<p>„Mir stellt sich die bibliothekarische Ordnungsfrage immer wieder unter dem Horizont der schmerzlichen Einsicht, dass ich meine Bücher in der verbleibenden Lebenszeit ohnehin niemals alle werde lesen können. Wonach soll ich unter A noch suchen: nach Ilse Aichinger oder der Antike, nach Asien oder dem absurden Theater?“</p><p><a href="https://www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/wie-ich-meine-buecher-sortiere-ld.1928561" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/wie-ich-meine-buecher-sortiere-ld.1928561"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/wie-ich-</span><span class="invisible">meine-buecher-sortiere-ld.1928561</span></a> ($)</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</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>
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<p>finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&q=https://reviewdb.app/book/04SQU23EBuXIYiFOvC8CSS" rel="nofollow">The Season</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑 <br>by Helen Garner.</p><p>The author shadows her grandson's under-16 Aussie Rules team for a season. A glimpse from the boundary line of boys on the cusp on manhood, the solidarity of teammates, the strange spiritual appeal of sport. Wonderfully written & absorbing, but it's still just footy and Melburnians are weird.</p><p><a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://aus.social/@wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>WildWoila</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://wyrms.de/user/wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wildwoila@wyrms.de</span></a></span><br></p>
<p>"Acclaimed author <a href="/tags/omarelakkad/" rel="tag">#OmarElAkkad</a> writes a powerful reflection [on] <a href="/tags/westernhypocrisy/" rel="tag">#WesternHypocrisy</a> over <a href="/tags/gaza/" rel="tag">#Gaza</a> in his book, <a href="/tags/onedayeveryonewillhavealwaysbeenagainstthis/" rel="tag">#OneDayEveryoneWillHaveAlwaysBeenAgainstThis</a>. We speak to El Akkad on the immense suffering that has occurred over the past two years of <a href="/tags/israel/" rel="tag">#Israel</a>'s genocidal war and examine how <a href="/tags/westernliberals/" rel="tag">#WesternLiberals</a> failed the people of Gaza." </p><p><a href="https://omny.fm/shows/the-take/glb-omarelakkad" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="omny.fm/shows/the-take/glb-omarelakkad"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">omny.fm/shows/the-take/glb-oma</span><span class="invisible">relakkad</span></a><br><a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#Palestine</a> <a href="/tags/warongaza/" rel="tag">#WarOnGaza</a> <a href="/tags/gazagenocide/" rel="tag">#GazaGenocide</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/usforeignpolicy/" rel="tag">#USforeignPolicy</a> <a href="/tags/liberalposturing/" rel="tag">#liberalPosturing</a> <a href="/tags/nioublinipardon/" rel="tag">#NiOubliNiPardon</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>
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Yoko Tawada Is A Genius In Any Language | Defector
<p>Digesting Dante</p><p>Dante’s success was far from guaranteed.</p><p>by Richard Hughes Gibson</p><p><a href="https://hedgehogreview.com/issues/lessons-of-babel/articles/digesting-dante" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="hedgehogreview.com/issues/lessons-of-babel/articles/digesting-dante"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hedgehogreview.com/issues/less</span><span class="invisible">ons-of-babel/articles/digesting-dante</span></a></p><p>Dante at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/507" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/507"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/507</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/translation/" rel="tag">#translation</a></p>
<p>Wake Up, Rip Van Winkle</p><p>Washington Irving’s story isn’t just about a very long nap. It’s about the making of America.</p><p>By John Swansburg</p><p><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/11/rip-van-winkle-founding-folktale/684333/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/11/rip-van-winkle-founding-folktale/684333/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theatlantic.com/magazine/a</span><span class="invisible">rchive/2025/11/rip-van-winkle-founding-folktale/684333/</span></a></p><p>Rip Van Winkle at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60976" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60976</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>Portuguese writer Camilo Castelo Branco died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1890.</p><p>One of his most famous novels is "Amor de Perdição", a tragic love story that is often compared to Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet." Camilo Castelo Branco's life was marked by personal and professional challenges, including periods of financial difficulty, imprisonment, and ill health, yet he remained a central figure in Portuguese literary circles.</p><p>Books by Camilo Castelo Branco at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/6699" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/6699"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/6699</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
