13 Things You Might Not Have Known About John Steinbeck’s ‘Of Mice and Men’
Here are a few things about this iconic piece of literature that might not have been covered in your high school English class.
Here are a few things about this iconic piece of literature that might not have been covered in your high school English class.
Some of our favorite figures from history, literature, music, pop culture, and more were born in the first month of the year. Do you share a birthday with one of these famous folks?
Remember when your high school reading list included ‘Atticus,’ ‘Fiesta,’ and ‘The Last Man in Europe’? You will once you see what these books were renamed before they hit bookshelves.
The meaning of ‘Bah, humbug!’ is a little more layered than what people normally attribute to Ebenezer Scrooge of ‘A Christmas Carol.’
Dickens’s unprecedented celebrity made him the most popular novelist of his century—but the author of Great Expectations, Bleak House, A Christmas Carol, and dozens of other works was more than just a writer.
Thomas Hardy’s memorable heroine was modeled after the last woman to be hanged in Dorset, England.
The Middle-earth author spent some imaginary time in the North Pole for an audience of just four people: his children.
Jólabókaflóðið, Iceland's long-running Christmas tradition, involves books, bed, and chocolate—all our favorite things.
Peek behind the curtains of ‘The Nutcracker,’ Tchaikovsky’s famous Yuletide ballet.
James Joyce once famously declared, “The demand that I make of my reader is that he should devote his whole life to reading my works.“ After 28 years, members of a Venice, California-based book club have come pretty close.
From James Baldwin to Gertrude Stein and beyond, literature’s most celebrated authors have faced stinging and ruthless rejections.
Penguin Books commissioned the work in 1965, but the "A Clockwork Orange" author only completed several hundred entries before discarding the project.
‘Little Women’ author Louisa May Alcott was also an early suffragette who fought against slavery and registered women to vote.
Here’s how to pepper your next argument with Shakespearean insults.
The Demogorgon is much, much older than ’Stranger Things,’ or even ’Dungeons & Dragons.’
TheLibraryMap organizes 100,000 book titles in a way that’s visually pleasing and easy to navigate.
Novelists have used everything from real killers to newsworthy hostage situations to literal white whales to craft their fiction.
Their (often literal) blood feud is a relatively modern creation. So how did vampires and werewolves end up at each other’s throats?
The true facts surrounding the classic work are as mysterious and intriguing as the novel itself.
In true undead style, Dracula holds up well: He’s as creepy today as he was when Bram Stoker invented him in 1897.
Each year, The American Library Association complies a list of books that are challenged and banned. There are some books that get banned because of insensitive material; however, others get banned for completely ludicrous reasons.
From famous authors to a Roman emperor, these spirits sure had a lot to share.
The Dollar Baby contract is Stephen King’s way of helping film students adapt his stories without financial barriers.
Here are the nuts and bolts about Mary Shelley's 200-year-old tale about what can go wrong when people play God.