The Written Words that Leaders Live By
As a young adult whose mother had recently passed away, Etsy CFO Kristina Salen walked into a bookstore and spotted a volume on the display shelf. She settled on the floor and ended up reading the whole book in the store. By the time she left, she was a different person.
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The 5 Creepiest Foreign Versions of Disney Fairy Tales
When Disney turns an old fairy tale like "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" into a movie, you can probably guess that they water down and dress up the original story to make it more friendly to modern audiences. What you may not realize is that stories like "Snow White" and "Beauty and the Beast" are actually ancient tales that have traveled across cultures and languages like a game of telephone. Or that along the way, the tellers put their own little twists on the tale.
Their insane, gut-wrenching, nightmarish twists.
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“I hope she’ll be a fool -- that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool…”
The Great Gatsby
10 Deleted Chapters that Transformed Famous Books There is a fine line between a good book and a great book. In some cases it might only take one chapter to completely destroy what could be a classic work of literature. Below are ten books—not all necessarily classics—that might have been unknown if it were not for wise editorial decisions or difficult choices made by great authors. These books have one thing in common: they are not what was originally intended.
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38 Things You Will Never Read Again in Your Life Source: Buzz Feed
