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260d

British Library to reinstate Oscar Wilde’s reader card 130 years after it was revoked

Pass to be presented to playwright’s grandson after original cancelled over conviction for gross indecency

By Dalya Alberge

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/jun/13/british-library-reinstate-oscar-wilde-reader-card

Oscar Wilde at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/111

#books #literature

Oscar Wilde by Napoleon Sarony, albumen print on card mount, sheet 30.6 x 18.4 cm, on mount 33 x 19 cm. Notes 1045 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. No. 22. Copyright by N. Sarony.

Oscar Wilde is captured in a full-length pose, leaning languidly to one side, his body curved with relaxed confidence.

He is dressed in fashionably eccentric attire: a velvet coat or jacket, silk cravat or ascot, knee breeches.

Wilde holds a cane.

His hair is shoulder-length.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Wilde#/media/File:Oscar_Wilde_by_Napoleon_Sarony._Three-quarter-length_photograph,_seated.jpg

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258d

finished reading The Odyssey 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑
by Homer (trans. Emily Wilson).

Travel back in time for a little insight into the worldview & values of the ancient Greeks. Fickle meddlesome gods, male honour, rampant war and liberal violence, slavery & female subjugation. Easy flowing translation, though I sometimes lost the rhythm.

#BookReview #Books #Bookstodon

@WildWoila @wildwoila@wyrms.de

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260d

I Can Read You Like a Book: On Northanger Abbey

By B. D. McClay

“How are people, at any rate, to be understood?”

https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2025/06/09/i-can-read-you-like-a-book-on-northanger-abbey/?utm_source=The+Paris+Review+Newsletter&utm_campaign=183685b4b4-TPRMailchimp_20250613_WEEKLY&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_35491ea532-183685b4b4-55433165&mc_cid=183685b4b4&mc_eid=1ab9ba5038

Northanger Abbey at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/121

#books #literature

Tinted Line Drawing by H.M. Brock for Northanger Abbey, ch 22 (II, 7) Henry drove so well.

The scene is set outdoors, likely along a country lane near Northanger Abbey.

Henry Tilney is depicted driving a carriage with confidence and ease. He sits upright with relaxed command, holding the reins skillfully.

Catherine Morland sits beside him, looking either directly at Henry or gazing around her with admiration and contentment.

The carriage is drawn by a pair of elegant horses, rendered with clean, expressive lines that capture their movement.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2northanger_abbey-04.jpg

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264d

Like your magical fantasy mixed with justice?

50% of profits from The Witches of Portland ebook bundle—bought directly from me—will go toward people fighting for justice. First round of funds will go to Jail Support LA, which is providing bail money for people arrested in direct actions in Los Angeles.

The Witches of Portland: https://thorncoylebooks.com/products/the-witches-of-portland-complete-series-ebooks

#fantasy #books #bookstodon #lgbtq #antifa

The Witches of Portland. 9 fantasy ebooks with bright covers. 50% of profits go to people fighting for justice. Thorn Coyle Books dot com

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235d

How Did Van Gogh Influence Matisse?

The Van Gogh Museum has just acquired its first work by Matisse that reveals the Post-Impressionist's huge influence on Modern art.

by Jo Lawson-Tancred

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/how-did-van-gogh-influence-matisse-2654811

Van Gogh and Matisse at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40393
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=matisse

#Art #Books #History

Vincent van Gogh - Self-Portrait

Van Gogh depicts himself from the chest up, turned slightly to his right, with his piercing blue-green eyes looking directly at the viewer.

His face is angular and tense, with a reddish beard and moustache contrasting his pale skin.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh#/media/File:Vincent_van_Gogh_-_Self-Portrait_-_Google_Art_Project_(454045).jpg

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Henri Matisse, Paris, May 13th, 1913. In: Men of mark. (published 1913) Medium: Photogravures

Matisse stands at three‑quarter turn, body slightly angled to the left of the viewer—with one hand resting on a ladder or easel, hinting at his studio environment.

