Twilight (novel series)
A four-novel series about a girl and a vampire.
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Bella Swan, a teenager who relocates to Forks, Washington, becomes romantically involved with the vampire Edward Cullen across four main books that came out one per year from 2005 to 2008.[1] By August 2020, translations into 49 languages had been made, and worldwide sales of the series had surpassed 160 million copies.[2]
Making and release
Meyer announced that the novella would be available as a free ebook from her website as a thank-you to fans.[3] A dream Stephenie Meyer had on June 2, 2003, gave her the initial concept for Twilight, according to the author.[4] From that dream, Meyer wrote the material that became chapter 13 of the finished book, and she completed the entire novel in three months.[4] Megan Tingley, the Little, Brown editor who signed Meyer, stated that she knew she had a future bestseller when she was only halfway through reading the Twilight manuscript.[4]
Summit Entertainment turned the novels into a film series; the first three movies came out in 2008, 2009, and 2010.[5]
What the cited sources add
The Australia Times reported that translation rights for the Twilight Saga had been sold in nearly 50 countries and 100 million copies had been sold worldwide.[3] A BYU Studies article noted that in 2008, Little, Brown sold 27.5 million copies of Meyer's four vampire novels.[6] The same article stated that the Twilight movie grossed $191 million in domestic box office sales.[6] The BYU Studies analysis identified the Mormon theological principle of "overcoming the natural man" as a key theme in the series.[6]
The article also described how Edward's self-control allows him to subdue his monstrous nature and avoid preying on humans.[6] The same interview noted that Publishers Weekly named Twilight one of the best books of the year.[7]
References
- Wikipedia, "Twilight (novel series)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Twilight author Meyer to publish next book for free", The Australia Times, 31 March 2010; Maane Khatchatourian, "'Twilight' Gets Gender-Swapped Novel – Variety", Variety, October 6, 2015 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Twilight (novel series)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Stephenie Meyer says more books coming in 'Twilight' saga as 'Midnight Sun' sells 1M copies; Cadden, "New star authors made, old ones rediscovered in 2008", USA Today, 2008-01-15; Grossman, "It's Twilight in America", 2009-11-13 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- "Twilight author Meyer to publish next book for free", The Australia Times, 31 March 2010. facts only, no text reused. australia-times.com.au
- Wikipedia, "Twilight (novel series)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Walker, "A Teenage Tale With Bite", BYU Magazine, 2007; Grossman, "Stephenie Meyer: A New J.K. Rowling?", April 24, 2008; Cecelia Goodnow, "Harry Potter and the Last Flight", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2007-07-19; Rosman, "The Death of the Slush Pile", Wall Street Journal, 22 January 2010; Irwin, "Charmed", July 11, 2007 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Twilight (novel series)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Weintraub, "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 Gets Released November 16, 2012", Collider, 2010-11-03; "Sink Your Teeth into the New Twilight Animated Series Midnight Sun", Netflix Tudum (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- "Book of Mormon Stories That Steph Meyer Tells to Me", BYU Studies, 2019-08-06. facts only, no text reused. byustudies.byu.edu
- Irwin, "Charmed", July 11, 2007. facts only, no text reused. phoenixnewtimes.com
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