Important Books and Their Authors
Influential and significant literary works that shaped world literature and thought. Essential for literature GK.
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Influential and significant literary works that shaped world literature and thought. Essential for literature GK.
Important Books and Their Authors
- To Kill a Mockingbird: Harper Lee (1960); American classic on racial injustice
- 1984: George Orwell (1949); dystopian novel
- Pride and Prejudice: Jane Austen (1813); romantic novel
- The Great Gatsby: F. Scott Fitzgerald (1925); American literature classic
- War and Peace: Leo Tolstoy (1869); Russian historical novel
- The Gita: Hindu spiritual text in Mahabharata; ancient Indian philosophy
- Ramayana: Valmiki; ancient Indian epic
- Jane Eyre: Charlotte Bronte (1847); Gothic romantic novel
- Moby Dick: Herman Melville (1851); adventure novel
- The Odyssey: Homer; ancient Greek epic poem
Frequently Asked Questions
Who wrote To Kill a Mockingbird?
Harper Lee wrote To Kill a Mockingbird, published in 1960, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1961.
Which is the oldest Indian epic?
The Ramayana by Valmiki is one of the oldest Indian epics, written in ancient Sanskrit.
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