10 famous quotes from George Orwell’s 1984 that still resonate
More about "1984";
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four
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Advanced Imaging Reveals Crossed-Out Words in the Poems of Alfred Tennyson
The 19th-century English poet was a “prolific reviser” who tested out many variations of his work before publication. A new study sheds light on his creative process
By Sonja Anderson
Alfred Tennyson at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2987
"Books afford Consolation to the troubled Mind by substituting a lighter kind of Distress for its own - An Author’s Hope of being known in distant times."
#OTD in 1781.
George Crabbe writes to Edmund Burke, enclosing examples of his work. The outcome is the publication of Crabbe's poem The Library. Burke helped him have his poem, by a publisher that had previously refused some of his work.
The Library at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5198
#OTD in 1860.
The Irish melodrama The Colleen Bawn, or The Brides of Garryowen, written by and starring Dion Boucicault, is first performed at Miss Laura Keene's theatre, New York. It was most recently performed in Dublin (2010) and in Belfast (2018). Several film versions have also been made.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Colleen_Bawn
The Colleen Bawn at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/52924
#OTD in 1835.
William Colenso prints the first book in New Zealand, a translation into the Māori language of the Epistle to the Philippians and Epistle to the Ephesians. It was the first indigenous language translation of the Bible published in the southern hemisphere.
Lewis Carroll collection given to his Oxford college in surprise US donation
Exclusive: Christ Church college taken aback to receive hundreds of the author’s letters, photos and rare items
By Dalya Alberge
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/feb/16/lewis-carroll-oxford-surprise-us-donation
Lewis Carroll at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/7
The Medieval Manuscript That Features “Yoda”, Killer Snails, Savage Rabbits & More: Discover The Smithfield Decretals
#VirtualJaneCon is happening July 19-20. Didn't make previous cons or want to catch up? All videos are on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/virtualjanecon #AmReading #AmWriting @bookstodon #books #Bookstodon #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #Regency #Georgian #JaneAusten @romancelandia
Researchers Unveil Lost Stories of Iceland’s Medieval History
https://scitechdaily.com/researchers-unveil-lost-stories-of-icelands-medieval-history/
What Are Wilkie Collins’ Contributions to Victorian Literature?
Wilkie Collins (1824 -1889) was a significant figure in Victorian Literary circles. He is perhaps best known today for his sensation novel The Woman in White as well as his influential detective novel The Moonstone.
By Lauren Jones
https://www.thecollector.com/wilkie-collins-contribution-to-victorian-literature/
Wilkie Collins at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/98
I had a conversation this afternoon with the director of my regional public library, about Libby. She said that tagging books as Notify Me is what tells her what to buy. Libby notifies her about the requests for books from users, and if any book has more than three requests, she orders it. So using Notify Me is important!!!
#Libby #PublicLibraries #Books
18th-Century Portuguese Library Has Bats That Protect the Priceless Books Housed Inside
By Eva Baron
https://mymodernmet.com/biblioteca-joanina-bats-pest-control/
The Bat, a poem by D.H. Lawrence at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/60337/pg60337-images.html#BAT
A Lost Bit of the Story of Merlin and Arthur Has Been Found at Cambridge
By Molly Templeton
https://reactormag.com/a-lost-bit-of-the-story-of-merlin-and-arthur-has-been-found-at-cambridge/
You can explore the manuscript for yourself at Cambridge Digital Libraries:
https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/merlinfragment/1
Books about Merlin at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=merlin&submit_search=Search
"Someone has a great fire in his soul and nobody ever comes to warm themselves at it, and passers-by see nothing but a little smoke at the top of the chimney and then go on their way."
Quote in his Letter (no. 155), June 1880.
~Vincent van Gogh, born #OTD in 1856.
Van Gogh's letters are available online at:
https://vangoghletters.org/
Books by Van Gogh at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Vincent+van+Gogh&submit_search=Search
Requeering Wilde
Oscar Wilde is an icon of gay liberation from secrecy. But his life and his sexuality were not so simple – nor so binary
by Sam Mills
Oscar Wilde at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/111
#OTD in 1923 (dated March).
