Sinclair Lewis, W. Somerset Maugham, Henry James, Ivan Turgenev, Nikolai Gogol, Pedro Calderon de la Barca, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Benjamin Franklin, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Edgar Allan Poe, Willkie Collins, Ann Ward Radcliffe, Bram Stoker, Gaston Leroux, H. G. Wells, Lewis Wallace, Washington Irving, Machiavelli, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Confucius, Laozi, John Milton, P. B. Shelley, W. B. Yeats, Elizabeth von Arnim, Cao Xueqin ...

The second volume of 180 Masterpieces You Should Read Before You Die assembles an expansive, transnational canon of fiction, drama, poetry, philosophy, travel writing, satire, and moral reflection. Moving from epic and classical wisdom to Gothic suspense, realist social panorama, modernist experiment, children's fantasy, and speculative adventure, it reveals literature as a sustained inquiry into ... Read more

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The second volume of 180 Masterpieces You Should Read Before You Die assembles an expansive, transnational canon of fiction, drama, poetry, philosophy, travel writing, satire, and moral reflection. Moving from epic and classical wisdom to Gothic suspense, realist social panorama, modernist experiment, children's fantasy, and speculative adventure, it reveals literature as a sustained inquiry into
... Read more
90 Masterpieces You Must Read (Vol.2) (Annotated)

Enriched Edition. Timeless Literary Treasures: Thrillers, Existential Novels, and Indian Epics to Transform Your Perspective

by Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Robert Louis Stevenson, Henrik Ibsen, Leo Tolstoy, Ford Madox Ford, E. M. Forster, Honoré de Balzac, Kenneth Grahame, Rabindranath Tagore, George Weedon Grossmith0, F. Scott Fitzgerald1, Daniel Defoe2, Jules Verne3, Jonathan Swift4, James Fenimore Cooper5, George MacDonald6, J. M. Barrie7, Alexandre Dumas8, Homer9, Dante0, William Dean Howells1, Kakuzo Okakura2, Gustave Flaubert3, Victor Hugo4, Stendhal5, Walter Scott6, Anthony Trollope7, Emile Zola8, Theodor Storm9, Harriet Beecher Stowe0, Nathaniel Hawthorne1, Henry Fielding2, Jerome K. Jerome3, Laurence Sterne4, Thomas Hardy5, Willa Cather6, Edith Wharton7, Kate Chopin8, Sinclair Lewis9, W. Somerset Maugham0, Henry James1, Ivan Turgenev2, Nikolai Gogol3, Virginia Woolf4, Pedro Calderon de la Barca5, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe6, Friedrich Nietzsche7, Benjamin Franklin8, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee9, Kalidasa0, Válmíki1, Edgar Allan Poe2, Wilkie Collins3, Ann Ward Radcliffe4, Bram Stoker5, Gaston Leroux6, H. G. Wells7, Joseph Conrad8, Lewis Wallace9, Washington Irving0, Machiavelli1, Fyodor Dostoyevsky2, Confucius3, Laozi4, John Milton5, P. B. Shelley6, W. B. Yeats7, Charlotte Perkins Gilman8, D.H. Lawrence9, George Bernard Shaw0, Elizabeth von Arnim1, Cao Xueqin2, G. K. Chesterton3, John Buchan4, Edgar Wallace5, Nikolai Leskov6, Kurt Vonnegut7, William Walker Atkinson8, Émile Coué9, Bennett Alderwyn2 ...

90 Masterpieces You Must Read (Vol.2) gathers an extraordinary international canon, ranging from ancient epic, sacred and philosophical writing, and classical drama to Gothic fiction, realist novels, modernist experiment, satire, adventure, and early science fiction. Its breadth situates landmark works such as epic journeys, social comedies, psychological confessions, political fables, and ... Read more

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90 Masterpieces You Must Read (Vol.2) gathers an extraordinary international canon, ranging from ancient epic, sacred and philosophical writing, and classical drama to Gothic fiction, realist novels, modernist experiment, satire, adventure, and early science fiction. Its breadth situates landmark works such as epic journeys, social comedies, psychological confessions, political fables, and
... Read more
Summertime Reading List: 180 Books You Need to Read (Vol.II) (Annotated)

Enriched Edition. Timeless Tales: Transformative Classics for Thoughtful Summer Reading

