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BrokenSpineArts<p>"Discover the chaotic brilliance of A Confederacy of Dunces, a satire that still resonates."</p><p>📖 Explore the review:<br><a href="https://thebrokenspine.co.uk/2022/02/19/a-confederacy-of-dunces-by-john-kennedy-toole-a-review/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thebrokenspine.co.uk/2022/02/1</span><span class="invisible">9/a-confederacy-of-dunces-by-john-kennedy-toole-a-review/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LiteraryClassics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiteraryClassics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JohnKennedyToole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnKennedyToole</span></a></p>
FID Anglo-American Culture<p>You can check out this nice overview of some <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/coverart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coverart</span></a> he did for <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/LiteraryClassics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiteraryClassics</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/edward-goreys-illustrated-covers-for-literary-classics/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/edward-goreys-illus</span><span class="invisible">trated-covers-for-literary-classics/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illustration</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/EnglishLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishLiterature</span></a></p>
Jake in the desert<p>75 years ago today (June 8) in 1949, George Orwell's 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' was published.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/GeorgeOrwell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeorgeOrwell</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/novels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>novels</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/LiteraryClassics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiteraryClassics</span></a></p>
Faefyx Collington<p>Before I moved to America, I spent time in university reading classic American writings. Whether it’s Walt Whitman, Nathanial Hawthorne, or Ursula K. Le Guin, there’s something here for everyone.<br>(10 Internet Points to anyone who knows a fun fact that connects Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau!)<br>.<br>.<br>.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmericanLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanLiterature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NortonAnthology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NortonAnthology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LiteraryClassics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiteraryClassics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MarkTwain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarkTwain</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EmilyDickinson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmilyDickinson</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FScottFitzgerald" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FScottFitzgerald</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ToniMorrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToniMorrison</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SandraCisneros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SandraCisneros</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DavidFosterWallace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DavidFosterWallace</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JunotDiaz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JunotDiaz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LouiseErdrich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LouiseErdrich</span></a></p>
Tales from the Penny Bloods<p>Celebrating Sir Walter Scott, born on this day, 1771, historian, novelist, playwright, linguist and poet, &amp; considered one of the earliest historical novelists (his contemporary, Jane Porter had already made a name in that genre).</p><p>His influence was felt across Europe and America, with novels such as Ivanhoe, The Bride of Lammermoor, the Waverley series &amp; many more.</p><p>Happy Birthday, Sir Walter!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/birthdayboy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>birthdayboy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/literarybirthdays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literarybirthdays</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sirwalterscott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sirwalterscott</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/literaryclassics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literaryclassics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/romanticliterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>romanticliterature</span></a></p>
Art in a Blanket Fort<p>“What and how much had I lost by trying to do only what was expected of me instead of what I myself had wished to do?” ― Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man</p><p>Disillusionment best describes this book.</p><p>Sixth literary classic on this list:</p><p><a href="https://www.britannica.com/list/12-novels-considered-the-greatest-book-ever-written" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">britannica.com/list/12-novels-</span><span class="invisible">considered-the-greatest-book-ever-written</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/LiteraryClassics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiteraryClassics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Booksodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Booksodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/InvisibleMan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InvisibleMan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/RalphEllison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RalphEllison</span></a></p>
Art in a Blanket Fort<p>“I believe in teaching people to be individuals, and to understand other individuals.” ― E.M. Forster, A Passage to India</p><p>Misunderstandings Galore!</p><p>Fifth literary classic on this list:</p><p><a href="https://www.britannica.com/list/12-novels-considered-the-greatest-book-ever-written" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">britannica.com/list/12-novels-</span><span class="invisible">considered-the-greatest-book-ever-written</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/LiteraryClassics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiteraryClassics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Booksodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Booksodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/APassageToIndia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>APassageToIndia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/EMForester" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EMForester</span></a></p>
Art in a Blanket Fort<p>“Lost in the solitude of his immense power, he began to lose direction.” — Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude</p><p>Called Magic Realism. Created some truly disturbing images.</p><p>Fourth literary classic on this list:</p><p><a href="https://www.britannica.com/list/12-novels-considered-the-greatest-book-ever-written" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">britannica.com/list/12-novels-</span><span class="invisible">considered-the-greatest-book-ever-written</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/LiteraryClassics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiteraryClassics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Booksodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Booksodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/OneHundredYearsOfSolitude" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OneHundredYearsOfSolitude</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/GabrielGarciaMarquez" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GabrielGarciaMarquez</span></a></p>
