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8 Weirdly Specific Things That Happen in Every Young Adult Novel
Who Said It: Jane Austen or Rory Gilmore?
Who Said It: Jane Austen or Rory Gilmore?
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9 of the Most Disturbing Short Stories You’ll Ever Have to Read for School
There’s no feeling quite like the feeling you get when your teacher slaps a short story down in front of you in the middle of October. It’s an ominous feeling. A feeling of dread. I …
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Quotes from Lord of the Flies, Ranked in Order of How Obvious the Foreshadowing Is
Everything is foreshadowing in Lord of the Flies. EVERYTHING. In William Golding’s longstanding critique of British stoicism and socialized masculinity, the characters are constantly saying stuff like “GEE, I HOPE NOBODY SETS THE ISLAND ON …
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7 Figures from Greek Mythology Who Would Be the Absolute Worst Roommates
Roommates can be a bit of a mixed bag. If you’re lucky, you will enjoy a peaceful coexistence with a person whose presence you can tolerate. If you’re not so lucky, you will wind up …
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Need Help With Your Summer Reading Assignments? We’ve Got Expanded Study Guides, New Videos, & The Full Text Of Classic Novels!
There’s nothing worse than heading back to school in the fall and realizing that you did approximately zero reading for English class over the summer (to be fair, Netflix wasn’t going to watch itself for …
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8 Weirdly Specific Things That Happen in Every Young Adult Novel
I have read every YA novel in the world. Not really (I’m just a person, after all), but sometimes it feels like I have because there are a few weirdly specific things that happen in …
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Who Said It: Jane Austen or Rory Gilmore?
Rory Gilmore is fictional and Jane Austen was not. However, they’re both quick-witted, bookish, and rude in the audacious but elegant “SHE DID THAT!” kind of way. This might make it difficult to tell them …
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6 Fictional Villains Who Actually Had a Good Point
In the TV show of my life, I’m probably the villain. I wear a lot of black and red, I monologue unnecessarily, and my laugh is really more of a cackle. Of course I’m the …
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Fictional Moms, Ranked from Best to Worst
Some moms are very good. Take my mom, for instance. She’s the best, and I am a thankless little gremlin who is constantly forgetting to load the dishwasher and quite simply doesn’t deserve her. Other …
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How to Write a Classic Novel
Have you ever wanted to write a classic novel? If you are a time traveler from the 1800s and you haven’t had your big break yet, the answer is probably yes. But even if you …
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Classic Novels As Explained in Brooklyn Nine-Nine Quotes
The way I see it, there are many reasons a person (you, specifically) might want to read an article in which classic novels are summarized in Brooklyn Nine-Nine quotes. You crave the satisfaction of having …