The first issue of the pulp magazine Weird Tales appears in the U.S. It becomes noted for its horror fiction and fantasy.
The first editor, Edwin Baird, printed early work by H. P. Lovecraft, Seabury Quinn, and Clark Ashton Smith, all of whom went on to be popular writers, but within a year, the magazine was in financial trouble.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weird_Tales
Weird Tales, Volume 1, Number 1 at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68957
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If your ideal vacation would be to stay in a library/bookstore, here are some places to go!
Gladstone’s Library - Hawarden, Wales
https://www.gladstoneslibrary.org/about/
Shakespeare and Company, Paris
https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/tumbleweeding
The Literary Man – Obidos Hotel - Óbidos, Portugal
https://www.theliteraryman.pt/en/
The Open Book, Wigtown, Scotland
https://www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/7908227?source_impression_id=p3_1743164534_P3qRhmL2yDOfsPSx
La Librairie, Paris
https://parisboutik.com/en/la-librairie-hotel-room-le-marais/
Book and Bed, Toyko, Japan
https://bookandbedtokyo.com/en/
#OTD in 1895.
The Marquess of Queensberry (father of Lord Alfred Douglas, Oscar Wilde's lover), leaves a calling card at the Albemarle Club in London inscribed: "For Oscar Wilde, posing somdomite", i. e. sodomite, inducing Wilde to charge him with criminal libel. In a meeting on March 25 at the Café Royal in London, Frank Harris and George Bernard Shaw fail to dissuade Wilde from proceeding with the action.
Oscar Wilde at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/111
#OTD in 1885.
Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published in the US for the 1st time, in New York by Charles L. Webster, illustrated by E. W. Kemble, the 1st impression having been delayed for replacement of an unauthorized obscene alteration to one of the illustrative plates. Its first-person narrative in colloquial language is initially controversial but ultimately influential in the development of realism in American literature.
"The name of the one was Obstinate and the name of the other Pliable."
#OTD in 1678.
The first part of English nonconformist John Bunyan's Christian allegory The Pilgrim's Progress, partly written while he was imprisoned for unlicensed preaching, is published in London.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pilgrim%27s_Progress
The Pilgrim's Progress at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/131
Camus’ “The Myth of Sisyphus”: How to Find Happiness
“One must imagine Sisyphus happy.” This is the last line of Camus’ famous essay on absurdity. Let us explore this idea that contradicts Greek myth.
By Mirjana Jojić
https://www.thecollector.com/camus-myth-sisyphus-find-happiness/
More information here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Myth_of_Sisyphus
📚 **Are students reading less than we used to?**
David Wignall
_A few months ago, a professor told me that she had cut another book from her course’s assigned reading list. “When I started teaching at Williams,” she said, “I assigned a book per week. No way I could do that now.”_
🔗 https://williamsrecord.com/469974/opinions/are-students-reading-less-than-we-used-to/.
#Reading #Books #Bookstodon #Education #Learning @bookstodon
I send thanks to the buyer from Maryland who purchased an art print of
Light Reading -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/light-reading-steve-henderson.html?product=art-print
May the image transport you to a perfect day, one in which you immerse yourself in a most wonderful story, a book that you want to read to the end, but at the same time, never shut the covers to permanently close.
#reading #read #book #books #art #artwork #drawing #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #fedigiftshop #ayearforart #woman #home #peaceful #story
Happy World Book Day!
To celebrate, receive 10% off your entire order of any of my newly restocked #poetry books at http://nihtgengapress.com. Use the code BOOKDAY at checkout!
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This month Distributed Proofreader's blog talks about Horace Walpole's, "An Account of the Giants Lately Discovered" which is a satirical look at the Patagonian Giants.
DP blog:
"An Account of the Giants Lately Discovered" at PG
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75432
About the Patagonian giants:
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