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| Chimimanda Adichie | ||
| Isabelle Allende | ||
| Jane Austen | , , , | |
| Fredrik Backman | ||
| Karen Blixen | ||
| Charlotte Bronte | ||
| Emily Bronte | ||
| Pearl S. Buck | ||
| Anthony Burgess | ||
| Frances Hodgson Burnett | , | |
| Lewis Carroll | ||
| Miguel de Cervantes | ||
| James Clavell | , The Great Escape, To Sir with Love | |
| Joseph Conrad | , | 听 |
| Charles Dickens | , , ,, , and many more | |
| Roald Dahl | , The BFG, Matilda and many more | |
| Arthur Conan Doyle | , plus many other stories featuring Sherlock Holmes | |
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| George Elliot | ||
| Gustave Flaubert | ||
| Ian Fleming | , , and many others | |
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| Nick Hornby | ||
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| Victor Hugo | ||
| Aldous Huxley | ||
| Thor Heyerdahl | ||
| Kazuo Ishiguro | ||
| Diana Wynne Jones | ||
| Thomas Keneally | ||
| WP Kinsella | ||
| Milan Kundera | ||
| Stiegg Larsson | ||
| Yann Martel | ||
| Gabriel Garcia Marquez | ||
| LM Montegomery | ||
| George Orwell | , | |
| Boris Pasternak | ||
| Alan Paton | ||
| Erich Maria Remarque | ||
| Mordecai Richler | ||
| JK Rowling | Harry Potter series | 听 |
| Marjane Satrapi | ||
| Mary Shelley | ||
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| Bram Stoker | ||
| Jonathan Swift | ||
| JRR Tolkien | ||
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| Markus Zusak |
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Movie and Book Reviews in Newspapers
Citing a Movie听听 from the website Purdue OWL: MLA Formatting and Style Guide听
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Films or Movies
List films (in theaters or not yet on DVD or streaming) by their title. Include the name of the director, the film studio or distributor, and the release year. If relevant, list performer names after the director鈥檚 name. Use the abbreviation perf. to head the list. List film as the medium of publication. To cite a DVD or other video recording, see 鈥淩ecorded Films and Movies鈥� below.
听听听听 The Usual Suspects. Dir. Bryan Singer. Perf. Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Chazz Palminteri, Stephen Baldwin, and Benecio del Toro. Polygram, 1995. Film.
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To emphasize specific performers (perf.) or directors (dir.), begin the citation with the name of the desired performer or director, followed by the appropriate abbreviation.
听听听听 Lucas, George, dir. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. Twentieth Century Fox, 1977. Film.
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Recorded Films or Movies
List films by their title. Include the name of the director, the distributor, and the release year. If relevant, list performer names after the director鈥檚 name. Use the abbreviation perf. to head the list. End the entry with the appropriate medium of publication (e.g. DVD, VHS, Laser disc).
听听听听听 Ed Wood. Dir. Tim Burton. Perf. Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker, Patricia Arquette. Touchstone, 1994. DVD.
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