He wears a simple, likely dark jacket with a light-colored shirt underneath. His hair and beard are neatly trimmed, lending a poised and introspective air.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henri_Matisse,_1913,_photograph_by_Alvin_Langdon_Coburn.jpg

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235d

The French liar

René Descartes, the founder of modern philosophy, was furiously condemned by his contemporaries. Why did they fear him?

By Sandrine Parageau

https://aeon.co/essays/was-rene-descartes-a-self-centred-guru-and-a-lying-fraud?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=dbc992bbc2-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_07_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972

Descartes at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/44

#Books #Literature #Philosophy

The Blind Leading the Blind (1568) by Pieter Bruegel the Elder.

The painting depicts six blind men, linked together by holding onto each other’s shoulders or sticks, stumbling across an uneven landscape. They move diagonally across the canvas, from the left foreground toward the right background.

The diagonal composition can be broken into nine parts with two sets of parallel lines perpendicular to each other.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blind_Leading_the_Blind#/media/File:%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%87%D0%B0_%D0%BE_%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BF%D1%8B%D1%85.jpeg

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259d

‘Difficult love’: Spanish publisher reprints groundbreaking book of Lorca’s homoerotic sonnets

Federico García Lorca’s poems were printed anonymously in 1983 after being hidden away by family for 50 years

By Sam Jones

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/jun/13/spanish-publisher-reprints-sonnets-of-dark-love-federico-garcia-lorca

#books #literature

Photo of Federico García Lorca, dedicated to Xavier Bóveda.

Lorca's face is captured in sharp relief: high forehead, strong jawline, deeply expressive eyes.

His hair is dark, neatly combed back—shorter on the sides.

He wears a crisp, light-colored shirt under a dark tailored jacket.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Federico_Garc%C3%ADa_Lorca#/media/File:Federico_Garc%C3%ADa_Lorca,_dedicada_a_Xavier_B%C3%B3veda,_1933.jpg

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259d

All 41 Plates From Evelyn Waugh’s Victorian Blood Book, Durenstein!

This large rectangular decoupage scrapbook of 41 plates bound and wrapped in marble endpapers is remarkable, strange and unsettling, with echoes of illuminated medieval manuscripts and Rosicrucianism.

https://flashbak.com/evelyn-waugh-victorian-blood-book-durenstein-476211/

#books #literature

Portrait of Evelyn Waugh, circa 1940.

Waugh sits or stands waist‑up, facing the camera with a calm expression. His eyes reflect both poise and a hint of world-weariness.

He wears a neatly combed hairstyle, parted on the side. His clothing is dark and formal—likely a sport coat over a shirt and tie

Carl Van Vechten (1880–1964) - This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID cph.3a42832.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_Waugh#/media/File:Evelynwaugh.jpeg

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236d

How Belle Da Costa Greene Managed Financier J.P. Morgan's Library — While Hiding That She Was Black

Hired by financier J.P. Morgan to manage his collection of books, manuscripts, and artworks, Belle da Costa Greene broke barriers in New York high society as a young female rare books expert — all while hiding a big secret about her race.

By Genevieve Carlton

https://allthatsinteresting.com/belle-da-costa-greene

#Books #Librarian

Greene is seated, looking slightly upward or away from the camera with a composed, somewhat contemplative expression. Her hair is styled in soft waves or a dark, possibly curly hat.

She wears a dark dress with a prominent light-colored, wide, pointed collar, typical of early 20th-century fashion. She holds papers or a thin book in her lap, suggesting her scholarly or professional pursuits.

