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<p>Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë is free to download. You don&#x27;t have to buy it. <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/emily-bronte/wuthering-heights" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="standardebooks.org/ebooks/emily-bronte/wuthering-heights"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">standardebooks.org/ebooks/emil</span><span class="invisible">y-bronte/wuthering-heights</span></a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#Book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>

<p>Typing for Love or Money<br>The Hidden Women’s Labor behind Modern Literary Masterpieces</p><p><a href="https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/typing-for-love-or-money/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="publicdomainreview.org/essay/typing-for-love-or-money/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">publicdomainreview.org/essay/t</span><span class="invisible">yping-for-love-or-money/</span></a></p><p>At PG:</p><p>&quot;The Story of the Typewriter&quot;:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60794" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60794</a></p><p>Books by Henry James:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/113" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/113"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/113</span></a></p><p>&quot;Henry James at Work&quot; by Theodora Bosanquet:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63377" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63377</a></p><p>Books by T. S. Eliot:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/599" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/599"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/599</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/womenhistorymonth/" rel="tag">#womenhistoryMonth</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>Radcliffe Acquires a Black Feminist’s Archive</p><p>An architect of Black women’s studies, Barbara Smith introduced the concepts of “identity politics” and “intersectionality.”</p><p>by Lydialyle Gibson</p><p><a href="https://www.harvardmagazine.com/museums-collections/barbara-smith-papers-harvard-radcliffe-institute?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=newsletter&amp;utm_term=weekly&amp;utm_content=one-of-harvards-oldest-structures-is-hiding-behind-a-beer-garden&amp;utm_campaign=032026" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.harvardmagazine.com/museums-collections/barbara-smith-papers-harvard-radcliffe-institute?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=newsletter&amp;utm_term=weekly&amp;utm_content=one-of-harvards-oldest-structures-is-hiding-behind-a-beer-garden&amp;utm_campaign=032026"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.harvardmagazine.com/museum</span><span class="invisible">s-collections/barbara-smith-papers-harvard-radcliffe-institute?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=newsletter&amp;utm_term=weekly&amp;utm_content=one-of-harvards-oldest-structures-is-hiding-behind-a-beer-garden&amp;utm_campaign=032026</span></a></p><p>Black fiction &amp; Feminism at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=black+fiction" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=black+fiction"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=black+fiction</span></a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=feminism" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=feminism"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=feminism</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/womenhistorymonth/" rel="tag">#womenhistoryMonth</a></p>

<p>The Real Count of Monte Cristo Was Alexandre Dumas’ Father, a Trailblazing Black General</p><p>Ahead of the March 22 premiere of a new TV adaptation, learn about the life of Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, the French Army officer who inspired the beloved novel</p><p>by Joel Sams</p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-real-count-of-monte-cristo-was-alexandre-dumas-father-a-trailblazing-black-general-180988347/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-real-count-of-monte-cristo-was-alexandre-dumas-father-a-trailblazing-black-general-180988347/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smithsonianmag.com/history</span><span class="invisible">/the-real-count-of-monte-cristo-was-alexandre-dumas-father-a-trailblazing-black-general-180988347/</span></a></p><p>The Count of Monte Cristo at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1184" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1184</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>So disappointing Libby won&#x27;t change it&#x27;s stance on allowing AI-created books. </p><p>Can&#x27;t we have anything nice?</p><p><a href="/tags/antiai/" rel="tag">#AntiAI</a> <a href="/tags/libby/" rel="tag">#Libby</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

<p>Elizabeth Gaskell: The Unsung Author Jane Austen And Brontë Fans Will Love</p><p>The Victorian writer had the wit of one, and the friendship of the other.</p><p>By Amy Glover</p><p><a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/read-gaskell-if-you-like-bronte-austen_uk_69aaaff3e4b0bda876a8b99a" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/read-gaskell-if-you-like-bronte-austen_uk_69aaaff3e4b0bda876a8b99a"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry</span><span class="invisible">/read-gaskell-if-you-like-bronte-austen_uk_69aaaff3e4b0bda876a8b99a</span></a></p><p>Gaskell at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/220" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/220"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/220</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/womenhistorymonth/" rel="tag">#womenhistoryMonth</a></p>

