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The first line of Mrs. Dalloway is one of the best-known in literature. Here's a closer look at how it set up the rest of the novel.
The retellings classics inspire can be glorious. Here are a few reasons why they may even be better than the original stories.
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From majlis in the pre-Islamic Arab world to Gertrude Stein in Paris to Black Twitter, the literary salon has transformed, but it endures.
Who was George Villiers? Here’s the short answer: George Villiers was an extremely messy bisexual in 17th century England.
Let me tell you about the wild, romantic, and tragic intersecting love lives of Andersen, Hawthorne, Melville, and Dickens.
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Anne Brontë - an investigation into the Victorian novelist's life and how she became the forgotten Brontë sister.
