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Best Served Cold: The Real Life Revenge Story Behind “The Count Of Monte Cristo”

Eleanor Hicks January 8, 2017 Authors, Classics, History, Human Interest

Authors taking inspiration from real life is nothing new. Fyodor Dostoevsky did it with Crime and Punishment, Truman Capote did it with In Cold Blood…heck, the writers at Law & …

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10 Great Literary Escapes To Get Lost In This Winter

Jodi Trask January 1, 2017 Autobiography, Book Lists, Charles Dickens, Crime, Crime Fiction, Drama, Historical Fiction, History, J. R. R. Tolkien, Stephen King

Some of the best stories are those of escape. You can’t help but root for the protagonist as they take in their situation and never give up until they are free. …

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