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Literature

Of or pertaining to the art of writing in any form or style, most especially published works.

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Modern day Robin Hood

Literature; Fiction

The phrase “Modern day Robin Hood” is used to describe a person, who robs rich people to help poor ones. The anthroponymic phrase derives from the worldwide famous “The merry ...

Barkis is willing

Literature; Fiction

The expression "Barkis is willing" first appeared in Charles Dickens' well-known classic "David Copperfield". Barkis is the name of one the characters in the novel. He keeps ...

Peter Pan

Literature; Fiction

It is difficult to find a young person, who has not heard about the fantastic tale about Peter Pan. Written by the Scottish novelist and playwright James Matthew Barrie, the tale ...

smiling like a Cheshire cat

Literature; Fiction

Smiling very broadly. (Alludes to a grinning cat in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.) There he stood, smiling like a Cheshire cat, waiting for his weekly pay. Alice's ...

1.The Rain maker

Literature; Fiction

published in 1995, this is one of his earlier novels. Mainly set in the courtroom, it is an intriguing Drama. In this story, a young, broke, in experienced law student finds ...

2. The Runaway Jury:

Literature; Fiction

Published in 1996, this is one novel that cannot get more bizarre as the story unfolds. Tobacco kingpins, who hire jury ‘experts’, who analyze each potential juror for their ...

3. Sycamore Row:

Literature; Fiction

This is one of his latest books, but it takes you back in time. This is actually a sequel to ‘A time to Kill’, his first novel. The lawyer in his first novel Jake Brigance, after ...