Art in a Blanket Fort<p>“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby</p><p>Lessoned learned: Don’t make a person into a symbol for success.</p><p>The third book on this list:<br><a href="https://www.britannica.com/list/12-novels-considered-the-greatest-book-ever-written" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">britannica.com/list/12-novels-</span><span class="invisible">considered-the-greatest-book-ever-written</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/LiteraryClassics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiteraryClassics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Booksodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Booksodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/TheGreatGatsby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheGreatGatsby</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/FScottFitzgerald" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FScottFitzgerald</span></a></p>
Art in a Blanket Fort<p>“As you grow older, you’ll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don’t you forget it - whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from, that white man is trash.” — Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird</p><p>Never read this before, glad I did.</p><p>This was the second book on this list: <a href="https://www.britannica.com/list/12-novels-considered-the-greatest-book-ever-written" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">britannica.com/list/12-novels-</span><span class="invisible">considered-the-greatest-book-ever-written</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Booksodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Booksodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/LiteraryClassics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiteraryClassics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/HarperLee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HarperLee</span></a></p>
Art in a Blanket Fort<p>“I think...if it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts.” — Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina</p><p>So many minds and so many thoughts, even a dog’s confusion is written out in this book. Definitely describes the thinking and so much of the feelings of people in this place and time.</p><p>This literary classic was the first book on the following list:</p><p><a href="https://www.britannica.com/list/12-novels-considered-the-greatest-book-ever-written" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">britannica.com/list/12-novels-</span><span class="invisible">considered-the-greatest-book-ever-written</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Booksodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Booksodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/LiteraryClassics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiteraryClassics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/LeoTolstoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LeoTolstoy</span></a></p>
Melanie<p>“All true friendliness begins with fire and food and drink and the recognition of rain or frost.”</p><p>- G.K. Chesterton, What’s Wrong with the World<br> <br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/GKChesterton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GKChesterton</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ClassicBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClassicBooks</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/LiteraryClassics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiteraryClassics</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MoncreiffePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoncreiffePress</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/BookQuotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookQuotes</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/BookCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Bookish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bookish</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a></p>
Melanie<p>“He could not help, even unconsciously, asking himself all the questions that there were to be asked, and answering as many of them as he could; all that went on like his breathing or circulation.”</p><p>- G.K. Chesterton, The Wisdom of Father Brown<br> <br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/GKChesterton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GKChesterton</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/TheWisdomOfFatherBrown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheWisdomOfFatherBrown</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ClassicDetectiveFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClassicDetectiveFiction</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ClassicBritishMystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClassicBritishMystery</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Detective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Detective</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ClassicBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClassicBooks</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/LiteraryClassics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiteraryClassics</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MoncreiffePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoncreiffePress</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/BookQuotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookQuotes</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/BookCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Bookish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bookish</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a></p>
Melanie<p>“Suddenly, like a thing falling upon me from without, came fear.”</p><p>- H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds<br> <br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/HGWells" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HGWells</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/TheWarOfTheWorlds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheWarOfTheWorlds</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/SciFiClassics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciFiClassics</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/HorrorFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HorrorFiction</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ClassicBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClassicBooks</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/LiteraryClassics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiteraryClassics</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MoncreiffePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoncreiffePress</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/BookQuotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookQuotes</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/BookCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Bookish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bookish</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a></p>
Melanie<p>“But dreams come through stone walls, light up dark rooms, or darken light ones, and their persons make their exits and their entrances as they please, and laugh at locksmiths.”</p><p>- Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla 🦇 🎩 🕯️ <br> <br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/JosephSheridanLeFanu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JosephSheridanLeFanu</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Polidori" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Polidori</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Carmilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Carmilla</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/TheVampyre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheVampyre</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/VampireClassics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VampireClassics</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/VampireFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VampireFiction</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/GothicHorror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GothicHorror</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/HorrorFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HorrorFiction</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/HorrorClassics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HorrorClassics</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/VictorianLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VictorianLiterature</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ClassicBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClassicBooks</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/LiteraryClassics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiteraryClassics</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MoncreiffePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoncreiffePress</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/BookQuotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookQuotes</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/BookCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Bookish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bookish</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a></p>
