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Merriam-Webster, Incorporated is an American company that publishes reference books and is mostly known for its dictionaries. It is the oldest dictionary publisher in the United States. It is the oldest dictionary publisher in the United States.
Romanticising the highwayman Dick Turpin, it succeeds enough for the author to take up full-time writing. [1] Bentley also publishes Edward Bulwer-Lytton's anonymous popular novel The Last Days of Pompeii in the same year. June 10 – The Scottish philosopher and writer Thomas Carlyle moves to Cheyne Row (Carlyle's House) in London.
This page provides lists of best-selling books and book series to date and in any language. "Best-selling" refers to the estimated number of copies sold of each book, rather than the number of books printed or currently owned. Comics and textbooks are not included in this list. The books are listed according to the highest sales estimate as ...
Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...
Benét's Reader's Encyclopedia of American Literature. HarperCollins, 1991. [1] Reader's Encyclopedia of American Literature. Crowell, 1962. [1] Riggs, Thomas. Reference guide to American literature. St. James Press, 2000. ISBN 1558624171. [3] Salzman, Jack. Cambridge Handbook of American Literature. Cambridge University Press, 1986. [1]
Concordance – an alphabetical list of the principal words used in a book or body of work; Dictionary – a list of words from one or more languages, systematically arranged and giving meanings, etymologies etc. Digest – a summary of information on a particular subject; Directory – a systematically arranged list of names, addresses ...
See Table of years in literature for an overview of all "year in literature" pages. Several attempts have been made to create a list of world literature. Among these are the great books project including the book series Great Books of the Western World, now containing 60 volumes.