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At points, the book must be rotated to be read, making it a prime example of ergodic literature. [1] [2] The book is most often described as a horror story, though the author has also endorsed readers' interpretation of it as a love story. [3] House of Leaves has also been described as an encyclopedic novel, [4] or conversely a satire of ...
Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor is a novel by R. D. Blackmore, first published in three volumes in London in 1869.It is a romance based on a group of historical characters and set in the late 17th century in Devon and Somerset, particularly around the East Lyn Valley area of Exmoor.
The Unspoken Name is a 2020 fantasy novel, the debut novel by A.K. Larkwood. Csorwe, an Oshaaru , is pledged to be sacrificed to the Unspoken God before she is rescued by the wizard Sethennai. She becomes his assassin and spy, dedicating her life to the search for a missing artifact.
The title In Search of Lost Time, a literal rendering of the French, became ascendant after D. J. Enright adopted it for his revised translation published in 1992. In Search of Lost Time follows the narrator's recollections of childhood and experiences into adulthood in late 19th-century and early 20th-century high-society France. Proust began ...
With 1168 pages in the first edition, Atlas Shrugged is Rand's longest published book. [38] Random House published the novel on October 10, 1957. The initial print run was 100,000 copies. The first paperback edition was published by New American Library in July 1959, with an initial run of 150,000. [39]
LibriVox recording by Karen Savage. Pride and Prejudice is the second novel by English author Jane Austen, published in 1813.A novel of manners, it follows the character development of Elizabeth Bennet, the protagonist of the book, who learns about the repercussions of hasty judgments and comes to appreciate the difference between superficial goodness and actual goodness.
In 2015 it led the association's list of most-challenged books, with profanity and a sexually explicit scene identified as objectionable. [2] Between 2010 and 2019, the ALA said that it was the fourth-most challenged book in the United States. [3] Schools in Kentucky, Tennessee, and several other states have attempted to place bans on the book.
Be More Chill takes place in Metuchen, New Jersey.It is written in the first person, from the perspective of high school student Jeremiah “Jeremy” Heere. Jeremy attends the fictional Middle Borough High School and is considered a loser by many of his peers; the popular girls have no interest in him, and he is constantly bullied.