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<p>English author, philosopher, literary and art critic G. K. Chesterton was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1874.</p><p>Chesterton created the character Father Brown, a Catholic priest and amateur detective. The first collection, "The Innocence of Father Brown," was published in 1911. His most famous novel is "The Man Who Was Thursday" (1908), a metaphysical thriller that explores themes of anarchy and order.</p><p>Books by G. K. Chesterton at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/80" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/80"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/80</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>"At times it has been doubtful to me if Emerson really knows or feels what Poetry is at its highest, as in the Bible, for instance, or Homer or Shakspeare. I see he covertly or plainly likes best superb verbal polish, or something old or odd."</p><p>Democratic Vistas: And Other Papers (ed. 1888)</p><p>~Walt Whitman (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) </p><p>Books by Walt Whitman at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/600" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/600"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/600</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p>
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<p>French mathematician Évariste Galois died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1832.</p><p>Galois developed a deep understanding of the relationship between polynomial equations and group theory. He showed how the solutions to polynomial equations are related to the structure of certain groups, now called Galois groups. This connection helps determine whether a polynomial can be solved by radicals (i.e., using a finite number of root extractions).</p><p>Galois at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/40484" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/40484"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/40484</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/mathematics/" rel="tag">#mathematics</a></p>
<p>I am re-reading one of my favorite <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a>: "The Snow Leopard" by Peter Matthiessen. It is a <a href="/tags/travel/" rel="tag">#travel</a> book set in 1973 in <a href="/tags/nepal/" rel="tag">#Nepal</a> as the author accompanies a <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> expedition into the <a href="/tags/himalayas/" rel="tag">#Himalayas</a>. It is a book about <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#nature</a> and a <a href="/tags/buddhist/" rel="tag">#Buddhist</a> introspection on grief and change.</p><p>The cool thing is that I am <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> the chapters on the day they were set. A really nice experience if you have never read such a book like that before.</p><p><a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/buddhism/" rel="tag">#buddhism</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>📚 The Last Family in England by: Matt Haig</p><p>Meet the Hunter family: Adam, Kate, and their children Hal and Charlotte. And Prince, their Labrador.</p><p>Prince is an earnest young dog, striving hard to live up to the tenets of the Labrador Pact (Remain Loyal to Your Human Masters, Serve and Protect Your Family at Any Cost). Other dogs, led by the Springer Spanie...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-last-family-in-england" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/the-last-family-in-england"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/the-last-f</span><span class="invisible">amily-in-england</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/general/" rel="tag">#general</a></p>
<p>📚 Circle of Days by: Ken Follett</p><p>A FLINT MINER WITH A GIFT</p><p>Seft, a talented flint miner, walks the Great Plain in the high summer heat, to witness the rituals that signal the start of a new year. He is there to trade his stone at the Midsummer Fair, and to find Neen, the girl he loves. Her family lives in prosperity and offer Seft an escape...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/circle-of-days" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/circle-of-days"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/circle-of-</span><span class="invisible">days</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/sagasfiction/" rel="tag">#sagasfiction</a> <a href="/tags/historical/" rel="tag">#historical</a> <a href="/tags/ancient/" rel="tag">#ancient</a></p>
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<p>German poet Georg Herwegh was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1817.</p><p>Herwegh's poetry is characterized by its passionate advocacy for freedom and democracy. He became famous with his collection "Gedichte eines Lebendigen", published in 1841. This work was widely acclaimed for its revolutionary zeal and critique of the existing social and political order.</p><p>Books by Georg Herwegh at Projekt Gutenberg-DE:<br><a href="https://www.projekt-gutenberg.org/autoren/namen/herwegh.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.projekt-gutenberg.org/autoren/namen/herwegh.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.projekt-gutenberg.org/auto</span><span class="invisible">ren/namen/herwegh.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p>
