Literary Works
36 entries in the Literary Works compendium.
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Silent SpringA 1962 book that exposed DDT's harm and sparked environmentalism.Song of RolandOldest surviving major work of French literature.Songs of Innocence and of ExperienceIllustrated poems exploring contrary states of the human soul.Summa TheologicaUnfinished summary of Catholic theology by Thomas Aquinas.TartuffeA farce about a hypocrite who feigns religious devotion.The Adventures of TintinBelgian comic series about a young reporter and his dog.The Art of WarAncient Chinese military treatise attributed to strategist Sun Tzu.The BacchaeEuripides' posthumous tragedy about Dionysus' revenge on Thebes.The Brothers KaramazovFinal novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky, exploring faith, doubt, and patricide.The Canterbury TalesA collection of tales told by pilgrims on a journey.The Catcher in the RyeJ. D. Salinger’s 1951 novel follows Holden Caulfield, a teenager on the verge of adulthoodThe Chronicles of NarniaSeven portal fantasy novels set in the magical land of Narnia.The Color PurpleA Pulitzer-winning epistolary novel exploring race, gender, and resilience.The Grapes of WrathAmerican realist novel about Dust Bowl migrants.The Hunchback of Notre-DameA French Gothic novel centered on Quasimodo and Notre-Dame Cathedral.The Importance of Being EarnestA farcical comedy of double lives and mistaken identity.The Little PrinceA novella about a young prince visiting planets and Earth.The Lord of the RingsAn epic high fantasy novel set in Middle-earth.The MetamorphosisA salesman wakes transformed into a monstrous vermin.The Old Man and the SeaErnest Hemingway’s novella *The Old Man and the Sea* came out in 1952. It was the last majThe Rime of the Ancient MarinerA poem about a sailor's supernatural voyage and guilt.The Sound and the FuryA modernist novel of a decaying Southern family.The Stranger (Camus novel)Albert Camus’s first published novel, *The Stranger* (French: *L’Étranger*, literally “TheThe Tale of GenjiA Heian-era tale of courtly life and love.The TempestA play of magic, betrayal, forgiveness, and a farewell to art.The Three MusketeersA French historical adventure novel of heroic swordsmen.The Waste LandS. Eliot.Things Fall ApartDebut novel by Chinua Achebe, milestone in African literature.To Kill a MockingbirdA Pulitzer-winning novel addressing racial injustice and loss of innocence.To the LighthouseA modernist novel exploring perception and family life.Ulysses (novel)A modernist novel chronicling a single day in Dublin.Uncle Tom's CabinAnti-slavery novel that helped fuel the abolitionist cause in the 1850s.Waiting for GodotA tragicomedy in two acts about waiting and existential uncertainty.War and PeaceEpic novel of Napoleonic-era Russia blending fiction and philosophy.Winnie-the-PoohAnthropomorphic teddy bear from A. A. Milne's classic stories.Wuthering HeightsA classic novel of love, revenge, and Gothic moorland drama.
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