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<p><a href="/tags/denmark/" rel="tag">#Denmark</a> abolishes VAT on <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> in order to address the <a href="/tags/readingcrisis/" rel="tag">#ReadingCrisis</a>.</p><p>I think that&#x27;s a great idea! While crap is generally free to read, see <a href="/tags/x/" rel="tag">#X</a> etc., why would we want make quality content less accessible by imposing taxes!?</p><p>Well ok, while certainly not every book is great, there is still a tendency that longer formats allow for a higher quality in information, education or entertainment.</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crm48mvl33ro" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bbc.com/news/articles/crm48mvl33ro"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bbc.com/news/articles/crm4</span><span class="invisible">8mvl33ro</span></a></p>

<p>Emily Wilson Explores The Aeneid ’s Influence on the Contemporary Western World</p><p>“This ancient epic raises profound, provocative questions that are now more pressing than ever.”</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/emily-wilson-explores-the-aeneid-s-influence-on-the-contemporary-western-world/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/emily-wilson-explores-the-aeneid-s-influence-on-the-contemporary-western-world/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/emily-wilson-explor</span><span class="invisible">es-the-aeneid-s-influence-on-the-contemporary-western-world/</span></a></p><p>Aeneid at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Aeneid" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Aeneid"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=Aeneid</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/drama/" rel="tag">#drama</a></p>

<p>It’s Okay to Hate The House of Mirth</p><p>Carlo Rotella on Reading (and Learning) from Books We Dislike</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/its-okay-to-hate-the-house-of-mirth/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01K455MNE7FGVP60QQ77KYY6ZB&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/its-okay-to-hate-the-house-of-mirth/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01K455MNE7FGVP60QQ77KYY6ZB&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/its-okay-to-hate-th</span><span class="invisible">e-house-of-mirth/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01K455MNE7FGVP60QQ77KYY6ZB&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</span></a></p><p>The House of Mirth at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=The+House+of+Mirth" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=The+House+of+Mirth"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=The+House+of+Mirth</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/literarycriticism/" rel="tag">#literarycriticism</a></p>

<p>Be forewarned if you haven&#x27;t seen Materialists yet, this does a really deep dive into the movie while cross-referencing Jane.</p><p><a href="https://electricliterature.com/jane-austen-did-it-better/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="electricliterature.com/jane-austen-did-it-better/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">electricliterature.com/jane-au</span><span class="invisible">sten-did-it-better/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/amreading/" rel="tag">#AmReading</a> <a href="/tags/amwriting/" rel="tag">#AmWriting</a> @bookstodon <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#ReadingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/regency/" rel="tag">#Regency</a> <a href="/tags/georgian/" rel="tag">#Georgian</a> <a href="/tags/janeausten/" rel="tag">#JaneAusten</a> @romancelandia</p>

<p>给前两天说的花了一倍价钱淘旧书补充个说明，我应该属于花钱比较节俭的人，但购物欲一点也不低，上班几天就得通过消费抚慰一下，在抠搜与花钱之间最终找到淘二手书这条途径，也就是不管怎么说钱花在书上不冤。当然，钱花得越少就能存得越多，多年下来关注各种淘旧书的途径（跟关注股价指数似的），发现是 Thrift Shop 的价格最划算，本地的一间店里软皮 $0.50 一本，硬皮近年来升到了 $1.25 一本；邻镇的店里更便宜，软皮 $0.25 一本，硬皮 $0.50 一本，缺点是镇上人口不多，书源较少；而本地图书馆处理书的价钱最近调整为无论软硬皆为 $0.50 一本，但书更新得没有 Thrift Shop 的勤；而我前两天淘的书来源于 Goodwill，这家非营利公司好像统一了书的定价，软皮 $0.99 一本，硬皮 $1.99 一本，Amazon 上热销书还要更贵一些，$2.99 起跳，我如果不是特别喜欢就不会在 Goodwill 里买了。现在的淘书频率大概是一周一次，平均每周能淘个一到两本，所以一年也就是一百来本，加起来也贵不到哪里去，但购物欲就轻易地被满足了，就算买回来不读（喂！）也觉得是赚了。现在读书的频率大概一年也能到一百本，但问题是读的那一百本跟淘的这一百本不大重合，所以想读未读那个列表越来越长，今年是不是要往这个方向努力努力（到现在还在问这个问题估计就是没戏）？</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a></p>