<p>Michael J. Fox on what made 'Back to the Future' so special: 'standing up to bullies' ☢️ 🎬 </p><p>"It's just about one thing that's relevant right now: it's about bullies. It's about standing up to bullies. We live in a really bully culture right now. There's something about seeing the little guys stick up to bullies that people love. I think there's also something about time, family & what we mean to each other."</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MesGmIiu9I" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MesGmIiu9I"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MesGm</span><span class="invisible">Iiu9I</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/backtothefuture/" rel="tag">#BackToTheFuture</a> <a href="/tags/michaeljfox/" rel="tag">#MichaelJFox</a> <a href="/tags/movies/" rel="tag">#Movies</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/futureboy/" rel="tag">#FutureBoy</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a></p>
<p>📚 A Sudden Light by: Garth Stein</p><p>Twenty-three years after the fateful summer of 1990, Trevor Riddell recalls the events surrounding his fourteenth birthday, when he gets his first glimpse of the infamous Riddell House. Built from the spoils of a massive timber fortune, the legendary family mansion is constructed of gi...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/a-sudden-light" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/a-sudden-light"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/a-sudden-l</span><span class="invisible">ight</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/generalfiction/" rel="tag">#generalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/ghostfiction/" rel="tag">#ghostfiction</a> <a href="/tags/literaryfiction/" rel="tag">#literaryfiction</a> <a href="/tags/familylife/" rel="tag">#familylife</a></p>
<p>finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&q=https://reviewdb.app/book/7LB3uLF8QrG0JvMu8V3oDr" rel="nofollow">Slade House</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑 <br>by David Mitchell.</p><p>Every nine years, people disappear into a house which otherwise can't be found. The author's usual layering of stories across different time periods gradually reveals the truth, though it's not particularly clever this time around. Dark arts & illusions, bit creepy, not really my thing.</p><p><a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#SFF</a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://aus.social/@wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>WildWoila</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://wyrms.de/user/wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wildwoila@wyrms.de</span></a></span><br></p>
<p>Medieval chess was more inclusive than the world around it</p><p>Black, white, Muslim, or Christian: Players found common ground across the board.</p><p>by Andrew Paul</p><p><a href="https://www.popsci.com/science/chess-medieval-race/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.popsci.com/science/chess-medieval-race/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.popsci.com/science/chess-m</span><span class="invisible">edieval-race/</span></a></p><p>Chess at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/1677" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/1677"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/1677</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/chess/" rel="tag">#chess</a></p>
<p>Jane Austen and theory of mind: how literary fiction sharpens your ‘mindreading’ skills</p><p>by Carmen Barajas and Noelia López-Montilla</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/jane-austen-and-theory-of-mind-how-literary-fiction-sharpens-your-mindreading-skills-266920?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Europe%20Newsletter%20-%203542436115&utm_content=Europe%20Newsletter%20-%203542436115+CID_490379ce8ca78e5d84d84d9e08fb5b81&utm_source=campaign_monitor_europe&utm_term=Jane%20Austen%20and%20theory%20of%20mind%20how%20literary%20fiction%20sharpens%20your%20mindreading%20skills" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/jane-austen-and-theory-of-mind-how-literary-fiction-sharpens-your-mindreading-skills-266920?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Europe%20Newsletter%20-%203542436115&utm_content=Europe%20Newsletter%20-%203542436115+CID_490379ce8ca78e5d84d84d9e08fb5b81&utm_source=campaign_monitor_europe&utm_term=Jane%20Austen%20and%20theory%20of%20mind%20how%20literary%20fiction%20sharpens%20your%20mindreading%20skills"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/jane-auste</span><span class="invisible">n-and-theory-of-mind-how-literary-fiction-sharpens-your-mindreading-skills-266920?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Europe%20Newsletter%20-%203542436115&utm_content=Europe%20Newsletter%20-%203542436115+CID_490379ce8ca78e5d84d84d9e08fb5b81&utm_source=campaign_monitor_europe&utm_term=Jane%20Austen%20and%20theory%20of%20mind%20how%20literary%20fiction%20sharpens%20your%20mindreading%20skills</span></a></p><p>Austen at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/68" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/68"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/68</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>"L'écriture est la peinture de la voix."