Émile Faguet

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

9 Obscure Literary Terms

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Periods of American Literature

The Catcher in the Rye By J.D. Salinger. Hardcover Book first sold: July 16, 1951. Current cover design dated 1991? Previous solid maroon book cover with gold font designed by J.D. Salinger in response to racey pulp paper back book cover. bad books

5 Good Books That Inspired Bad Deeds

9 American Countercultural Books

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Why Do We Eat Turkey on Thanksgiving?

A human Inuit skull in a stone chambered cairn in Ilulissat in Greenland. These ancient graves are pre christian and are at least 2000

14 Tough Questions Answered

The Cheshire Cat is a fictional cat from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. (Alice in Wonderland)

11 Banned Books Through Time

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Why Is It Called Black Friday?

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Why Is Thanksgiving in the U.S. Celebrated on a Thursday?

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. Engraving by Cosomo Colombini (d. 1812) after a Leonardo self portrait. Ca. 1500.

10 Famous Artworks by Leonardo da Vinci

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What Is the Difference Between a Typhoon and a Super Typhoon?

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Born	December 17, 1847 • La Roche-sur-Yon • France
Died	June 6, 1916 (aged 68) • Paris • France

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Jules Lemaître

French critic and dramatist

Molière

French dramatist

Charles Baudelaire

French author

Jean-Paul Sartre

French philosopher and author

Germaine de Staël

French-Swiss author

François Mauriac

French author

Yves Bonnefoy

French author

Antonin Artaud

French author and actor

André Breton

French poet

François Hédelin, abbé d’Aubignac

French dramatist and critic

Alfred Jarry

French writer

Gresset, oil painting by Louis Tocqué; in the Château de Versailles

Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset

French author

Jean de La Taille

French author

Louis-Sébastien Mercier

French author

Charles de Marguetel de Saint-Denis, seigneur de Saint-Évremond

French author

Jean Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin

French author

Catulle Mendès

French author

Marmontel, detail of an engraving by Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1765, after a portrait by C.N. Cochin

Jean-François Marmontel

French author

Jean-François de La Harpe

French critic

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Jean Chapelain

French author

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