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An Essay on Criticism
An Essay on Criticism, Alexander Pope's heroic-couplet poem on literary judgment, written 1709, published by W. Lewis, London, 1711; modeled on Horace's Ars Poetica, in three parts, source of famous maxims like "To err is human."
An Essay on Man
An Essay on Man is a philosophical poem in heroic couplets by Alexander Pope, published in four epistles from 1732 to 1734 and addressed to Lord Bolingbroke.
An Evening's Entertainment for the Fifth of June
An Evening's Entertainment for the Fifth of June, also translated as Soirée for the Fifth of June, is a landmark 1967 play by the Syrian playwright Sa'dallah Wannous.
An Imaginary Life
An Imaginary Life is a 1978 novella by the Australian writer David Malouf, reimagining the Roman poet Ovid's exile to a village on the Black Sea.
An Indian's Looking-Glass for the White Man
An Indian's Looking-Glass for the White Man is an 1833 essay by William Apess, a Pequot Methodist minister, arguing that racial prejudice contradicts Christian teaching.
An Instant in the Wind
An Instant in the Wind ('n Oomblik in die Wind) is a 1975 novel by André Brink about a white woman and a runaway slave in 18th-century South Africa.
An Observation Log of My Fiancée Who Calls Herself a Villainess (自称悪役令嬢な婚約者の観察記録)
自称悪役令嬢な婚約者の観察記録。 (An Observation Log of My Fiancée Who Calls Herself a Villainess) is a Japanese villainess light novel by Shiki and Wan Hachipisu, AlphaPolis 2017, two volumes, with a completed Regina manga, Hanashi Media English license, and a 2026 Ashi Productions anime.
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
Ambrose Bierce's 1890 Civil War short story: Peyton Farquhar, a Confederate sympathizer, imagines escaping his hanging in the instant before his neck breaks; adapted by Robert Enrico in 1962 and shown on The Twilight Zone.
An Offer from a Gentleman
An Offer from a Gentleman is Julia Quinn's 2001 Bridgerton novel, book 3, a Cinderella-style Regency romance of Benedict Bridgerton and Sophie Beckett; it became Quinn's first New York Times bestseller and the basis of Netflix Bridgerton season 4.
An Optimistic Theory of Our People
An Optimistic Theory of Our People (Оптимистична теория за нашия народ) is a collection of studies on Bulgarian national psychology by Ivan Hadzhiyski, published after his death.
An Orchestra of Minorities
An Orchestra of Minorities is a 2019 novel by the Nigerian writer Chigozie Obioma, shortlisted for the Booker Prize and narrated by a guardian spirit, or chi.
An Ordinary Story
An Ordinary Story (Обыкновенная история; A Common Story) is the 1847 debut novel of Russian writer Ivan Goncharov, about a young idealist sobered by his pragmatic uncle in St. Petersburg.
An Schwager Kronos
An Schwager Kronos is a hymn-length poem by Goethe, written on 10 October 1774 in a post coach and read as a picture of a human life.
An Uncertain Glory
An Uncertain Glory: India and its Contradictions is a 2013 book by economists Jean Drèze and Amartya Sen arguing India's growth has not improved health and education.
Anahit
Anahit (Անահիտ) is an 1881 Armenian fairy tale by Ghazaros Aghayan, first published in Tiflis, telling how a shepherd's daughter marries a prince who learns weaving.
Anak Mat Lela Gila
Anak Mat Lela Gila (The Son of Mad Mat Lela) is a satirical Malay novel by Ishak Haji Muhammad, better known as Pak Sako, first published in 1941.
Anak Semua Bangsa
Anak Semua Bangsa ("Child of All Nations") is a 1980 historical novel by Indonesian author Pramoedya Ananta Toer, the second book of the Buru Tetralogy.
Anales de Tlatelolco
The Anales de Tlatelolco are anonymous Nahuatl historical texts from Tlatelolco, Mexico, narrating the city's history through the Spanish conquest and reputedly the oldest Nahuatl account in the European alphabet.
Anamdas ka Potha
Anamdas ka Potha (अनामदास का पोथा), subtitled Ath Raikva Akhyan, is a 1976 Hindi novel by Hazari Prasad Dwivedi that retells the sage Raikva's story from the Chhandogya Upanishad as a philosophical love story.
Anandamath (আনন্দমঠ)
Anandamath (আনন্দমঠ), Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay's 1882 Bengali historical novel set in the 1770 Bengal famine and Sannyasi rebellion; source of Vande Mataram, India's National Song, and a foundational text of Indian nationalism.
Anansi Boys
Anansi Boys is Neil Gaiman's 2005 comic fantasy novel about Fat Charlie Nancy, son of the spider trickster god Anansi, and his brother Spider; not a sequel to American Gods despite sharing Mr. Nancy.
Ananthanatha Purana
The Anantanatha Purana (ಅನಂತನಾಥಪುರಾಣಂ) is a Kannada Jain epic poem composed by Janna in 1230 CE, telling the life of Anantanatha, the 14th Tirthankara, in champu style.
Anargharaghava
Anargharaghava, also known as Anargharāghava or the Murari Nataka, is a seven-act Sanskrit drama by Murari, probably of the ninth century, retelling the Ramayana up to Rama's coronation.
Anatomy of Criticism
Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays is a 1957 work of literary theory by Northrop Frye that sets out a synoptic framework for all literary criticism.
Ancalagon the Black
Ancalagon the Black: mightiest of Morgoth's winged dragons in Tolkien's legendarium, unleashed from Angband in the War of Wrath (F.A. 587) and slain by Eärendil; his fall broke Thangorodrim.
Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan
Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan is an 1882 collection of English verse by the Indian poet Toru Dutt, retelling stories from the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, and the Puranas.
Ancient Greek literature
Ancient Greek literature (ελληνική γραμματεία): works in Greek from the 8th century BCE to the 4th century CE, spanning Homer, Hesiod, Aeschylus, drama, and Hellenistic prose, divided into Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic periods.
Ancuța's Inn
Ancuța's Inn (Hanu Ancuței) is a 1928 volume of nine stories by the Romanian writer Mihail Sadoveanu, told by travelers at a Moldavian inn and widely regarded as a masterpiece of Romanian prose.
And Another Thing... (novel)
And Another Thing... is Eoin Colfer's 2009 sixth Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy novel, authorized by Douglas Adams's estate and widow Jane Belson, reuniting Arthur Dent and companions after Mostly Harmless; Colfer wrote no seventh book.
And death shall have no dominion
"And death shall have no dominion" is a poem by Dylan Thomas, first published in 1933 and collected in Twenty-five Poems, one of his most popular works.