romantic novel (=about love) historical novel (-about people and events in the past)
fiction /'fikj>n/ [n U] books about imaginary people and events: His first novel won a prize for modern fiction. I I'm faking a class in Victorian fiction. romantic fiction (=about love)
literature /iit^tjvi-tjoar/ [n Uj books, plays, and poems, especially famous ones
that people think are important: She's studying 19th century French literature. I the Nobel Prize for Literature
science fiction /sai9ns fikj>n, [n y]
stories about things that happen in the future or in other parts of the universe
detective story /dftektiv |5Ш1/ (n С] a
story in which someone tries to find who is responsible for a crime, especially a murder: / like reading Sherlock Holmes and other detective stories.
thriller i QT]\0tj [n c] an exciting story, for example about a crime or war, in which surprising events happen suddenly and you never know what will happen next: Stephen King's new psychological thriller
short Story ijxrt [n Q a short
BOOKS/LITERATURE
piece of writing in which the writer tells a story: a collection oj short stories by Henry James
a book about real
people, places, or events
nonaction /,non 'fikj>n||,!iam-/ |n U]
books about real events, people, or places: The books in the library are
divided Into fiction and поп fiction. nonaction |adj] поп-fiction books
a book about someone's life
biography /bai'Dgrafi||-'a:g-/ [n С] a book
about someone's life, written by another person: Boswell's biography of Dr Johnson
pkn il biographies
autobiography /1Ditaba],Dgrcfi||-,a:g-/ [n
C] a book in which someone writes about their own life: In her autobiography, Doris Lessing writes about her childhood in Zimbabwe.
plural autobiographies
a book that gives you information about a
subject
reference book /'reforms ,buk/ [n C] a
book that you look at in order to get information, especially a dictionary or encyclopedia: Do not remove reference books from the library.
encyclopedia /insaikla'piidis/ [n C] a
large book or set of books containing facts about a lot of different subjects, usually arranged in alphabetical order: "Does anyone know when Mozart was born?" "Look it up in the encyclopedia.M I the Encyclopedia of Science
textbook /'tekstbok/ [n C) a book that contains information and ideas about a subject, which you use when you are studying that subject: a geography textbook I The school says it doesn't have enough money to buy textbooks for every student
dictionary /dikj^n^rij-neri/ [n C] a book
that tells you the meaning of words and lists them in alphabetical order
plural dictionaries
BOOKS/LITERATURE
atlas /'»tbs/ [n C] a book of maps: a road atlas of Great Britain
someone who writes books
writer /'гаизг/ [n C] someone who writes books, stories, or articles in magazines as a job: When I was young I wanted to be a writer. I Have you read any books by American writers? I Greene was one of the finest writers of his generation.
author /э:0зг/ [n CI someone who writes
books, or who wrote a particular book: The prize was won by the German author, Heinrich Bill. 1 Balzac was one of her favourite authors. + of Who was the author of 'Catch 22'?
novelist /'nDv<?lgSt| пел-/ [n C| someone who writes books about imaginary people or events: George Eliot was one of the greatest 19th century novelists. I romantic novelist Barbara Cartland
В what happens in a book
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Storu /'stairi/ [n C] what happens in a
book: 'The 39 Steps' is a spy story. I / like ghost stories best. the story of 'Mud and Dust' is the story of her travels across Africa. true story (=when the events in a book really happened) I could hardly beieve it was a true story.
plot ;plDt||pla:t/ |n C] the events that happen in a book, and the way in which these events are connected: The plot was so complicated that I kept getting lost. I It was like the plot of a detective novel.
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efldina /'endiq/ |n C] what happgns at the
end of a book: I thought the ending was a real disappointment. 1 a sad story with a happy ending
the words in a book
narrative /naertfiv/ In C/U] the series of events described in a story and the way that the writer describes them: The pace of the narrative makes this book an exciting read.
dialogue /'dai9lDg||-la:g/ [n C/U] the
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things that the people in a book say to each other: The novel is mostly description, with very little dialogue. I a long dialogue between the main character and his mother
quotation, (also quote informal.) /kwau-