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On 5 November 2019, the BBC published a list of novels selected by a panel of six writers and critics, who had been asked to choose 100 English language novels "that have had an impact on their lives". [1]
In contemporary literary studies, a theme is a central topic, subject, or message within a narrative. [1] Themes can be divided into two categories: a work's thematic concept is what readers "think the work is about" and its thematic statement being "what the work says about the subject". [2] Themes are often distinguished from premises.
The list was criticized as biased towards English-language books, particularly those published by American authors. [3] Nigerian academic Ainehi Edoro criticized the lack of literature by African authors and the predominance of American literature on the list and called the list "an act of cultural erasure". [ 4 ]
[1] The Republic (ca. 370-360 BC) a Socratic dialogue by Plato which eventually arrives at a thought experiment of Kallipolis, the "Beautiful City" - One of the earliest conceptions of a utopia. [2] [3] Laws (360 BC) by Plato [4] The Republic (ca. 300 BC) by Zeno of Citium, an ideal society based on the principles of Stoicism.
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The following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books, in the combined print and e-books category. [1] The most frequent weekly best seller of the year was The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah with 5 weeks at the top of the list, followed closely by The Duke and I by Julia Quinn with 4 weeks.
The Caretaker Trilogy is a series of science fiction thrillers with an ecological theme, written for young adults by David Klass.The first book in the series, Firestorm (2006), was the first book ever endorsed by Greenpeace [1] and was praised by critics for its combination of entertainment value and environmental message, garnering an American Library Association (ALA) Best Book citation, [2 ...
In Austen novels, as Page notes, there is a "conspicuous absence of words referring to physical perception, the world of shape and colour and sensuous response". [33] Yet, Austen carefully researched the background of her novels, using almanacs and read books to accurately describe the chronology and geography of her fictional worlds.