Category:Literature
What we find in books is like the fire in our hearths. We fetch it from our neighbours, we kindle it at home, we communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all.
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Many tropes originated in literary works. Literature being nearly as old as writing itself, most of The Oldest Ones in the Book date to the classics, most Public Domain Characters appeared in print well before the first TV broadcasts, and even today, with the supposedly dwindling popularity of books and magazines in favor of more modern media, there are books with enough cultural impact to spawn new Tropes.
Merriam-Webster defines "literature" thusly:
a (1) : writings in prose or verse; especially : writings having excellence of form or expression and expressing ideas of permanent or universal interest (2) : an example of such writings <what came out, though rarely literature, was always a roaring good story — People> |
We're using definitions "b", "c", and "d", not the second half of definition "a". For works where the author was intending to have the second half of definition "a" apply, see Category:Lit Fic.
Also see the Web Serial Novel page for periodicals that started online.
Contrast with Category:Bookish Tropes, which is about pages bound into covers.
Subcategories
This category has the following 12 subcategories, out of 16 total.
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- Latin American Literature (35 P)
- Lit Fic (250 P)
- Literature Recap (33 P)
- Literature/Funny (1 P)
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Pages in category "Literature"
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 3,142 total.
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- La Belle Dame Sans Merci
- Labyrinths of Echo
- Lacuna
- Lady Audley's Secret
- Lady Chatterley's Lover
- Lady of the Lake
- Lady Susan
- Lady: My Life as a Bitch
- Lamb: The Gospel According To Biff
- Lampshade Hanging/Literature
- Land of Flatwater
- Land of Oz
- Large Ham/Literature
- Lassie
- The Last Apprentice
- The Last Battle
- The Last Chancers
- The Last Continent
- The Last Day of a Condemned Man
- The Last Dove
- Last Dragon
- The Last Dragonslayer
- The Last Hero
- The Last Hurrah
- Last Legionary
- The Last Light of the Sun
- Last Mage
- The Last of the Mohicans
- Last Places
- The Last Skull
- The Last Unicorn (novel)
- The Last Wish
- Last-Name Basis/Literature
- Latawnya the Naughty Horse Learns to Say No to Drugs
- The Lathe of Heaven
- Laura Caxton
- Le Morte d'Arthur
- Leaf by Niggle
- The Leatherstocking Tales
- Leaves of Grass
- The Left Hand of God
- The Legacy of Dhakaan
- Legend of Arithia
- Legend of Galactic Heroes
- The Legend of Rah and the Muggles
- A Legend of Rain
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
- The Legend of Sun Knight
- The Legend of the 10 Elemental Masters
- Legends of Laconia
- The Legion of Justice
- Legion of Net.Heroes
- Legion of Nothing
- Leiningen Versus the Ants
- Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography
- Leonardo's Swans
- Les Chimères de Mirinar
- Les Misérables (novel)
- Less Than Zero
- Lest Darkness Fall
- Let's Go Play at the Adams'
- Letajici Cestmir
- Letters Back to Ancient China
- Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow
- Leven Thumps
- Leviathan (novel)
- Leviathan Wakes
- The Liar (folktale)
- The Liar (novel)
- The Life of Milarepa
- Life of Pi
- The Light Fantastic
- Light in August
- Light Is Not Good/Literature
- The Light Princess
- Lightbringer Series
- Lightbringer Trilogy
- Lilac Sphere
- Lilith's Brood
- Limbo System
- Limit
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- Lisey's Story
- List of Works That Need Summary/Literature
- Listen to Me, Girls. I Am Your Father!
- The Literary Legacy of Ophelia
- Literary Works by African-American Authors
- Literature/Awesome
- Literature/Characters
- Literature/Fridge
- Literature/Headscratchers
- Literature/Heartwarming
- Literature/Laconic
- Literature/Nightmare Fuel
- Literature/Quotes
- Literature/Tear Jerker
- Literature/YMMV
- Little Bear
- Little Brother
- Little Dorrit
- Little Fuzzy
- Little Green Men (novel)
- Little House on the Prairie
- Little Iliad
- Little Lord Fauntleroy
- The Little Match Girl
- The Little Prince
- Little Red Riding Hood
- The Little Vampire
- Little Witch Academia: The Nonsensical Witch and the Country of the Fairies
- Little Women
- Live and Let Die (novel)
- Lives of the Mayfair Witches
- Lockpick Pornography
- Log Horizon
- Logan's Run (novel)
- Lolita
- Lon Tobyn
- Lone Survivor (book)
- Lonely Werewolf Girl
- Lonesome Dove
- The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
- The Long Price Quartet
- Long Road North
- The Long Ships
- The Long Walk
- Look to the West
- Looking Backward
- Looking for Alaska
- The Looking Glass Wars
- Loophole Abuse/Literature
- The Lorax
- Lord Byron's Don Juan
- Lord Darcy
- Lord Jim
- Lord of the Flies
- The Lord of the Rings Adaptation Face-Off
- The Lord of the Rings
- Lords and Ladies
- Lorna Doone
- Lost At Sea (comics)
- The Lost Books
- Lost Girls (novel)
- Lost Horizon (novel)
- Lost in Oz (novel)
- The Lost Mark
- The Lost Symbol
- The Lost Weekend
- The Lost World (novel)
- The Lottery
- Love At First Sight/Literature
- Love in a Nutshell
- The Lovely Bones
- Lovers and Beloveds
- Ludas Matyi
- The Ludicrous Wishes
- Lullaby
- The Lumatere Chronicles
- Lunar Chronicles
- Lunar Park
- The Lunatic
- The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove
- Lyonesse
- Lyttle Lytton Contest
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- Mabaka - Magic is for Idiots!
- Mabinogion
- The Machine Gunners
- Machine of Death
- Madame Bovary
- Madeline
- Madison Avery
- The Madness Season
- Magic for Beginners
- The Magic Goes Away (novel)
- The Magic School Bus
- Magic Shop
- Magic Time
- Magic, Inc.
- Magical Security Taskforce
- The Magician's Nephew
- The Magicians
- Magnificent Bastard/Literature
- Mahabharata
- Makers
- Making Money
- The Makioka Sisters
- Malice (novel)
- Malleus Maleficarum
- Man After Man: An Anthropology of the Future
- Man Eaters of Zamboula
- The Man from C.A.M.P.
- The Man in the High Castle
- The Man Who Laughs
- The Man Who Was Thursday
- The Manchurian Candidate (novel)
- Manfred
- The Mangler (literature)
- Manhattan Transfer
- Manifold Origin
- Manifold Space
Media in category "Literature"
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