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4->''“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.”''
5-->-- '''Creator/{{Voltaire}}'''
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7Many {{trope}}s originated in literary works. Literature being nearly as old as writing itself, most of TheOldestOnesInTheBook date to the classics, most {{Public Domain Character}}s appeared in print well before the first TV broadcasts, and even today, with the supposedly dwindling popularity of books in favor of more modern media,[[note]]Books retain one critical advantage over almost all other types of media in that all they require is a light source, no playback device or power source is needed to enjoy one as long as you can read[[/note]] there are books with enough cultural impact to spawn Website/TVTropes.
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9Trope indexes: LitClassTropes, LiteraryTropes, and LiteratureGenres. See also {{Authors}}, {{Magazines}}, and MediaNotes/SchoolStudyMedia.
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11!!Literature Categories:
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13[[index]]
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15'''Subcategories:'''
16+ LightNovels
17+ {{Novella}}
18+ {{Novelette}}
19+ {{Poetry}}
20+ ProseFiction
21+ PublicDomainStories
22+ ShortStory
23+ UnproducedScripts
24+ WebSerialNovel
25]
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27[[AC:By Era:]]
28+ ClassicLiterature (by "classic" we mean "pre-18th century")
29+ EighteenthCenturyLiterature
30+ NineteenthCenturyLiterature
31+ LiteratureOfThe1900s
32+ LiteratureOfThe1910s
33+ LiteratureOfThe1920s
34+ LiteratureOfThe1930s
35+ LiteratureOfThe1940s
36+ LiteratureOfThe1950s
37+ LiteratureOfThe1960s
38+ LiteratureOfThe1970s
39+ LiteratureOfThe1980s
40+ LiteratureOfThe1990s
41+ LiteratureOfThe2000s
42+ LiteratureOfThe2010s
43+ LiteratureOfThe2020s
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45[[AC:By Genre:]]
46+ {{Absurdism}}
47+ AdventureLiterature
48+ BizarroFiction
49+ ComicLiterature
50+ CrimeFiction
51+ DetectiveLiterature
52+ EroticLiterature
53+ {{Fable}}
54+ FairyTale
55+ HistoricalFictionLiterature
56+ LitFic
57+ MilitaryAndWarfareLiterature
58+ MiseryLit
59+ MysteryLiterature
60+ NonFictionLiterature
61+ PhilosophicalNovel
62+ RomanceNovel
63+ SacredLiterature
64+ SpeculativeFiction
65++ AlternateHistoryLiterature
66++ FantasyLiterature
67++ HorrorLiterature
68++ ScienceFictionLiterature
69++ [[{{SuperheroStories/Literature}} Superhero Literature]]
70+ ThrillerLiterature
71++ ConspiracyLiterature
72++ SpyLiterature
73+ WesternLiterature (literature in TheWestern genre)
74+ XenofictionalLiterature
75+ SmallGenresAndUnclassifiedLiterature
76
77[[AC:By Demographic:]]
78+ ChickLit
79+ ChildrensLiterature
80++ MiddleGradeLiterature
81+ YoungAdultLiterature
82
83[[AC:By Geographical Region:]]
84+ AfricanLiterature
85+ AmericanLiterature
86++ UsefulNotes/GreatAmericanNovel
87++ LiteraryWorksByAfricanAmericanAuthors
88+ ArgentineLiterature
89+ AustralianLiterature
90+ BritishLiterature
91++ EnglishLiterature
92++ ScottishLiterature
93++ WelshLiterature
94+ CaribbeanLiterature
95+ LatinAmericanLiterature
96+ IndianLiterature
97
98[[AC:By Language:]]
99+ NonEnglishLiterature
100++ ChineseLiterature
101++ CzechLiterature
102++ DutchLiterature
103++ FrenchLiterature
104++ JapaneseLiterature
105++ GermanLiterature
106++ ItalianLiterature
107++ RussianLiterature
108++ SpanishLiterature
109++ TamilLiterature
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111[[AC:By Other:]]
112+ CoauthoredLiterature
113[[/index]]

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