Why read this book? To better understand why this or that work of art was written exactly this way and what the author actually “wanted to say.” After all, there is nothing accidental in a certain arrangement of words in the text, in the description of the interior of the premises, weather conditions, the appearance of the characters, and even more so in their names and actions. Knowledge of the basics of literary theory helps to penetrate into the deep meaning of a work without missing important details, and makes the reading process itself unforgettable and exciting. There will be no more “boring books” for you, they will become books of discovery. “Literature for the Nervous” will tell you how works of different eras differ from each other, how they are structured, by what laws they exist, why they contain so many epithets, metaphors and allusions , what is a system of images, why monologues and dialogues are needed, how prototypes differ from archetypes... Now you will stop being nervous that you don’t understand anything in the writers’ texts, and putting off reading “for later”. On the contrary: suddenly it turns out that fiction is love at first sight. The publishing layout of the book is saved in PDF A4 format.