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Dune | Study Guide

Frank Herbert

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Overview

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Author

Frank Herbert

Year Published

1965

Type

Novel

Genre

Science Fiction

Perspective and Narrator

Dune is told by a third-person omniscient narrator who shifts in and out of characters' thoughts.

Tense

Dune is written in the past tense.

About the Title

The title Dune refers to the planet on which most of the action takes place. Though the planet is officially named Arrakis, it is also known as Dune because it is a sandy, desertlike planet with little water.

Summary

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