Writing Essentials
15 Masterpieces of Fiction
- Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
- A wild romp through language.
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- The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
- Perfectly plotted and paced. Purchase
- The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
- An intellectual historical mystery.
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- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald | Best of the Century
- The Great American Novel.
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- Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- A novella that cannot be prevented.
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- One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez | Best of the Century
- The classic of magical realism.
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- The Tin Drum by Günter Grass | 1999 Nobel Prize
- A boy protests war by refusing to grow.
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- Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
- The bloom and gloom of love.
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- The World According to Garp by John Irving
- The story of a life well-lived.
- The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
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- The Rainbow by D. H. Lawrence
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- Women in Love by D. H. Lawrence
- A study of male friendship.
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- Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie | 1981 Booker Prize | Best of the Century
- The birth of a nation.
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- Dracula by Bram Stoker
- Gothic grown up. The first and best.
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- The Once and Future King by T. H. White
- A brilliant and original interpretation of the Matter of Britain.
10 Authors of Eminence
- Ray Bradbury
- The human face of Science Fiction and Fantasy.
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Italo Calvino (1923-1985)
- The Italian wizard.
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Umberto Eco (1932- )
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1928- ) | 1982 Nobel Prize
- The master of magical realism.
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Thomas Hardy (1839-1928)
- The master of melancholy.
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John Irving (1942- )
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Milan Kundera (1929- )
- The intrepid explorer of modern existence.
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D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930)
- The prophet of individual regeneration.
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Salman Rushdie (1947- )
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William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
- The greatest dramatist ever.
5 Invaluable Guidebooks for Fiction Writers
- The Art of Fiction by John Gardner
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- The Art of the Novel by Milan Kundera
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- Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
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- Making a Literary Life by Carolyn See
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- On Writing Well by William Zinser
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