<p>RE: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@VeroniqueB99/116211809285100124" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.social/@VeroniqueB99/116211809285100124"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@VeroniqueB99/</span><span class="invisible">116211809285100124</span></a></p><p>This is the kind of love story I like around here, shut up I&#x27;m not crying, you&#x27;re crying... 😊 </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@galacticwriters" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>galacticwriters</span></a></span> @writers <a href="https://lemmy.world/u/books" rel="nofollow">@books</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@joinin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>joinin</span></a></span><br>@keepwriting </p><p><a href="/tags/writingmemes/" rel="tag">#WritingMemes</a> <a href="/tags/meme/" rel="tag">#Meme</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#Memes</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#Humour</a> <br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#Author</a> <a href="/tags/authors/" rel="tag">#Authors</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#IndieAuthor</a> <a href="/tags/indiebooks/" rel="tag">#IndieBooks</a> <a href="/tags/amwriting/" rel="tag">#AmWriting</a> <a href="/tags/writerdons/" rel="tag">#Writerdons</a> <a href="/tags/writers/" rel="tag">#Writers</a> <a href="/tags/writer/" rel="tag">#Writer</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#Writing</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/writinglife/" rel="tag">#Writinglife</a> <a href="/tags/writersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#WritersOfMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a></p>

Time-Wasting, Truth-Wasting Exercises | Los Angeles Review of Books <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://sopuli.xyz/post/42343102">See Original Page</a> </small>

<p>I am one of the nearly 10,000 authors contributing our names to Don&#x27;t Steal This Book; a protest launched today at the London Book Fair. </p><p>If AI developers wish to use our work in their software they can ask us for permission. If we agree, they can pay us to license it on clearly defined terms. </p><p>This is how copyright operates. </p><p>Tech companies ignoring copyright is theft. For the UK government to even consider allowing this to continue is a disgrace.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/10/thousands-authors-publish-empty-book-protest-ai-work-copyright" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/10/thousands-authors-publish-empty-book-protest-ai-work-copyright"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/technology</span><span class="invisible">/2026/mar/10/thousands-authors-publish-empty-book-protest-ai-work-copyright</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a></p>

<p>Excerpt of an older review by Isabella Thordenson.<br>Laughing the whole time to me is the most postive feedback I can get 😊 </p><p>Part One available here: <a href="https://books2read.com/b/m0pJYA" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/b/m0pJYA</a></p><p><a href="https://lemmy.world/u/books" rel="nofollow">@books</a> @reading@fedigroups.sociall @fantasy <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@humor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>humor</span></a></span> @humor@lemmy.world @aiop<br> <br><a href="/tags/wipwednesday/" rel="tag">#WIPWednesday</a> <a href="/tags/amwriting/" rel="tag">#AmWriting</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#IndieAuthor</a> <a href="/tags/ebook/" rel="tag">#eBook</a> <a href="/tags/ebooks/" rel="tag">#eBooks</a><br><a href="/tags/specualtivefiction/" rel="tag">#SpecualtiveFiction</a> <a href="/tags/fantasybooks/" rel="tag">#FantasyBooks</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/worldbuilding/" rel="tag">#WorldBuilding</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#SciFi</a> <a href="/tags/satire/" rel="tag">#Satire</a> <a href="/tags/cynicism/" rel="tag">#Cynicism</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#Humour</a> <a href="/tags/comedy/" rel="tag">#Comedy</a><br><a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#Book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/novels/" rel="tag">#Novels</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#Bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/fantasybooks/" rel="tag">#FantasyBooks</a><br><a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#Review</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#Bookreview</a> <a href="/tags/recommendation/" rel="tag">#Recommendation</a></p>

<p>In honor of the <a href="/tags/transrightsreadathon/" rel="tag">#transrightsreadathon</a> what are some of your favorite books by Trans authors and/or with Trans main characters? Trans as in falls outside the cisgender binary in any way (nonbinary, 2Spirit, gendernonconforming, agender etc) <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/transrights/" rel="tag">#transrights</a></p>

<p>What we can learn from scientific analysis of Renaissance recipes</p><p>Multispectral imaging, proteomics, historical texts yield new insights into 16th-century medical manuals.</p><p>by Jennifer Ouellette </p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/renaissance-diy-science-people-tested-tweaked-home-remedy-recipes/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/renaissance-diy-science-people-tested-tweaked-home-remedy-recipes/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/science/2026/0</span><span class="invisible">3/renaissance-diy-science-people-tested-tweaked-home-remedy-recipes/</span></a></p><p>The Pleasures of the Table by George H. Ellwanger at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/419" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/419"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/books</span><span class="invisible">helf/419</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/cooking/" rel="tag">#cooking</a></p>