</p><p>French writer & philosopher François-Marie Arouet died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1778.</p><p>Voltaire left his mark on his era through his literary output and political commitments. His influence on the educated classes was considerable in the decades preceding the French Revolution & in the early 19th century, but diminished thereafter with the triumph of Rousseauist philosophy & the development of pre-Romanticism.</p><p>Voltaire at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/913" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/913"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/913</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>"Taking the Civil War as his starting point for this trenchant survey of the <a href="/tags/americanleft/" rel="tag">#AmericanLeft</a>, Hartman offers us dozens of portraits of <a href="/tags/marxism/" rel="tag">#Marxism</a>’s main protagonists [...] and charts their triumphs and travails all the way up to the present." </p><p>Robin Blackburn reviews <a href="/tags/andrewhartman/" rel="tag">#AndrewHartman</a>'s <a href="/tags/karlmarxinamerica/" rel="tag">#KarlMarxInAmerica</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/society/karl-marx-in-america-marxism-in-us/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thenation.com/article/society/karl-marx-in-america-marxism-in-us/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thenation.com/article/soci</span><span class="invisible">ety/karl-marx-in-america-marxism-in-us/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/marx/" rel="tag">#Marx</a> <a href="/tags/americanmarxism/" rel="tag">#AmericanMarxism</a> <a href="/tags/usleft/" rel="tag">#USleft</a> <a href="/tags/ushistory/" rel="tag">#UShistory</a> <a href="/tags/americanhistory/" rel="tag">#AmericanHistory</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USpolitics</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>
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<p>I know it's Amazon, and I know it's because there's a discount! However, it's really nice to have hit <a href="/tags/1/" rel="tag">#1</a> in all three of the categories my wife chose to place "The Players Act 1" in. More importantly, she's knocked down the noted transphobe J.K.Rowling with a <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#LGBTQ</a> positive, <a href="/tags/neurodiverse/" rel="tag">#NeuroDiverse</a> <a href="/tags/workingclass/" rel="tag">#WorkingClass</a> cast of characters.</p><p><a href="/tags/drmfree/" rel="tag">#DRMFree</a> and available on <a href="/tags/kobo/" rel="tag">#Kobo</a> as well, we're keeping the price to 99p/c until 17th Oct if you fancy joining the troupe!<br><a href="https://lnkstk.swordandfiddle.co.uk/@players_1715" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lnkstk.swordandfiddle.co.uk/@players_1715"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lnkstk.swordandfiddle.co.uk/@p</span><span class="invisible">layers_1715</span></a><br><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/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>
<p>Alphabets From The Zanerian School of Penmanship, c.1910</p><p>These satisfying handwritten alphabets are from the 1900 and 1910 editions of penmanship guides, The New Zanerian Alphabets.</p><p>by Sheldon D.</p><p><a href="https://flashbak.com/alphabets-by-the-zanerian-school-of-penmanship-478686/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=alphabets-by-the-zanerian-school-of-penmanship" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="flashbak.com/alphabets-by-the-zanerian-school-of-penmanship-478686/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=alphabets-by-the-zanerian-school-of-penmanship"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">flashbak.com/alphabets-by-the-</span><span class="invisible">zanerian-school-of-penmanship-478686/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=alphabets-by-the-zanerian-school-of-penmanship</span></a></p><p>Alphabets at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=alphabets" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=alphabets"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">cts/search/?query=alphabets</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/alphabet/" rel="tag">#alphabet</a> <a href="/tags/calligraphy/" rel="tag">#calligraphy</a></p>
<p>English poet Alfred Austin was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1835.</p><p>Austin served as Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1896 until his death in 1913. Despite holding this prestigious position, his poetry received mixed reviews, and he is often remembered more for the controversies surrounding his appointment than for his literary accomplishments.</p><p>Books by Alfred Austin at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/37643" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/37643"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/37643</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p>
