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Revision as of 16:47, August 17, 2021
| Book Title | Author | Sales | Inspiration for Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gone With the Wind | Margaret Mitchell | 28 million[1] | Title taken by the author from a poem.[2] |
| 1984 | George Orwell | 30 million | |
| This Side of Paradise | F. Scott Fitzgerald | 50,000 through 1921 | |
| Of Mice and Men | John Steinbeck | Title is from a famous poem. | |
| For Whom the Bell Tolls | Ernest Hemingway | ||
| Vanity Fair | William Makepeace Thackeray | on the pilgrim's route in the evangelical classic Pilgrim's Progress |
(add more)
References
- ↑ https://ew.com/article/1992/01/17/gone-wind-numbers/
- ↑ From Non Sum Qualis Eram Bonae sub Regno Cynarae by Ernest Dowson: “I have forgot much, Cynara! gone with the wind, Flung roses, roses riotously with the throng, Dancing, to put thy pale, lost lilies out of mind." [1]