<p>Is the essence of all litterature what someone would die for, or is it just to die, that is the question 😜😂 </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@reading" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>reading</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@joinin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>joinin</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://lemmy.world/u/books" rel="nofollow">@books</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@humor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>humor</span></a></span> @humor@lemmy.world @aiop <br> <br><a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#Book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookmemes/" rel="tag">#BookMemes</a> <a href="/tags/meme/" rel="tag">#Meme</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#Memes</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#Humour</a> <a href="/tags/funny/" rel="tag">#Funny</a><br><a href="/tags/readingmemes/" rel="tag">#ReadingMemes</a> <a href="/tags/readallthebooks/" rel="tag">#ReadAllTheBooks</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#Readers</a> <a href="/tags/readersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#ReadersOfMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#ReadingCommunity</a><br><a href="/tags/litterature/" rel="tag">#Litterature</a> <a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/novels/" rel="tag">#Novels</a> <a href="/tags/bookshelf/" rel="tag">#Bookshelf</a> <a href="/tags/mastobooks/" rel="tag">#Mastobooks</a> <a href="/tags/booksofmastodon/" rel="tag">#BooksofMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookworm/" rel="tag">#Bookworm</a> <a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#Bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booklove/" rel="tag">#BookLove</a></p>

<p>Upcoming new release IMAGINE A FRIEND by David Quantick is “really lovely” and is a perfect all-ages novella for changes in season and life. Out Tuesday, March 10! Order from your favorite bookseller.<br><a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/fantasybooks/" rel="tag">#fantasybooks</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/nostalgia/" rel="tag">#nostalgia</a><br><a href="https://www.starsandsabers.com/books/imagine-a-friend/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.starsandsabers.com/books/imagine-a-friend/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.starsandsabers.com/books/i</span><span class="invisible">magine-a-friend/</span></a></p>

<p>Literary Celebrity, Mussolini’s Mouthpiece, AND American Traitor: Who Was Ezra Pound?</p><p>Stephen Harding on the Modernist Poet and His Fascist Politics</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/literary-celebrity-mussolinis-mouthpiece-and-american-traitor-who-was-ezra-pound/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/literary-celebrity-mussolinis-mouthpiece-and-american-traitor-who-was-ezra-pound/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/literary-celebrity-</span><span class="invisible">mussolinis-mouthpiece-and-american-traitor-who-was-ezra-pound/</span></a></p><p>Books by Pound at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2637" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2637"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/2637</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>Is <a href="/tags/thephantomtollbooth/" rel="tag">#ThePhantomTollbooth</a> good? I&#x27;ve never read it. At least I don&#x27;t think I have. Is it a fun read? <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/kidslit/" rel="tag">#KidsLit</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#SciFi</a>?</p>

<p>📚 We Do Not Part by: Han Kang</p><p>One winter morning in Seoul, Kyungha receives an urgent message from her friend Inseon to visit her at the hospital. Inseon has injured herself in an accident, and she begs Kyungha to return to Jeju Island, where she lives, to save her beloved pet—a white bird called Ama. A snowstorm h...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/we-do-not-part" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/we-do-not-part"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/we-do-not-</span><span class="invisible">part</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/literaryfiction/" rel="tag">#literaryfiction</a> <a href="/tags/friendshipfiction/" rel="tag">#friendshipfiction</a> <a href="/tags/worldliterature/" rel="tag">#worldliterature</a> <a href="/tags/korea/" rel="tag">#korea</a></p>

Why it pays to be bored <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmy.world/post/44614747">See Original Page</a> </small>

<p>‘The Tibetan Book of the Dead’ is actually not just about death</p><p>The Tibetan Book of the Dead,” arguably is the most well-known Tibetan Buddhist text outside Tibet.</p><p>by Jue Liang</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/the-tibetan-book-of-the-dead-is-actually-not-just-about-death-247174" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/the-tibetan-book-of-the-dead-is-actually-not-just-about-death-247174"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/the-tibeta</span><span class="invisible">n-book-of-the-dead-is-actually-not-just-about-death-247174</span></a></p><p>Buddhist literature at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/37455" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/37455"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/37455</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/buddhism/" rel="tag">#buddhism</a></p>

