modern fiction

collocation in English

meaningsofmodernandfiction

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modern
adjective
uk
/ˈmɒd.ən/us
/ˈmɑː.dɚn/
designed and made using the most recent ideas ...
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fiction
noun
uk
/ˈfɪk.ʃən/us
/ˈfɪk.ʃən/
the type of book or story that is written about imaginary characters and events and not based on real people ...
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(Definition ofmodernandfictionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Qualitymodernfictionis read by about 4% of the population and, of the serious reading done, the 'classics' account for only 11% of the works read.
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Modernfictionwriters have vividly presented the agonising situation in which we live today.
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The collection comprisesmodernfictionas well as non-fiction and audiovisual materials.
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Movies have taken their place, andmodernfictionseems to be in this rut of the coming-of-age story, which is getting really boring.
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Most works ofmodernfictioncombine visual and aural ways of reading, being not exclusively one or the other.
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This use, though rare in older fiction, is perhaps the most common inmodernfiction.
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Non-professional pursuits include constructing wood furniture and readingmodernfiction.
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Inmodernfiction, some one-eyed creatures are likewise frightening enemies, but others are friendly.
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This has continued withmodernfiction, particularly in the genre of science fiction.
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Such works have been the inspiration for a number of popularmodernfictionnovels.
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His rogues gallery is one of the most identifiable inmodernfiction.
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However, the library has a poor collection ofmodernfiction, which is often a cause of complaint.
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For me a nobela melds all of the heteroglossic elements thatmodernfictioneither ignores or puts between quotation marks.
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Architects also occur inmodernfiction.
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Braille books are available in all subject areas, ranging frommodernfictionto mathematics, music and law.
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Haines continued to write widely and to advocate for libraries to featuremodernfictionand a broad collection.
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