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.
Marrying a divorcee amidst her battle with cancer gives C.S. Lewis an opportunity to share life and love.
Spiders have glands which produce a silk protein to weave their webs. It comes out of the spider as a liquid, then hardens in the air.
Marcus Aurelius becomes the Emperor of Rome in 161.
Margaret Mitchell created Scarlett O'Hara, a flirting Southern belle with lots of suitors. In real life, Mitchell was also a flirt with many suitors.
Telling no one but her husband about her novel, Margaret Mitchell finally gets the courage to give her manuscript to Harold Latham, chief editor at Th...
The original story of "The Nutcracker," by E.T.A. Hoffman, introduces us to the Nutcracker in Chapter 3 where this interesting wooden creature is call...
In 1870, Samuel Clemens marries Olivia Langdon. Better known as "Livy," she becomes the love of Mark Twain's life.
Scrooge can hardly believe that Marley's ghost, carrying its heavy chains, pays him a visit. His old, now-dead partner, has some warnings to deliver.
Schreck (which literally means "fright"), is the brilliant, creepy actor who brings Nosferatu to life.
A white man fatally shoots Medgar Evers because he works for the NAACP and is trying to gain equal rights for blacks.
Katniss Everdeen survives two Hunger Games; now the rebels demand a price for saving her life from the second. She becomes the Mockingjay, but what do...
Learn more about C.S. Lewis through additional readings and explore places from his life.
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