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Architecture of the Novel: Historical Fiction
A breakdown of the history behind historical fiction and what makes a novel fit in that category.
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The Lie We Tell Ourselves About Hard Books
A few years ago, my husband had to read a very complicated book for work. The author was coming to his workplace, and he was responsible for preparing interview questions. A week or so before the interview, he sat dejected and overwhelmed o...
The Modern Epic: How the Novel Becomes the Story of a Nation
Architecture of the Novel 4.3: From Homer to War and Peace, Moby-Dick, Ulysses, One Hundred Years of Solitude, and The Lord of the Rings
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The Reading Habit That Changed How I Understand Books
The method is less important than the mindset
I picked up my old copy of The Picture of Dorian Gray recently. The dark brown paperback is so scuffed that the edges are more a taupe color now. The pages are water-warped from a rainy day in...
Life by Time: Realism and the Birth of the Novel
Architecture of the Novel 4.2: The Early English Novel
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