Novel

Novel, Philosophy

Sophie’s World

Book by the Norwegian author Jostein Gaarder, following the events in the life of a teenage girl’s introduction to philosophical thinking and the history of philosophy.

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Silver-fork novel

Genre of 19th-century English literature depicting the lives of the upper class and the aristocracy.

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Keep the Home Guard Turning

Comedy novel by Compton Mackenzie (1833–1972, portraying the exploits of the Home Guard on the fictional island of Todday during the Second World War.

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Whisky Galore (novel)

Novel by Compton Mackenzie based on the real-life 1941 sinking of a ship carrying a large quantity of whisky, and the local residents’ attempts to recover it and hide it from the authorities.

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The Screwtape Letters

1942 novel by C. S. Lewis, in the form of a series of letters between a senior demon, Screwtape, to his nephew Wormwood, who is tasked with securing the damnation of a British man known only as the patient.

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