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After several different filmmakers tried (and failed) to adapt Frank Herbert's 'Dune' for the big screen, the movie finally arrived via David Lynch, a then up-and-coming filmmaker who’d never been tested on a film of that size and scope.
The matchbox-sized item is one of five remaining miniscule books that Charlotte Brontë had written as a young teenager.
The James Bond author spent time away from home to write and argue with his wife over his infidelity, according to a collection of letters offered by Sotheby's.
In "Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs," Caitlin Doughty explains why human bones usually don't make a very good snack.
'Romeo and Juliet,' William Shakespeare’s 16th-century play about the tragic story of two star-crossed lovers, continues to intrigue readers today.
See how well you know the Harry Potter books by testing whether you can guess the title from a single line alone!
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According to Teddy Roosevelt, “The reader’s personal and individual taste must be the guiding factor” when choosing a book to read.
A few years ago, NYPL librarians found a small gray box containing a host of unusual questions patrons asked between 1940 and 1980. 'Peculiar Questions and Practical Answers,' excerpted here, rounds up some favorites.
From the clock in ‘Julius Caesar’ to Machiavelli in ‘Henry VI,’ the Bard made a few (possibly intentional) mistakes.
“We heard each of the two sharp hasty screams,” the ‘Pride and Prejudice’ author wrote of her niece’s turn in the dentist’s chair.
Still chasing the high of the Scholastic Book Fair? This one promises snap bracelets, spin art, books, and more—for adults.
The best-selling author has won approval to rezone his home in Bangor, Maine, into a museum of his work as well as a writer's retreat.
Director Mike Flanagan revisits the Overlook Hotel, site of Stephen King's 1977 novel and Stanley Kubrick's 1980 film, in 'Doctor Sleep.'
The highly anticipated prequel series from Amazon Studios will likely cover the rise of Sauron, the fall of Númenor, and more.
The first edition print of 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone' had been locked away for decades. Experts say it was one of the most pristine copies they had seen.
For one of literature’s most enduring works, Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' didn’t receive much of a turnout when it was first adapted for the stage: A total of two people showed up.
Instead of using reading as a way to earn prizes, this vending machine teaches that reading is the prize.
On March 4, 1922, spectators filtered into the Marble Hall of the Berlin Zoological Garden to witness horror movie history—and a plagiarism success story in the making.
Louisa May Alcott's 'Little Women' has been adapted more than two dozen times, for film and television but also for the stage, as an opera, and as a Japanese anime series. What makes the tale so timeless?
Copyright laws in America are complicated, especially for books. Though F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 'The Great Gatsby' was published in 1925, it won’t enter the public domain until 2021.
Insta Novels from the New York Public Library shows that Instagram Stories can be used as a platform for literature.
William Shakespeare had an enormous influence on "Paradise Lost" poet John Milton, and new evidence suggests that super fan Milton—who even wrote a poem called "On Shakespeare"—might have owned his idol's first folio.
The author of 23 pint-sized titles, including 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit,' perfected the character licensing template decades before 'Star Wars' or Marvel.