<p>Charles Darwin Drawings and Doodles</p><p>At some point the Darwin children found their father&#x27;s masterpiece, On the Origin of Species and drew all over it.</p><p>by Sheldon D.</p><p><a href="https://flashbak.com/charles-darwin-drawings-and-doodles-481760/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=charles-darwin-drawings-and-doodles" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="flashbak.com/charles-darwin-drawings-and-doodles-481760/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=charles-darwin-drawings-and-doodles"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">flashbak.com/charles-darwin-dr</span><span class="invisible">awings-and-doodles-481760/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=charles-darwin-drawings-and-doodles</span></a></p><p>Illustrations in Darwin Online:<br><a href="https://darwin-online.org.uk/graphics/illustrations.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="darwin-online.org.uk/graphics/illustrations.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">darwin-online.org.uk/graphics/</span><span class="invisible">illustrations.html</span></a></p><p>Darwin Correspondence Project at University of Cambridge:<br><a href="https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letters/diagrams-and-drawings-letters" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letters/diagrams-and-drawings-letters"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter</span><span class="invisible">s/diagrams-and-drawings-letters</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookillustration/" rel="tag">#bookillustration</a></p>

<p>The Dante Map: Mary Hensman’s Masterpiece</p><p>Posted by: Cynthia Smith</p><p>&quot;In celebration of Women’s History Month, I am featuring the map below. It was designed by the 19th century scholar and mapmaker Mary Hensman. The map is a detailed guide to the places that the Italian poet Dante Alighieri visited as well as the locations mentioned in his literary works.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://blogs.loc.gov/maps/2026/03/the-dante-map-mary-hensmans-masterpiece/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blogs.loc.gov/maps/2026/03/the-dante-map-mary-hensmans-masterpiece/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blogs.loc.gov/maps/2026/03/the</span><span class="invisible">-dante-map-mary-hensmans-masterpiece/</span></a></p><p>Books by Dante at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Dante+Alighieri" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Dante+Alighieri"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=Dante+Alighieri</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/cartography/" rel="tag">#cartography</a> <a href="/tags/womenshistorymonth/" rel="tag">#womenshistorymonth</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/naomiklein/" rel="tag">#NaomiKlein</a> on <a href="/tags/trumpism/" rel="tag">#Trumpism</a> and Our Age of ‘Unlikely Bedfellows’ </p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-naomi-klein.html?unlocked_article_code=1.VFA.F2f6.2-NayTObdyEi&amp;smid=url-share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-naomi-klein.html?unlocked_article_code=1.VFA.F2f6.2-NayTObdyEi&amp;smid=url-share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/opi</span><span class="invisible">nion/ezra-klein-podcast-naomi-klein.html?unlocked_article_code=1.VFA.F2f6.2-NayTObdyEi&amp;smid=url-share</span></a><br><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/farright/" rel="tag">#farRight</a> <a href="/tags/altright/" rel="tag">#altRight</a> <a href="/tags/conspiracism/" rel="tag">#conspiracism</a> <a href="/tags/doppelgänger/" rel="tag">#Doppelgänger</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>

<p>Happy π Day! And Albert Einstein was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> 147 years ago!</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi</a></p><p>Isaac Newton used infinite series to compute π to 15 digits, later writing &quot;I am ashamed to tell you to how many figures I carried these computations&quot;.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi#cite_note-Newton-60" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi#cite_note-Newton-60"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi#cite_</span><span class="invisible">note-Newton-60</span></a></p><p>&quot;I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.&quot;</p><p>Einstein at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1630" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1630"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1630</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/mathematicsday/" rel="tag">#mathematicsDay</a></p>

<p>“The more time you spend here in the Highlands, the more you recognise and realise and come to feel yourself part of the different layers of the land [… people] see it as wild and untameable, when in actual fact it is very much a human landscape”</p><p>—Annie Worsley recommends her best five books on the Scottish Highlands</p><p><a href="https://fivebooks.com/best-books/scottish-highlands-annie-worsley/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="fivebooks.com/best-books/scottish-highlands-annie-worsley/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fivebooks.com/best-books/scott</span><span class="invisible">ish-highlands-annie-worsley/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/naturewriting/" rel="tag">#naturewriting</a> <a href="/tags/memoir/" rel="tag">#memoir</a> <a href="/tags/nanshepherd/" rel="tag">#NanShepherd</a> <a href="/tags/normanmaccaig/" rel="tag">#NormanMacCaig</a> <a href="/tags/highlands/" rel="tag">#Highlands</a> <a href="/tags/scottishhighlands/" rel="tag">#ScottishHighlands</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1869 writer Algernon Blackwood was born. He &quot;was an English broadcasting narrator, journalist, novelist and short story writer, and among the most prolific ghost story writers in the history of the genre.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algernon_Blackwood" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algernon_Blackwood"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algernon</span><span class="invisible">_Blackwood</span></a></p><p>Books by Blackwood at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1370" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1370"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1370</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>