Fiction

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Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t.

Mark Twain

Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World

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Topic

Truth vs. fiction Truth Fiction

Author

Mark Twain

Source

Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World

Genre

Travel writing

Language

English

Time

1897 1890s 19th century

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Original Citation

Twain, Mark. Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1897, ch. 15.

Current Citation

Twain, Mark. "Following the Equator." Mark Twain: A Tramp Abroad, Following the Equator, Other Travels, edited by Roy Blount Jr. Library of America, 2010, ch. 15.

Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.

G.K. Chesterton

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Topic

Literature Fiction Stories

Author

G.K. Chesterton

Source

A Defense of Penny-Dreadfuls The Defendant

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1901 1900s 20th century

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Citation

Chesterton, G.K. "The Defendant." The Wit, Whimsy and Wisdom of G.K. Chesterton. Vol. 6, Coachwhip Publications, 2009. Originally published by R. Brinley Johnson, 1901.