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Literature
Books
Retelling India’s ancient myths
By Akanksha Singh
Books
The fiction that predicted space travel
By Hephzibah Anderson
Game of Thrones
Literature’s long obsession with swords
By Quinn Hargitai
Literature
The ancient poems that explain today
By Paul Cooper
Books
The ancient books under lock and key
Culture
Stories that shaped the world
The story that defines our fears
By Rebecca Laurence
Stories that shaped the world
The ultimate US novel about race
By Kenneth W Warren
Stories that shaped the world
He took us on a tour of Hell
By Christian Blauvelt
Stories that shaped the world
The poems that shaped Chinese thought
By Martin Kern
Stories that shaped the world
The novel that redefined Latin America
By Felipe Restrepo Pombo
Stories that shaped the world
The 100 stories that shaped the world
Culture
Stories that shaped the world
The 10 stories that shaped the world
Culture
Stories that shaped the world
The 100 world-shaping tales: who voted?
Culture
Stories that shaped the world
The ancient ‘viral memes’ still with us
By Nilanjana S Roy
Stories that shaped the world
The poem that resisted Stalin
By Martin Puchner
Stories that shaped the world
The play that reshaped English
By Biodun Jeyifo
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