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Snafu Days - My Bookish Life 27 Aug 2013 | 01:08 pm
I woke up this morning thinking about a quote from Mark Twain: "Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life." I guess it was one of those days, when thoughts like that po...
The Yellow Wallpaper 26 Aug 2013 | 09:04 am
Charlotte Perkins Gilman writes: "While we flatter ourselves that things remain the same, they are changing under our very eyes from year to year, from day to day." In The Yellow Wallpaper, Gilman dr...
Succeed in Your Literature Class? Here's how... 26 Aug 2013 | 06:01 am
Whether you're taking an English class in high school or registered for a literature class in college, learn steps you can take to succeed in your literature class. Listening, reading, and being prepa...
Jane Eyre Arrives on the Literary Scene 24 Aug 2013 | 06:01 am
Jane Eyre is still a great favorite to readers around the world. That's why it's interesting to note that on August 24, 1847, Charlotte Bronte sent off her famous work to the publishing house, Smith E...
Are You Going Back to School? 20 Aug 2013 | 06:01 am
Do you remember all of those first days of school? Every year, I'd get that sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach. Then, after a few days, the school routine would kick in... What are your memories...
Found Quote for Today 19 Aug 2013 | 09:04 am
Orson Scott Card once wrote: "Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six of them. Most people don't see any." Do you ever see something h...
Night Gathers in Literature 19 Aug 2013 | 06:01 am
I love night! There's something about the play of light and shadows--the sometimes almost-perfect silence... until the crickets start their song. I love the spots of light: fireflies flashing back and...
Guy de Maupassant' Surprise Endings 5 Aug 2013 | 06:01 am
Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) was a famous French writer, who was born on August 5, 1850. He was a French writer of naturalism. With his photographic memory, he was able to capture details and scenes ...
Middlemarch 2 Aug 2013 | 09:04 am
On August 2, 1869, George Eliot (pseudonym for Mary Ann Evans) began to write Middlemarch, which would become one of her most beloved works. Middlemarch is an epic novel--one of the most representativ...
A Dream to Live By... Madame Bovary 1 Aug 2013 | 09:04 am
A 2007 Time poll places Madame Bovary at the forefront of classic novels in world literature (along with Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina). And, it's no wonder! The novel offers something for everyone: a c...
