An Omnibus Post
Mar. 28th, 2013 12:13 amИз словаря Макмиллана: термины, связанные с книгой. Среди прочего:
- bodice-ripper: a book or film about romantic relationships in the 18th or 19th centuries, containing a lot of sex scenes;
- hagiography (also): a book about a person’s life that deliberately includes only good things about them;
- misery memoir: a book that someone writes about their own life in which they describe mainly sad things that have happened to them;
- omnibus: a book containing several stories that have already been printed separately;
- studbook: a book that lists the parents and ancestors of valuable animals, especially horses for racing or expensive dogs.