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  2. List of contemporary epistolary novels - Wikipedia

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    Diary entries. Dialogic comedic novel about a couple trying to conceive. They each write their thoughts as a form of therapy to help them in this goal. Fielding, Helen: Bridget Jones's Diary: 1996 Diary entries Frayn, Michael: The Trick of It: 1989 Fuentes, Carlos: La silla del águila (The Eagle's Throne) 2002 Letters and diary entries

  3. List of fictional diaries - Wikipedia

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    The Diary of a Surgeon in the Year 1751–1752 (1938) Surgeon's Mate: the diary of John Knyveton, surgeon in the British fleet during the Seven Years War 1756–1762 (1942) Man midwife; the further experiences of John Knyveton, M.D., late surgeon in the British fleet, during the years 1763–1809 (1946) Diary of Elizabeth Pepys (1991) by Dale ...

  4. Diary - Wikipedia

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    A diary is a written or audiovisual memorable record, with discrete entries arranged by date reporting on what has happened over the course of a day or other period. Diaries have traditionally been handwritten but are now also often digital. A personal diary may include a person's experiences, thoughts, and/or feelings, excluding comments on ...

  5. Epistolary novel - Wikipedia

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    Title page of Aphra Behn's early epistolary novel, Love-Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister (1684). There are two theories on the genesis of the epistolary novel: The first claims that the genre originated from novels with inserted letters, in which the portion containing the third-person narrative in between the letters was gradually reduced. [5]

  6. List of longest diaries - Wikipedia

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    Diary and commonplace book. [28] Claude Mauriac: Unknown: 69 years: 1927–1995: Lejeune gives both 68 and 69 years. "We have yet to count the total number of pages, but the journal measures three and a half meters." [29] William Lyon Mackenzie King: Unknown: 57 years: 1893–1950: Word count not stated; the manuscript exceeds 50,000 pages. [30]

  7. Franz Kafka's Diaries - Wikipedia

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    Kafka began keeping the diaries at the age of 25, as an attempt to provoke his stalled creativity, and kept writing in them until 1923, a year before his death. [1] These diaries were in the background all through the composition of Kafka's major works and many of them are discussed and analyzed in detail.

  8. Journals of the First Fleet - Wikipedia

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    The journal entries for 18–26 January record first impressions on arrival including interactions with Aboriginal communities and descriptions of the vegetation, intense heat and native wildlife. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The convicts and their children who disembarked Lady Penrhyn at Port Jackson are listed. [ 5 ]

  9. Christopher Columbus's journal - Wikipedia

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    Christopher Columbus's journal (Diario) is a diary and logbook written by Christopher Columbus about his first voyage. The journal covers events from 3 August 1492, when Columbus departed from Palos de la Frontera , to 15 March 1493 and includes a prologue addressing the sovereigns . [ 1 ]