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  2. A Series of Unfortunate Events - Wikipedia

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    A Series of Unfortunate Events is a series of thirteen children's novels written by American author Daniel Handler under the pen name Lemony Snicket. The books follow the turbulent lives of orphaned siblings Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire. After their parents' death in a fire, the children are placed in the custody of a murderous villain ...

  3. Light novel - Wikipedia

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    A light novel ( Japanese: ライトノベル, Hepburn: raito noberu) is a type of popular literature novel native to Japan, usually classified as young adult fiction targeting teens to twenties. The definition is very vague, and wide-ranging. [ 1][ 2] The abbreviation of " raito noberu " is ranobe (ラノベ)[ 3] or, in English, LN .

  4. List of writing genres - Wikipedia

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    Writing genres (more commonly known as literary genres) are categories that distinguish literature (including works of prose, poetry, drama, hybrid forms, etc.) based on some set of stylistic criteria. Sharing literary conventions, they typically consist of similarities in theme/topic, style, tropes, and storytelling devices; common settings ...

  5. Flash fiction - Wikipedia

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    The Southeast Review continues the contest but has increased the maximum to 500 words. [10] In 1996 Stern published Micro Fiction: an anthology of really short stories drawn, in part, from the contest. [11] It was not until 1992, however, that the term "flash fiction" came into use as a category/genre of fiction.

  6. Dune (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Dune. (novel) Dune is a 1965 science fiction novel by American author Frank Herbert, originally published as two separate serials (1963–64 novel Dune World and 1965 novel Prophet of Dune) in Analog magazine. It tied with Roger Zelazny 's This Immortal for the Hugo Award for Best Novel and won the inaugural Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1966.

  7. Novella - Wikipedia

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    t. e. A novella is a narrative prose fiction whose length is shorter than most novels, but longer than most novelettes and short stories. The English word novella derives from the Italian novella meaning a short story related to true (or apparently so) facts.

  8. Serial (literature) - Wikipedia

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    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Publishing format by which a single literary work is presented in contiguous instalments. Not to be confused with Serial (publishing). Advertisement for Charles Dickens' Great Expectations, serialised weekly in the literary magazine All the Year Roundfrom December 1860 to August 1861. Literature.

  9. List of genres - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of genres of literature and entertainment (film, television, music, and video games), excluding genres in the visual arts.. Genre is the term for any category of creative work, which includes literature and other forms of art or entertainment (e.g. music)—whether written or spoken, audio or visual—based on some set of stylistic criteria.