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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: curious reader
    sub title: a literary miscellany of novels & novelists
  name:
    name part: McCarthy, Erin A.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Mental Floss (Firm)
    role:
      role term: editor.
  type of resource: text
  genre: biography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: cau
    date issued: 2021
    copyright date: 2021
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: 288 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
  abstract: Readers rejoice! From Mental Floss, an online destination for more than a billion curious minds since its founding in 2001, comes the ultimate book for lovers of literature. From Americanah to War and Peace, from Chinua Achebe and Jane Austen to Jesmyn Ward and George R.R. Martin, learn surprising facts about the world's most famous novels and novelists. The Curious Reader will delight bookworms everywhere. This literary compendium from Mental Floss reveals fascinating facts about the world's most famous authors and their literary works. Readers will learn about George Orwell's near-death experience during the writing of 1984, meet the real man who may have inspired Pride and Prejudice's Mr. Darcy, discover which famous author kept her husband's heart after he passed away and learn about the influence of psychedelics on Dune. The Curious Reader also contains the most-loved book-related articles from twenty years of Mental Floss, including "Cat-Loving Writers," "Famous Authors' Unfinished Manuscripts," "Literary Characters Based on Real People" and "Books You Didn't Know Were Self-Published." This literary miscellany is certain to inspire book lovers, aspiring writers, students and teachers alike to discover a diverse selection of curated literary works, leading to an expansion of their library!
  table of contents: Introduction / by Erin McCarthy -- 1984 / George Orwell + the origins of famous authors' pen names -- A game of thrones / George R. R. Martin + ways the show is different from the novel -- A prayer for Owen Meany / John Irving + writing advice from novelists -- Americanah / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie -- As I lay dying / William Faulkner + books that have been banned -- Beloved / Toni Morrison + amazing books by Black writers -- Brave new world / Aldous Huxley -- Catch-22 / Joseph Heller + classic novels most often abandoned by readers -- Crime and punishment / Fyodor Dostoevsky + famous novels penned in less than a month -- Don Quixote / Miguel de Cervantes + the best-selling books in history minus religious texts -- Dune / Frank Herbert + books that have won both the Hugo and Nebula awards -- Fahrenheit 451 / Ray Bradbury + famous authors' favorite books -- Frankenstein / Mary Shelley + her dead husband's heart -- Giovanni's room / James Baldwin -- House made of dawn / N. Scott Momaday + Native American novels you shouldn't miss -- In search of lost time / Marcel Proust + what writers would have bought to a literary potluck -- Infinite jest / David Foster Wallace -- Invisible man / Ralph Ellison + authors on overcoming writer's block -- Jane Eyre / Charlotte Brontë + cat-loving writers -- Kindred / Octavia Butler + novelists who won the MacArthur "genius grant" -- Little women / Louisa May Alcott + ruthless rejection letters -- Lolita / Vladimir Nabokov + when Nabokov met Dr. Seuss -- Lord of the flies / William Golding + harsh early reviews of classic novels -- Midnight's children / Salman Rushdie + famous author feuds -- Moby-Dick / Herman Melville + inspirations for five famous literary animals -- Murder on the Orient Express / Agatha Christie + the Agatha Christie book linked to real murders -- My brilliant friend / Elena Ferrante + book series to binge read -- Never let me go / Kazuo Ishiguro + Nobel prize-winning authors + what's the difference between a novell…
  note: edited by Erin McCarthy and the team at Mental Floss.
  note: Includes index.
  subject:
    topic: Literature
    genre: Miscellanea
  subject:
    topic: Books and reading
    genre: Miscellanea
  subject:
    topic: Fiction
    genre: Miscellanea
  subject:
    topic: Authors
    genre: Miscellanea
  classification: PN43 .C87 2021
  classification: 028.9
  identifier: 9781681887555
  identifier: 168188755X
  record info:
    record content source: YDX
    record creation date: 201023
    record change date: 20230522201406.2
    record identifier: in00004719773