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Kankana GhoshAnanya RoyAditi Roy
Prepared By ~
English Best-Sellers
What is a BestSeller?• It is a book
• Is identified as extremely popular by the publishing industry
• This is done based on book trade figures
• Is published by magazines,bookstore chains
THE WAY AHEAD…
What is a bestseller?
Types of bestsellersEra of bestsellers- early, mid, modern and post
modern
Top three bestsellers of IndiaTrend of bestsellers
Conclusion
• Fiction
• Non-fiction
Types of Bestsellers
Bestsellers-the early era
Maximum number of copies printed were small.
The highly popular books were mainly religious.
Only short books became bestsellers.
The numbers printed and sold were low.
Maximum number of copies printed were small.
The highly popular books were mainly religious.
Only short books became bestsellers.
The numbers printed and sold were low.
One form of extended fictional prose narrative.
Pamela – 1st English novel in 1740
An epistolary novel by Samuel Richardson
Popular Bestsellers of Early era
Continued….
John Bunyan
John The Apostle
Bestsellers-the middle ages
‘Books of hours’ were this era’s bestseller.
• It was designed to aid private prayer.
Lavishly illustrated
Was the Golden age of Comic Books.
Popular Best-sellers of this era
Charles Dickens Charlotte Bronte
Two phases - Modern & Contemporary
Divided into prewar, inter-war, postwar period.
Mainly fiction genre in the former.
Novels notably flourished in the inter-war period
Postwar-Evolution of classical science fiction.
Bestsellers – the modern era
Popular bestsellers of modern era
Rudyard Kipling
Andre Gide
POST-MODERNISM
Major characteristics:
playfulness with language
mixture of high art and popular culture
experiment in the form of novel
interest in meta-fiction
Harper Lee
J.R.R Tolkien
Renowned Bestsellers of Postmodern era
Top 3 Best-sellers of India
Chetan Bhagat
Preeti Shenoy
Walter Issacson
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Mostly read-genre of books
Conclusion
Began with a religious sentiment
‘Bible’
Evolved into the era of romanticism
‘Son’s and Lovers’ by D.H.Lawrence
Evolution of classical science fiction
‘20,000 leagues under the sea’ by Jules Verne
Development in the area of meta-fiction
‘Middle Passage’ by Charles Johnson
“Some books are to be tasted ,others to be swallowed, few to be chewed and
digested” – Francis Bacon
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