The background includes a tall plant and sheer curtains that let in bright natural light, giving a calm, elegant domestic or office environment.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_da_Costa_Greene#/media/File:Belle_DeAcosta_Green_-_Alice_Carpenter_-_Kath._Davis_-_Maude_Wetmore_(LOC)_(cropped).jpg

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236d

The young Oscar Wilde’s Russian revolutionary drama reveals a playwright divided

Vera; or, The Nihilists concerns a plot to kill a tsar but after Alexander II was assassinated, its London premiere was cancelled. Now receiving a rare production, it captures his conflict between ethics and aesthetics

By Michael Billington

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/jul/07/oscar-wilde-russian-revolutionary-drama-vera-or-the-nihilists

Vera; or, The Nihilists at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26494

#Books #Literature #Theatre

Oscar Wilde by Napoleon Sarony.

Wilde is dressed in stylish, somewhat flamboyant attire—a velvet jacket, knee breeches, silk stockings, and often holding a soft hat or a cane, embodying the dandy aesthetic.

Wilde’s longish, wavy hair frames his face, emphasizing his androgynous beauty and poetic persona.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Wilde#/media/File:Oscar_Wilde_by_Napoleon_Sarony._Three-quarter-length_photograph,_seated.jpg

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211d

The Sky Trap, by Frank Belknap Long Takahe has limited support for this type: See Original Page

the-sky-trap.html

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259d

More book events fun: my chum Rachel Plummer is the special guest for @TheEdinburghBookshop 's Under Fives Storytime with the charming The Big Day, for #PrideMonth
https://www.edinburghbookshop.com/events-1/the-big-day-a-storytime-special-with-rachel-plummer

#books #livres #ChildrensBooks #LivresJeunesse #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #RachelPlummer #TheBigDay #PictureBooks #bookstodon #UnderFivesStorytime #bookshops #librairies #Pride

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236d

What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? July 08

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Poem of the week: To Wordsworth by Percy Bysshe Shelley

The radical young poet’s backhanded tribute to the older writer is a stern judgment on his lapsed political idealism

by Carol Rumens

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/feb/09/poem-of-the-week-to-wordsworth-by-percy-bysshe-shelley

To Wordsworth & Alastor; or, The Spirit of Solitude at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4800

#books #literature #poetry

Portrait of William Wordsworth by Sir William Boxall, 1831.

The oil painting depicts the great Romantic poet in his early sixties, with white hair, wearing a dark coat and cravat, rendered in warm brown tones with loose, atmospheric brushwork against a dark background.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/William_Wordsworth#/media/File:William-Wordsworth.jpg

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258d

Re: Joyce - Ulysses returns to the RTÉ airwaves for Bloomsday

Drama On One's Kevin Reynolds introduces the legendary RTÉ production of James Joyce's Ulysses, performed by the Radio Éireann Players, which returns to the airwaves for Bloomsday.

Happy 103rd birthday to James Joyce's novel Ulysses.

https://www.rte.ie/culture/2025/0612/1518072-re-joyce-ulysses-returns-to-the-rte-airwaves-for-bloomsday/

Ulysses at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4300

#books #literature #bloomsday

Announcement of the initial publication of Ulysses.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Joyce#/media/File:Order_form_for_ulysses.jpg

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258d

Tagore and Yeats: How a Nobel-winning friendship fell apart

On his 160th birth anniversary, revisiting Irish Nobel laureate WB Yeats' complex relationship with Rabindranath Tagore, who he first hailed as a mystic sage and championed for the Nobel, only to later dismiss him for “wrecking his reputation”.

by Aishwarya Khosla

https://indianexpress.com/article/books-and-literature/tagore-yeats-nobel-prize-friendship-10065210/

Tagore at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/942

Yeats at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1719

#books #literature

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Photographic portrait of William Butler Yeats by Alice Broughton. Platinum print. "John Quinn arranged for Yeats to be photographed by Alice Boughton, probably on 22 December 1903.

