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Celebrate the 250th anniversary of Austen’s birth by putting these classic adaptations on your watch (or rewatch) list.

Author and humorist Mark Twain said a lot of witty things, but he’s also frequently misquoted. Can you figure out which quotes are his, and which ones aren’t?

Don’t miss your chance to own a piece of literary history.

If it wasn’t for John Kennedy Toole’s mom, his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel would likely have been lost to time.

‘The Gashlycrumb Tinies’ author was born 100 years ago on February 22—here’s what you need to know about him, from what classic book he found boring to how much he really helped with PBS’s show ‘Mystery!’

The star-crossed lovers captured in these Gothic romance books will give you a new reason to hate Valentine’s Day.

He wrote the book partially in response to European writers like Joseph Conrad, who Achebe said depicted Africa “as ‘the other world,’ the antithesis of Europe and therefore of civilization.”

George Orwell brought a vocabulary fit for a dystopia into the world. Corporate jargon sounds eerily similar.

See if you can spot the laudable lexicography of these famous writers.

He got the idea from a story his wife told him while they were visiting her parents: “I joked, ‘This would be good for a novel. I am going to write a novel based on this.’ ”

According to a medieval saga, the Norwegian “Well Man” might have been used as a biological weapon.

In 1985, Chief Wiley went for a swim and was never seen or heard from again. What he left behind shocked his community.