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Writers have ... of whom Nabokov sorely hated. Sadly, the infographic does not include his most withering comments about Dostoevsky (from Lectures on Russian Literature), saying, as I recall ...
I hate the blank page. And I’m not the only one. Despite their successes, there are hundreds of famous authors and writers ... their talking was when they were two.” Joyce embodied the ideal ...
Famous Authors' Rejection Letters Surface Jack Kerouac, George Orwell and Sylvia Plath are just a few of the authors whose books were turned down by the Alfred A. Knopf publishing house.
But I'm not here to talk about those authors. Because for every adorable famous author ... of author-on-author hate. And some of them are going after other authors who were already dead at the ...
While many writers dream of their works being adapted for film and TV, there have been some who have left rather disappointed with the result. From TV shows making dramatic changes to rather ...
However, these aren't the only authors who have felt let down after their works were adapted for the screen ... She is even said to have hated the film so much that she wept through its premiere ...
They were welcomed in the hearts of children around the world — but it turns out these authors wanted nothing to do with kids. And looking into the lives of some of the most famous children’s ...
The same can be said for many now-famous writers whose celebrity and wealth only came about after they were cold in the ground. You may know these names from your freshman year literature ...