Literary Legends

 Literary Legends 

Literary legends are authors and stories that have endured throughout the years, made a positive or negative impact, have been studied throughout the years, and influenced their peers as well as future generations to create their own stories.  

There are a variety of ways to complete this challenge with plenty of rabbit trails, including but not limited to: 

• Read the highlighted book or any book written by the author.
• Read a book about the author, story, or characters
• Read a book written in the country or time period of the author.
• Read a book written in the time period of the story
• Spell out the first or last name of the author or character - one book per letter.

Month	Author	Book /Character
January:	Murasaki Shikibu	The Tale of Genji / Hikaru Genji
February:	Miguel De Cervantes	Don Quixote
March:	Sir Thomas Malory	Le Morte D’Arthur  / King Arthur
April:	Larry McMurtry	Lonesome Dove / Woodrow Call
May:	Herman Melville	Moby Dick  / Captain Ahab
June:	Laurence Sterne	Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy
July:	John Kennedy Toole	Confederacy of Dunces  Ignatius J. Reilly
August:	Truman Capote	Breakfast at Tiffany’s    Holly Golightly
September:	George Orwell	1984   / Winston Smith
October:	Bram Stoker	Dracula  / Count Dracula
November:	Agatha Christie	Multiple stories / Hercule Poirot
December:	Jane Austen	Pride and Prejudice   Elizabeth Bennett