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30 Pieces of Business Advice from Novels
Learn and earn
The literary greats have plenty to say on life, death, love and adventure, but what about the stuff that makes the world go round? That's right: gravity and the motion of the planets.
Oh no, hang on, we mean money. The dirty dollar. The greenbacks.
Well, as you can imagine, being authors, they often write a lot of philosophical stuff which probably won't instantly improve your bottom line, but there's a lot of sound advice in there nonetheless. Be inspired, improve your business acumen, and read on...
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The Winter of Our Discontent
Author: John Steinbeck Year: 1961 “In business and in… More details
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Master of the Game
Author: Sidney Sheldon Year: 1982 “Business is a game,… More details
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Wuthering Heights
Author: Emily Brontë Year: 1847 “A person who has not… More details
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Author: L. Frank Baum Year: 1900 “For I consider brains… More details
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Emma
Author: Jane Austen Year: 1815 “Business, you know, may… More details
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Goldfinger
Author: Ian Fleming Year: 1959 “Unfortunately most ways… More details
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A Christmas Carol
Author: Charles Dickens Year: 1843 Scrooge: "It's… More details
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Sacred Hunger
Author: Barry Unsworth Year: 1992 “It is everyone's… More details
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The Salmon of Doubt
Author: Douglas Adams Year: 2002 “I love deadlines. I… More details
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The Shadow of the Wind
Author: Carlos Ruiz Zafón Year: 2001 “Making money isn't… More details
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Equal Rites
Author: Terry Pratchett Year: 1987 “...it is well known… More details
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The Importance of Being Ear…
Author: Oscar Wilde Year: 1895 "It is very vulgar to… More details
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Les Misérables
Author: Victor Hugo Year: 1862 “A man is not idle because… More details
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Heart of Darkness
Artist: Joseph Conrad Year: 1899 “I don't like work--no… More details
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The Three Muskateers
Author: Alexandre Dumas Year: 1844 “The merit of all… More details
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The Pilgramage
Author: Paulo Coelho Year: 1987 “The busiest people I… More details
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Anna Karenina
Author: Leo Tolstoy Year: 1877 “But every acquisition… More details
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Little Women
Author: Louisa May Alcott Year: 1868 “Go on with your… More details
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David Copperfield
Author: Charles Dickens Year: 1850 “Annual income twenty… More details
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The Case-Book of Sherlock H…
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle Year: 1927 “Anything is better… More details
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No Country for Old Men
Author: Cormac McCarthy Year: 2005 “Well, I guess in all… More details
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Billy Budd
Author: Herman Melville Year: 1924 "There is nothing… More details
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Pygmalion
Author: George Bernard Shaw Year: 1912 "Happy is the… More details
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Pet Sematary
Author: Stephen King Year: 1983 “All work and no play… More details
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Robinson Crusoe
Author: Daniel Defoe Year: 1719 "Now I saw, though too… More details
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Mansfield Park
Author: Jane Austen Year: 1814 "There is nothing like… More details
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Dracula
Author: Bram Stoker Year: 1897 "We learn from failure,… More details
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Wreck of the Golden Mary
Author: Charles Dickens Year: 1856 "I admire machinery… More details
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The Alchemist
Author: Paolo Coehlo Year: 1988 “And, when you want… More details
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Winnie-the-Pooh
Author: A. A. Milne Year: 1926 “You can't stay in your… More details
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