<p>4 Ways Jane Austen Was a Proto-Feminist Icon</p><p>Feminism as we know it today didn’t exist in Austen’s time—but there is still a great deal of feminist inspiration to be taken from the author’s novels, life, and legacy.</p><p>By Faye Keegan</p><p><a href="https://www.mentalfloss.com/literature/authors/jane-austen-proto-feminist-icon" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.mentalfloss.com/literature/authors/jane-austen-proto-feminist-icon"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.mentalfloss.com/literature</span><span class="invisible">/authors/jane-austen-proto-feminist-icon</span></a></p><p>Jane 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>English author, poet, and gardener Vita Sackville-West was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1892. </p><p>She published more than a dozen collections of poetry and 13 novels during her life. She was twice awarded the Hawthornden Prize for Imaginative Literature: in 1927 for her pastoral epic, The Land, &amp; in 1933 for her Collected Poems. She was the inspiration for the protagonist of Orlando: A Biography, by her friend &amp; lover Virginia Woolf.</p><p>Vita Sackville-West at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/34850" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/34850"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/34850</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>Zelda Fitzgerald died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1948.</p><p>She was an American novelist, socialite, and the wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Zelda Fitzgerald herself was an important figure in the cultural scene of the 1920s and 1930s, known for her own writing, her artistic talents, and her tumultuous relationship with her husband. She struggled with mental health issues throughout her life and has been the subject of much fascination and analysis in literary and cultural circles.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1859, Harriet E. Wilson publishes her novel, Our Nig. </p><p>&quot;Harriet E. Wilson (March 15, 1825 – June 28, 1900) was an African-American novelist. She was the first African American to publish a novel in North America.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_E._Wilson" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_E._Wilson"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_</span><span class="invisible">E._Wilson</span></a></p><p>&quot;Our Nig&quot; at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/584" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/584</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/africanamerican/" rel="tag">#africanamerican</a></p>

<p>Just a quick reminder...</p><p>If you’ve read my book, &#x27;Drystone - A Life Rebuilt&#x27; I’d be grateful if you left a review wherever you prefer. </p><p>This isn’t a plea for 5 star ratings; it’s a request for honesty. Books are personal: I dislike plenty, feel neutral about many, and love a few. Whatever your response, reviews really help. A wall of 5-stars is wonderful, but it can also feel suspicious to readers. A mix of perspectives shows the book is being read seriously. </p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a></p>

Kevin A. Young at the Binghamton Upstate Anarchist Book Fair <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://slrpnk.net/post/27237016">See Original Page</a> </small>

<p>Glory Edim on Jessie Redmon Fauset’s Remarkable—and Forgotten—Plum Bun</p><p>Remembering the Work of “The Crisis” Editor and Harlem Renaissance Writer</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/glory-edim-on-jessie-redmon-fausets-remarkable-and-forgotten-plum-bun/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/glory-edim-on-jessie-redmon-fausets-remarkable-and-forgotten-plum-bun/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/glory-edim-on-jessi</span><span class="invisible">e-redmon-fausets-remarkable-and-forgotten-plum-bun/</span></a></p><p>Harlem Renaissance at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=Harlem+Renaissance" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=Harlem+Renaissance"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">cts/search/?query=Harlem+Renaissance</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Kevin A. Young at the Binghamton Upstate Anarchist Book Fair <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmy.world/post/35642711">See Original Page</a> </small>

<p>I wrote a book and i am sharing it with everyone. Email request access required (the web is a jungle right now)<br><a href="https://humble.opticmystic.io/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>humble.opticmystic.io/</a></p><p>pdf version available through email request (the web is a jungle right now).</p><p>some inspiration was taken from<br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://dair-community.social/@emilymbender" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>emilymbender</span></a></span> </p><p>you may like <span class="h-card"><a href="https://climatejustice.social/@GeofCox" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GeofCox</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@bodhipaksa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bodhipaksa</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>aral</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/humble/" rel="tag">#humble</a> <a href="/tags/world/" rel="tag">#world</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/philosophy/" rel="tag">#philosophy</a> <a href="/tags/puns/" rel="tag">#puns</a> <a href="/tags/love/" rel="tag">#love</a> <a href="/tags/typography/" rel="tag">#typography</a></p>