by Robert Louis Stevenson, Henrik Ibsen, Charles Dickens, Ford Madox Ford, E. M. Forster, Honoré de Balzac, Jane Austen, L. M. Montgomery, Kenneth Grahame, Rabindranath Tagore, George and Weedon Grossmith0, F. Scott Fitzgerald1, Daniel Defoe2, Jules Verne3, Jonathan Swift4, James Fenimore Cooper5, George MacDonald6, J. M. Barrie7, Alexandre Dumas8, Homer9, Dante0, William Dean Howells1, Kakuzo Okakura2, Gustave Flaubert3, Victor Hugo4, Stendhal5, Sir Walter Scott6, Anthony Trollope7, Emile Zola8, Theodor Storm9, Harriet Beecher Stowe0, Nathaniel Hawthorne1, Henry Fielding2, Jerome K. Jerome3, Laurence Sterne4, Thomas Hardy5, Willa Cather6, Edith Wharton7, Kate Chopin8, Sinclair Lewis9, W. Somerset Maugham0, Henry James1, Ivan Turgenev2, Nikolai Gogol3, Leo Tolstoy4, Virginia Woolf5, Anonymous6, Pedro Calderon de la Barca7, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe8, Friedrich Nietzsche9, Benjamin Franklin0, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee1, Kalidasa2, Válmíki3, Edgar Allan Poe4, Wilkie Collins5, Ann Ward Radcliffe6, Bram Stoker7, Gaston Leroux8, H. G. Wells9, Joseph Conrad0, Lewis Wallace1, Washington Irving2, Machiavelli3, Fyodor Dostoyevsky4, Confucius5, Laozi6, John Milton7, P. B. Shelley8, W. B. Yeats9, Charlotte Perkins Gilman0, D.H. Lawrence1, George Bernard Shaw2, Elizabeth von Arnim3, Cao Xueqin4, G. K. Chesterton5, John Buchan6, Edgar Wallace7, Nikolai Leskov8, Kurt Vonnegut9, William Walker Atkinson0, Émile Coué1, Bennett Alderwyn4 ...

Summertime Reading List: 180 Books You Need to Read (Vol.II) gathers an extraordinary constellation of world literature, ranging from epic poetry, realist fiction, satire, Gothic romance, and adventure narrative to philosophical reflection, spiritual writing, and early modern political thought. Its breadth situates the volume as a portable canon of global reading, where psychological novels, ... Read more

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Summertime Reading List: 180 Books You Need to Read (Vol.II) gathers an extraordinary constellation of world literature, ranging from epic poetry, realist fiction, satire, Gothic romance, and adventure narrative to philosophical reflection, spiritual writing, and early modern political thought. Its breadth situates the volume as a portable canon of global reading, where psychological novels,
... Read more

How Novels Work

by John Mullan ...

Never has contemporary fiction been more widely discussed and passionately analysed; recent years have seen a huge growth in the number of reading groups and in the interest of a non-academic readership in the discussion of how novels work. Drawing on his weekly Guardian column, 'Elements of Fiction', John Mullan examines novels mostly of the last ten years, many of which have become firm ... Read more

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Never has contemporary fiction been more widely discussed and passionately analysed; recent years have seen a huge growth in the number of reading groups and in the interest of a non-academic readership in the discussion of how novels work. Drawing on his weekly Guardian column, 'Elements of Fiction', John Mullan examines novels mostly of the last ten years, many of which have become firm
... Read more
Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction

A Very Short Introduction

by Jonathan Culler ...

Series series Very Short Introductions
What is literary theory? Is there a relationship between literature and culture? In fact, what is literature, and does it matter?These are some of questions addressed by Jonathan Culler in this Very Short Introduction to literary theory. Often a controversial subject, said to have transformed the study of culture and society in the past two decades, literary theory is accused of undermining ... Read more

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What is literary theory? Is there a relationship between literature and culture? In fact, what is literature, and does it matter?These are some of questions addressed by Jonathan Culler in this Very Short Introduction to literary theory. Often a controversial subject, said to have transformed the study of culture and society in the past two decades, literary theory is accused of undermining
... Read more
The Rhetoric of Fiction

by Wayne C. Booth ...

The first edition of The Rhetoric of Fiction transformed the criticism of fiction and soon became a classic in the field. One of the most widely used texts in fiction courses, it is a standard reference point in advanced discussions of how fictional form works, how authors make novels accessible, and how readers recreate texts, and its concepts and terms—such as "the implied author," "the ... Read more

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The first edition of The Rhetoric of Fiction transformed the criticism of fiction and soon became a classic in the field. One of the most widely used texts in fiction courses, it is a standard reference point in advanced discussions of how fictional form works, how authors make novels accessible, and how readers recreate texts, and its concepts and terms—such as "the implied author," "the
... Read more
Over Our Dead Bodies:

Undertakers Lift the Lid

by Kenneth McKenzie, Todd Harra ...

Discover a more lighthearted side of the funeral industry in this collection of real-life stories from the authors of Mortuary Confidential.Not knowing what to do, I sat on the church steps and waited. As the gravity of my failure began to well up in me, I began to cry . . . I Had Lost The Hearse!Funerals and the all the things that accompany them are traditionally somber, contemplative events in ... Read more

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Discover a more lighthearted side of the funeral industry in this collection of real-life stories from the authors of Mortuary Confidential.Not knowing what to do, I sat on the church steps and waited. As the gravity of my failure began to well up in me, I began to cry . . . I Had Lost The Hearse!Funerals and the all the things that accompany them are traditionally somber, contemplative events in
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