Some writers churn out new works like unstoppable machines. Dickens, Shakespeare, Austen—all of these writers died not only with multiple major literary works to their names but also produced many successful texts that remain immensely popular to this day. On the other side of the coin, some writers are known for producing just one major,…
You may or may not have been eager to read Shakespeare as a teenager, but it’s likely that the classics you encountered in high school left a lasting mark on you. The books we read in our formative years stay with us long after, often becoming lifetime favorites. The universality of our favorite required reading…
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With a new year getting kicked into gear, we figure what better way to move forward than to take a look at where we've been? We took a look at the most popular book searches per state in 2017 to determine which books students and readers sought the most help with when they visited eNotes.com. (Interested…
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eNoters! We are so close to springtime! Birds, bees, apple trees, and sunscreen. It’s almost in our reach. But when the sun comes back, we lose our (completely viable) excuse to stay in after school/work... with our fuzzy slippers & snowflake jammies, bingeing on Netflix or absorbed in a book all night. Let’s be clear: coming…
Well, no. That title probably goes to this... Or this... Or this... However, it is possibly the worst cover of a classic novel ever published. (Wait, are you saying Henry James' 1891 novel The Turn of the Screw isn't actually about screws?!) No. It's not about screws. We'll let you be the judge: here are quite possibly…
DISCLAIMER: If you are a student assigned to read any of the following classics in school, you should ABSOLUTELY read them all the way through! Not only are they classics for a reason, but that's your job as a student, and as members of the educational community we would be remiss if we didn't point…
Here's a fun game for your Friday: try to guess the titles of the famous books behind these ten phantom covers. Scroll down or click-through for the answers. And have a great weekend, wherever you are! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. ANSWERS Are you ready?? ... 1. One Flew Over…
Who hasn't read a 1,488 page epic of the French Revolution and thought, there should really be a version of this for infants. Nobody. Finally, two brothers are filling the void of classic literature for children under the age of 3. Okay, all mockery aside this is actually seriously cute. (So cute I had to…
