We: The Novel That Inspired George Orwell’s 1984
Orwell never acknowledged that he borrowed from 'We,' but the uncanny similarities make it hard to conclude otherwise.
Orwell never acknowledged that he borrowed from 'We,' but the uncanny similarities make it hard to conclude otherwise.
'The Bell Jar,' which came out just one month before Sylvia Plath died by suicide at age 30, is the writer's only published novel.
"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" isn't in the book, for one thing.
You don't have to be pre-med (or a fan of medical soaps) to know this iconic textbook. But did you know about the drama behind its title?
Even if you’ve already read about Winston Smith’s struggle against Big Brother, there are a few facts, stories, and theories about 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' that are worth a closer look.
The horror icon would really rather you not read any of these.
C.S. Lewis’s most popular non-Narnia novel is a delicious, perceptive treatise on the weaknesses of human nature. Here are 12 little-known facts about The Screwtape Letters, its development, and its enduring impact.
For his 1952 novella 'The Old Man and the Sea,' Ernest Hemingway based some qualities of his lead character on his own fishing boat captain.
If it's been a while since you picked up author Aldous Huxley’s 1932 classic, here are some facts about the novel and its legacy.
Whether you prefer the 1925 movie featuring Lon Chaney, the original Broadway production, or the 2004 Gerard Butler remake, there’s no question that the chandelier crash scene is one of the most iconic moments in The Phantom of the Opera.
'Goodnight Moon' is a deceptively simple children’s book that remains one of the most universal cultural references even now. Here’s what you need to know.
In 'The Great Detective,' author Zach Dundas reveals that the frenzy surrounding Sherlock Holmes isn’t strictly a Benedict Cumberbatch-related phenomenon. The master of Baker Street has always inspired fanatical devotion and feverish anticipation.
We asked 25 authors of the most popular graphic novels for kids to tell us about the children’s book that has had the biggest effect on their life and work.
Everyone from New England Patriots’ coach Bill Belichick to Tupac Shakur has supposedly read the 2500-year-old text’s 13 chapters on the 13 aspects of warfare.
Joseph Heller’s 1961 war comedy Catch-22 is one of the most beloved novels of the 20th century, not to mention one of the funniest. Here are a few interesting bits of information about both how Heller’s story came to be and the legacy that it left behind.
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