While many film adaptations of popular books try to remain faithful to their ... and eliminating key characters. Here are 10 characters who never made the leap from book to big screen.

The greatest pieces of literature would be nothing without their characters. This could be regarded as an obvious statement, of course stories cannot be made without the people — and sometimes ...

May 18, 2012— -- Profanity in teen novels varies greatly from book to book, but characters that do use foul language tend to also be the most popular ... 40 young adult books on the ...

Popular fiction tends to be focused on plot ... he says. And importantly, characters in literary fiction are left somewhat incomplete. Readers have to watch what they do and infer what they ...

It stands to reason that popular fiction does not expand the capacity to empathize. Literary fiction, by contrast, focuses more on the psychology of characters and their relationships.