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What books are considered literature?
Literature broadly is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially prose fiction, drama, and poetry. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to include oral literature, much of which has been transcribed.
What makes good literature?
Great literature is based on ideas that are startling, unexpected, unusual, weighty. or new. Great literature makes us see or think things we never did before. The ideas underpinning the work challenge our accustomed categories and ways of thinking, putting minds on edge.
What are the best books to read in classic literature?
Must Read Classics 1 To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 4.28 2 Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 4.27 3 1984 by George Orwell 4.19 avg rating — 4 Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë 4.13 avg r 5 The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
What kind of books should you read?
You should probably read any number of classic novels that will expand your literary palate or teach you a thing or two. And then there are the books you must read, best books of all time we daresay, no matter who you are.
What are the best books about English literature?
Well, look no further than this list of ten of the best books about English literature – and other literatures, for that matter. Oliver Tearle, The Secret Library: A Book-Lovers’ Journey Through Curiosities of History . We’ll admit we’re kicking off with a rather partisan choice, since Tearle is the founder-editor of Interesting Literature.
What are some of the best books on literary puzzles?
John Sutherland, The Literary Detective: 100 Puzzles in Classic Fiction (Oxford World’s Classics) . This is Sutherland’s trilogy of ‘puzzle’ books, in which he asks interesting questions about the more troubling aspects of the plots of classic novels, and then proceeds to find solutions to them.