How E.B. White loved spiders before the rest of the world fell in love with his. Some children's books are truly timeless. When you think of their titles, the very smell of their pages seems to seep from your memory, and you find yourself once again feeling those same emotions you felt on the first…
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If This Grumpy Cat Could Talk…
Literature's grumpiest quotes meet Tardar Sauce, the world's grumpiest cat. --Noël Coward --Edgar Allen Poe --Jane Austen --A. N. Wilson --Friederich Nietzche --George Orwell, 1984 What other grumpy quotes could we make Tardar Sauce say? Let's get catankerous, people.
Mo Yan Wins the 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature
This morning, the Nobel Prize for Literature was announced. The committee has granted the prestigious award to 57-year Chinese author Mo Yan. In its press release, the Nobel Committee says that Mo Yan was selected for his writing that merges “hallucinatory realism (with) folk tales, history and the contemporary.” The choice, though widely lauded, has its…
Visualizing George Orwell’s 1984
1984 is one scary, scary book. Just think of what our lives would be like had Orwell's imaginings of the future come true. We'd all be massive TV addicts living in a state of heightened government security, devoted to machines. Phew, I'm glad those ideas didn't pan out... Actually, there may be nothing more chilling…
“All this happened, more or less”*: Ten Great Opening Sentences in Fiction
Sometimes the opening sentence of a novel comes down on you like the safety bar on a roller coaster. That first line locks you in; you tingle with excitement, anticipating the ride that is to come. Here are ten of the most engaging lines that begin works of fiction, some classics, some new, some you…
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A Promising Payday, a Petulant Penguin
Lena Dunham scores with Random House while Penguin seeks repayment on book deals gone sour. If you've evaded living under a rock this past week, you've probably also heard about the bidding war over Lena Dunham's forthcoming book of essays that resulted in a $3.5m payout for the author (slash director, slash actress). Yes, now…
Curiosity Killed No-One: A Round-Up of eNotes’ Answers Across 10 Subjects
No matter what subject interests you, eNotes has you covered. Check out these recent answers from our expert editors, below: Literature: In Of Mice and Men, who deserves to be punished for Lennie's death? History: What was the Holy Roman Empire? Science: What is the final product of translation as a part of protein synthesis? Math:…
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Ruh Roh, JK Rowling Upsets Middle England and Sikh Community
It seems that when beloved Harry Potter author JK Rowling departed Hogwarts with her latest novel, she strayed a little far from her adoring public, too. The new book, A Casual Vacancy, has been published for all of a week and is already shrouded in controversy. Though it was never intended to be for a young…
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