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Frank Cotolo
October 22, 2015 |
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Recently, a group of literary historians revealed the existence of some books that were painfully
hidden by their authors. Some men and women who are known for having produced some of the world's
classic fiction wrote the books. But, all of the volumes were met with such immediate failure and
critical disdain that they were taken from the shelves soon after being published and burned under
the authority of the authors.
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Each of the books discovered were attempts to heavily cash in on one of the huge successes they
were based upon.
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"They were sequels and prequels," said Nerv Whitsend, one of the historians. "They were rapidly
written and poorly thought out and released to make a whole lot of money based on the originals'
popularity."
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Among the books found was "The Best Earth," a novel written by Pearl Buck to follow her superb
work, "The Good Earth". Witsend said it was "cheesy, with a lot of sex scenes, some of which
included the main character of the first book, who died in the last chapter."
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Charles Dickens, after attaining immediate success from the bound volume of his serial newspaper
story, "Great Expectations," was lambasted by critics when he authored "No Expectations."
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