William Shakespeare
England's most famous playwright; wrote 37 plays and 154 sonnets.
Literature Trivia
More than 130 million books have been published in human history — and the greatest of them still shape how we think. Literature covers the writers, novels, plays and poems that defined cultures across the centuries, from Shakespeare's sonnets to modern classics. Sharpen it between battles and let the written word power your run through the ranked leagues.
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Jane Austen
Author of Pride and Prejudice and a master of the social novel.
Charles Dickens
Victorian novelist behind Oliver Twist and Great Expectations.
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What do we call a long, fictional prose story?
Answer: A novel
A writer of plays is known as a what?
Answer: A playwright
What is a story's main character often called?
Answer: The protagonist
Which form of writing tells a story through rhyme and verse?
Answer: Poetry
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