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Fiction
Fiction is the telling of stories which are not real. More specifically, fiction is an imaginative form of narrative, one of the four basic rhetorical modes. Although the word fiction is derived from the Latin fingo, fingere, finxi, fictum, "to form, create", works of fiction need not be entirely imaginary and may include real people, places, and events. Fiction may be either written or oral. Although not all fiction is necessarily artistic, fiction is largely perceived as a form of art or entertainment. The ability to create fiction and other artistic works is considered to be a fundamental a
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Sidney Chambers and the Persistence of Love (The Grantchester Mysteries #6)
by James Runcie (Goodreads Author)
by James Runcie (Goodreads Author)
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The sixth book in the James Runcie's much-loved Granchester Mystery series, which has been adapted for Masterpiece's Grantchester starring James Norto
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Harry's Justice
by Andy Wiseman (Goodreads Author)
by Andy Wiseman (Goodreads Author)
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Henry and the Chalk Dragon
by Jennifer Trafton (Goodreads Author), Benjamin Schipper
by Jennifer Trafton (Goodreads Author), Benjamin Schipper
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Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich
Author of The Fact of a Body
Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich is the author of THE FACT OF A BODY: A Murder and a Memoir, which will be published by Flatiron Books (Macmillan) in May 2017. It is also forthcoming from publishers internationally. A National Endowment for the Arts fellow and Rona Jaffe Award recipient, she has twice been a fellow at both MacDowell and Yaddo. Her essays appear in The New York Times, Oxford American, Iowa Review, and many other publications, and were recognized “notable” in Best American Essays 2013, 2015, and 2016.
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I have claimed that Escape is one of the main functions of fairy-stories, and since I do not disapprove of them, it is plain that I do not accept the tone of scorn or pity with which 'Escape' is now so often used. Why should a man be scorned if, finding himself in prison, he tries to get out and go home? Or if he cannot do so, he thinks and talks about other topics than jailers and prison-walls?
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― J.R.R. Tolkien
― J.R.R. Tolkien
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