Melanie<p>“I believe everything out of the common. The only thing to distrust is the normal.”</p><p>- John Buchan, The Thirty Nine Steps <br> <br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/JohnBuchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnBuchan</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/TheThirtyNineSteps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheThirtyNineSteps</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ScottishLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScottishLiterature</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Espionage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Espionage</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/SpyThriller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpyThriller</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Thriller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Thriller</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ClassicBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClassicBooks</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/LiteraryClassics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiteraryClassics</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MoncreiffePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoncreiffePress</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/BookQuotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookQuotes</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/BookCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Bookish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bookish</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a></p>
Melanie<p>All Serene - an ejaculation of acquiescence. Some years back a popular street cry. With or without application to actual fact, the words&nbsp;all serene&nbsp;were bawled from morning to night without any reference to the serenity of the unfortunate hearers.—See&nbsp;SERENE</p><p>- John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary<br> <br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/JohnCamdenHotten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnCamdenHotten</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/TheSlangDictionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheSlangDictionary</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/19thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>19thCentury</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Etymology</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Slang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Slang</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ClassicBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClassicBooks</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/LiteraryClassics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiteraryClassics</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MoncreiffePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoncreiffePress</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/BookQuotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookQuotes</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/BookCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Bookish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bookish</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a></p>
Melanie<p>‘In the drowsy heat of the summer afternoon the Red House was taking its siesta. There was a lazy murmur of bees in the flower-borders, a gentle cooing of pigeons in the tops of the elms.’</p><p>- A. A. Milne, The Red House Mystery<br> <br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/AAMilne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AAMilne</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/TheRedHouseMystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheRedHouseMystery</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ClassicDetectiveFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClassicDetectiveFiction</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ClassicBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClassicBooks</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/LiteraryClassics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiteraryClassics</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MoncreiffePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoncreiffePress</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/LiteraryQuotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiteraryQuotes</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/BookQuotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookQuotes</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/BookCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Bookish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bookish</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a></p>
Melanie<p>“Love born in the brain is more spirited, doubtless, than true love, but it has only flashes of enthusiasm; it knows itself too well.”</p><p>- Stendhal, The Red and the Black<br> <br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Stendhal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stendhal</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/TheRedAndTheBlack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheRedAndTheBlack</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/19thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>19thCentury</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/FrenchLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FrenchLiterature</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ClassicBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClassicBooks</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/LiteraryClassics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiteraryClassics</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MoncreiffePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoncreiffePress</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/LiteraryQuotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiteraryQuotes</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/BookQuotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookQuotes</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/BookCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Bookish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bookish</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a></p>
Melanie<p>“Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childish days; that can recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth; that can transport the sailor and the traveller, thousands of miles away, back to his own fire-side and his quiet home!”</p><p>- Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers<br> <br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/CharlesDickens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharlesDickens</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ThePickwickPapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThePickwickPapers</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/19thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>19thCentury</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ChristmasBookQuotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChristmasBookQuotes</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ClassicBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClassicBooks</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/LiteraryClassics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiteraryClassics</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MoncreiffePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoncreiffePress</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/BookQuotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookQuotes</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/BookCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Bookish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bookish</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a></p>