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List of the best Stephen Fry books, ranked by voracious readers in the Ranker community. With commercial success and critical acclaim, there's no doubt that Stephen Fry is one of the most popular authors of the last 100 years. If you're a huge fan of his work, then vote on your favorite novels, humorous works, and non-fiction books below and make your opinion count. This poll is also a great resource for new fans of Stephen Fry who want to know which novels they should start reading first. These comedy books will keep you laughing with delight with every page you read, so there's no reason why you shouldn't check out his work if you're a big reader.This list includes Moab Is My Washpot, Paperweight and more. What are Stephen Fry's best novels? Vote on this list and help us definitively answer that question.
Mythos: A Retelling of the Myths of Ancient Greece is a work of non-fiction by Stephen Fry. It features retellings of classic Greek mythology along with insights from the author.
Paperweight is a collection of writings by Stephen Fry, first published in the United Kingdom in 1992.
The book contains a wide selection of Fry's journalism, including comment pieces, reviews and criticism.
There are transcripts of several radio performances, including 22 appearances from BBC Radio 4's Loose Ends show in the character of eccentric Cambridge philologist Professor Donald Trefusis, who appeared as a major character in Fry's first novel, The Liar.
The book also includes the script of a play, Latin!, an early work by Fry set in a public school, which won the "Fringe First" prize at the Edinburgh Festival in 1980. It had a 2009 revival with performances opening on June 23 at The ...more
Making History is the third novel by Stephen Fry. The plot involves the creation of an alternative historical time line, one where Adolf Hitler never existed. While most of the book is written in standard prose, a couple of chapters are written in the format of a screenplay. The book won the Sidewise Award for Alternate History.
Author: Stephen Fry
First Published: 1996
Subjects: Cambridge, Time travel, 20th century, England
The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within is a book by author, actor, comedian, and director Stephen Fry about writing poetry. Fry covers metre, rhyme, many common and arcane poetic forms, and offers poetry exercises, contrasting modern and classic poets.
Fry's starting point can be summed up by the quotation with which he heads Chapter One: 'Poetry is metrical writing./If it isn't that I don't know what it is.' In a 'rant' near the end of the book he states: "I think that much poetry today suffers from anaemia. There is no iron in its blood, no energy, no drive".
Fry sets out to explain the many tools available to a poet in order to organise writing, noting poetry's essential ...more
