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7 People Who Hated Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

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7 People Who Hated Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

10 Facts About V.C. Andrews's Flowers in the Attic

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10 Facts About V.C. Andrews's Flowers in the Attic

12 Unsettling Facts About The Metamorphosis

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12 Unsettling Facts About The Metamorphosis

5 Facts About Shirley Jackson

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5 Facts About Shirley Jackson

11 Haunting Facts About Beloved

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15 Mysterious Facts About Agatha Christie

British mystery author Agatha Christie autographing French editions of her books in 1950.

11 Facts About Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man And The Sea

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Young Jack Kerouac's Reading List

Long before he typed On the Road on a scroll, Jack Kerouac wrote out a reading list.

12 Fascinating Facts About Sylvia Plath

A photograph of Sylvia Plath on her grave.

What 8 of the World’s Most Famous Books and Texts Smell Like, According to Science

Can you guess which famous text smells like cherries and moldy furniture?

15 Kurt Vonnegut Quotes About Writers and Writing

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11 Things You Might Not Know About Lord of the Flies

Initially, no one wanted to publish William Golding's novel, which would go on to become a staple of English class reading lists.

21 Memorable Virginia Woolf Quotes

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10 Facts About The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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10 Fascinating Facts About J.D. Salinger

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10 Terrific Facts About Stephen King

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