Great novels are often connected-to (or based-on) real-life events. It's fun to search-for (and uncover) those connections. This Collection features fictional stories with real-life tie-ins.
We have evidence that parts of the tales published by the Brothers Grimm are based on real people and real places.
Family members are put in different camps where they work on large projects, such as the White Sea Canal.
The Legend of Bagger Vance is a fictionalized story based on the Hindu scriptural epic the Bhagavad-Gita.
Bagger Vance is a fictional character resembling Bhagavan in the Hindu scriptural story of the Bhagavad-Gita.
Charlotte is an arachnid called "Araneus Cavaticus," preferring to live her life in dark, shady places.
Dostoevsky is a nineteenth-century Russian author whose views about the human condition are still relevant today.
According to the story, the warrior Beowulf is a Geat who lives in the area now-known as southwest Sweden.
Andy White's real pig is the inspiration for the character Wilbur, and Templeton (the barn rat) also plays an important role in the story.
The Anglo-Saxon attacks are harsh and frequent; Britons are not able to stop them.
Marie, known as Clara in some versions of "The Nutcracker," contemplates the presents she'd received on Christmas Eve. In this chapter, of E.T.A. Hoff...
The first printing of Gone with the Wind was 10,000 copies (when 5,000 copies was typical for the lifetime of a book).
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