<p>King James I and the Macbeth Witches</p><p>The ever-pragmatic Shakespeare added witches to the Scottish play to please his new patron, King James I of England.</p><p>By: Emily Zarevich </p><p><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/king-james-i-and-the-macbeth-witches/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01K4AA1HZHDFDF6ETVJ03399HB&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daily.jstor.org/king-james-i-and-the-macbeth-witches/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01K4AA1HZHDFDF6ETVJ03399HB&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daily.jstor.org/king-james-i-a</span><span class="invisible">nd-the-macbeth-witches/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01K4AA1HZHDFDF6ETVJ03399HB&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</span></a></p><p>Macbeth at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1533" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1533</a></p><p><a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a></p>

<p>Hear Joey Ramone Sing a Piece by John Cage Adapted from James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake</p><p><a href="https://www.openculture.com/2025/08/hear-joey-ramone-sing-a-piece-adapted-from-james-joyces-finnegans-wake.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.openculture.com/2025/08/hear-joey-ramone-sing-a-piece-adapted-from-james-joyces-finnegans-wake.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.openculture.com/2025/08/he</span><span class="invisible">ar-joey-ramone-sing-a-piece-adapted-from-james-joyces-finnegans-wake.html</span></a></p><p>“The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs&quot;</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>📚 Minor Black Figures by: Brandon Taylor</p><p>A newcomer to New York, Wyeth is a Black painter who grew up in the South and is trying to find his place in the contemporary Manhattan art scene. It&#x27;s challenging. Gallery shows displaying bad art. Pretentious artists jockeying for attention. The gossip and the backstabbing. While his...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/minor-black-figures" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/minor-black-figures"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/minor-blac</span><span class="invisible">k-figures</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/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#lgbtq</a> <a href="/tags/gayfiction/" rel="tag">#gayfiction</a> <a href="/tags/literaryfiction/" rel="tag">#literaryfiction</a> <a href="/tags/citylife/" rel="tag">#citylife</a></p>

<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@neve" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>neve</span></a></span> thank you for hosting <a href="/tags/writephant/" rel="tag">#writephant</a> this week 😊 </p><p><a href="/tags/selfpromo/" rel="tag">#selfpromo</a></p><p>I write cosy-adjacent fantasy books with romance, often queer. I have been described as “criminally underrated” 😉 Find out more about my books, including samples and retail links, at my website:</p><p><a href="https://wendypalmer.au/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>wendypalmer.au/</a></p><p><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> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#IndieAuthor</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@writingbooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>writingbooks</span></a></span> <a href="/tags/queerromance/" rel="tag">#QueerRomance</a></p>

<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/TymeDarkMoon" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/TymeDarkMoon</a></p><p>On a world long thought to have no moon, its sudden appearance inspires wonder and terror. Hasty research links the full moon and catastrophe, revealing the existence of the so-called ‘Harbingers of Doom’, creatures from the moon that harvest souls. Can everyone survive or will they become part of the dark harvest?</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><br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefantasy/" rel="tag">#sciencefantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

<p>&quot;Geometry does not teach us to draw these lines, but requires them to be drawn; for it requires that the learner should first be taught to describe these accurately, before he enters upon geometry; then it shows how by these operations problems may be solved.&quot;</p><p>Preface. Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (1687)</p><p>~Isaac Newton born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1643.</p><p>Newton at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/6288" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/6288"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/6288</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/physics/" rel="tag">#physics</a> <a href="/tags/mathematics/" rel="tag">#mathematics</a> <a href="/tags/astronomy/" rel="tag">#astronomy</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1899.</p><p>Herbert Putnam is appointed Librarian of Congress in the United States, where he will introduce in practice the Library of Congress Classification (LCC) scheme.</p><p> LCC is mainly used by large research and academic libraries, while most public libraries and small academic libraries use the Dewey Decimal Classification system.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress_Classification" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress_Classification"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_</span><span class="invisible">of_Congress_Classification</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/library/" rel="tag">#library</a> <a href="/tags/catalogue/" rel="tag">#catalogue</a></p>