On 7 January 1904, Quinn wrote to her thanking her for two solio prints and two platinum prints, telling her that 'Yeats received the three photographs which you sent him and was charmed by them.' Quinn particularly liked one of Yeats reading a book, which was published in Florence Brooks's article in the New York Herald on 17 January 1904. Another, presumably the present image, was published in the Gaelic American on 5 March 1904."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._B._Yeats#/media/File:Yeats_Boughton.jpg

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24d

Perhaps not the Magic System we need, but the Magic System we deserve! 😜😂

@bookstodon @books
@worldbuilding @humor @humor @humor@lemmy.world @aiop

#MagicSystem #Magic #System
#Witch #Wizard #Cast #Smell #Fart #Joke
#SpeculativeFiction #FantasyBooks
#FantasyMemes #SciFiMemes #Fantasy #SciFi #Meme #Memes #Humor #Humour #Funny
#Low #High #Epic #Science #Opera #Hard #CottageCore #SolarPunk #Comedic #Whatever #GiveMeAllYouveGot
#Book #Books #Novel #Novels #Bookstodon #Bookworm #Bookwyrm #BookLove

Meme on a painting of three people looking like they may be wafting away some odour.
Caption:
Witches and Wizards don't fart, the Cast Smells.

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262d

Haven't joined my email list yet? Never received your free book? Now's a great time to sign up; I'm changing up my marketing strategy to keep in better touch with my fans!

https://storyoriginapp.com/giveaways/352eda48-44de-11f0-a3a4-37b9c031cb04

#AmWriting #WritersLife #Writing #SciFi #ScienceFiction #Books

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236d

This week I've been mainly reading, no. 244.

Richard Verdi's new Thames & Hudson World of Art volume on Velázquez (2023), is great on the art, presenting a chronological discussion of most of the painter's works, but much much weaker on the life & organisation of his studio. So, if you want to assess Velázquez oeuvre then this is the book for you, but if you like artists' biographies then give Verdi's well written but tightly focussed volume a miss.

#art #books @bookstodon #painting

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257d

Art Imitates Life: Who Was the Real Woman Behind André Breton’s Nadja?

Mark Polizzotti Explores the Cultural Landscape of 1920s Paris Through the Eyes of the Surrealists and Their Muses

https://lithub.com/art-imitates-life-who-was-the-real-woman-behind-andre-bretons-nadja/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01JXWFQNQY7GEDDQGVGGQPQFHZ&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER

Breton at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60417

#books #literature #literarycriticism

André Breton, Portrait d'André Breton aux lunettes, between 1924 and 1929, 16.8 x 21.7 cm, gelatine-silver print, photo booth.

Breton wears his characteristic round spectacles, which became an intellectual signature.

His gaze is direct, focused toward the camera (or just off-center).

He appears clean-shaven, with slightly tousled hair—narrow forehead.

His clothing is simple: likely a shirt and jacket, suggesting everyday wear rather than formal presentation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Breton#/media/File:Andr%C3%A9_Breton.JPG

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257d

Philosophy must be useful

For Wittgenstein and the Vienna Circle, much of philosophy was mere nonsense. Then came Frank Ramsey’s pragmatic alternative

By Cheryl Misak

https://aeon.co/essays/what-is-truth-on-ramsey-wittgenstein-and-the-vienna-circle?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=4f77c2313c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_06_13&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972

Philosophy at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/57

#books #philosophy

Frank Plumpton Ramsey
Cambridge Wittgenstein archive

Ramsey typically appears in a tweed suit or jacket, discreet tie, with slightly tousled hair. The formal yet relaxed style reflects the academic dress of the time.

His face conveys a serene self-confidence, with lucid eyes and a slight smile.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Ramsey_(mathematician)#/media/File:Frank_Plumpton_Ramsey.JPG

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209d

finished reading The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑
by Sangu Mandanna.

A lonely witch finds family & love when she is sought out to tutor three young witchy girls. A cosy romantic fantasy. Some enlivening characters and fun use of magic. Very 'House by the Cerulean Sea'.

#BookReview #Books #Bookstodon #Romantasy #Romance #Fantasy #Witches

@WildWoila @wildwoila@wyrms.de