literature

<p>Abby Morton Diaz was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1821.</p><p>Born in Plymouth, Massachusetts, she became involved in the reform movements of the 19th century, particularly those related to women&#x27;s suffrage, education, and labor.</p><p>Abby Morton Diaz at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2166" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2166"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/2166</span></a></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 1910.</p><p>Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy dies of pneumonia aged 82 at Astapovo railway station, after a day&#x27;s train journey south, fleeing from his home.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Tolstoy" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Tolstoy"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Tols</span><span class="invisible">toy</span></a></p><p>Books by Leo Tolstoy at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/136" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/136"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/136</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>Isobel Wylie Hutchison (1889–1982)—author, poet, film-maker, botanist, <a href="/tags/arctic/" rel="tag">#arctic</a> explorer—was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 30 May. A 🎂 🧵 </p><p>WalkHighlands shares an extract from PEAK BEYOND PEAK, describing how she tackled the Corrieyairack Pass between the <a href="/tags/cairngorms/" rel="tag">#Cairngorms</a> &amp; Loch Ness</p><p>1/4</p><p><a href="https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/peak-beyond-peak-the-unpublished-scottish-journeys-of-isobel-wylie-hutchison/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/peak-beyond-peak-the-unpublished-scottish-journeys-of-isobel-wylie-hutchison/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/p</span><span class="invisible">eak-beyond-peak-the-unpublished-scottish-journeys-of-isobel-wylie-hutchison/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/20thcentury/" rel="tag">#20thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/womenwriters/" rel="tag">#womenwriters</a> <a href="/tags/hillwalking/" rel="tag">#hillwalking</a> <a href="/tags/mountaineering/" rel="tag">#mountaineering</a></p>

<p>In order to help you overcome your fear<br>of what the Chinese call the Lord of Distress,<br>I suggest you try confrontation therapy…</p><p>—Brian McCabe, “Triskaidekaphobia”<br>published in ZERO (Polygon, 2009)</p><p>Happy Friday the 13th to all who celebrate</p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/fridaythe13th/" rel="tag">#Fridaythe13th</a> <a href="/tags/triskaidekaphobia/" rel="tag">#triskaidekaphobia</a></p>

<p>José-Maria de Heredia was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1842.</p><p>He published in 1893 Les Trophées comprising 198 sonnets that retrace the history of the world or depict privileged moments as well as four longer poems.</p><p>José-Maria de Heredia at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/5697" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/5697"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/5697</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>What was on summer reading lists 100 years ago, in 1925?</p><p>In the summer of 1925, long before podcasts, audiobooks and even paperbacks, holiday reading meant hoping a hardback fit in your suitcase.</p><p>By James Tugwell</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-28/summer-reading-list-1925-human-experience-time-travel/106172974" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-28/summer-reading-list-1925-human-experience-time-travel/106172974"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-28</span><span class="invisible">/summer-reading-list-1925-human-experience-time-travel/106172974</span></a></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 1918.</p><p>Wilfred Owen is killed in action aged 25, at the Sambre–Oise Canal, with only five of his poems published. News of his death reaches his parents in Shrewsbury a week later on Armistice Day. </p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/517" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/517"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/517</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><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1862.</p><p>Charles Dodgson sends the handwritten manuscript of Alice&#x27;s Adventures Underground to Alice Liddell.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%27</span><span class="invisible">s_Adventures_in_Wonderland</span></a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Liddell" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Liddell"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Li</span><span class="invisible">ddell</span></a></p><p><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/19002" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/19002</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>French and American writer, journalist and pianist Ève Curie was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1904.</p><p>She is best known for writing a biography of her mother, Madame Curie (1937). Ève was the only member of her family who did not choose a career as a scientist and did not win a Nobel Prize, although her husband, Henry Richardson Labouisse Jr., did collect the Nobel Peace Prize in 1965 on behalf of UNICEF.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%88ve_Curie" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%88ve_Curie"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%88ve</span><span class="invisible">_Curie</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>The City is of Night; perchance of Death…</p><p>James “B.V.” Thomson (1834–1882) – poet, journalist, translator, anarchist, atheist – was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 23 Nov, in Port Glasgow. Best known for his long poem THE CITY OF DREADFUL NIGHT, he influenced TS Eliot &amp; is seen as a progenitor of Modernism </p><p>1/3</p><p><a href="https://psychogeographicreview.com/the-city-of-dreadful-night/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="psychogeographicreview.com/the-city-of-dreadful-night/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">psychogeographicreview.com/the</span><span class="invisible">-city-of-dreadful-night/</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/victorian/" rel="tag">#Victorian</a> <a href="/tags/19thcentury/" rel="tag">#19thCentury</a> <a href="/tags/modernism/" rel="tag">#modernism</a> <a href="/tags/tseliot/" rel="tag">#TSEliot</a></p>

<p>In November 1909.</p><p>E. M. Forster&#x27;s science fiction short story &quot;The Machine Stops&quot; is published in The Oxford and Cambridge Review. The story was republished in Forster&#x27;s The Eternal Moment and Other Stories in 1928.</p><p>The Eternal Moment at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/72890" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/72890</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>The Inquisitive Biologist looks back at 2025 and picks his five favourite books. Palaeontology, aerobiology, speleology, degrowth, and geomicrobiology top this year&#x27;s list.</p><p><a href="https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2025/12/31/year-list-the-inquisitive-biologists-top-5-reads-of-2025/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="inquisitivebiologist.com/2025/12/31/year-list-the-inquisitive-biologists-top-5-reads-of-2025/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inquisitivebiologist.com/2025/</span><span class="invisible">12/31/year-list-the-inquisitive-biologists-top-5-reads-of-2025/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookoftheyear/" rel="tag">#BookOfTheYear</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/scicomm/" rel="tag">#Scicomm</a> <a href="/tags/paleontology/" rel="tag">#Paleontology</a> <a href="/tags/palaeontology/" rel="tag">#Palaeontology</a> <a href="/tags/aerobiology/" rel="tag">#Aerobiology</a> <a href="/tags/historyofscience/" rel="tag">#HistoryOfScience</a> <a href="/tags/sciencehistory/" rel="tag">#ScienceHistory</a> <a href="/tags/histsci/" rel="tag">#HistSci</a> <a href="/tags/speleology/" rel="tag">#Speleology</a> <a href="/tags/caves/" rel="tag">#Caves</a> <a href="/tags/lechuguilla/" rel="tag">#Lechuguilla</a> <a href="/tags/economics/" rel="tag">#Economics</a> <a href="/tags/degrowth/" rel="tag">#Degrowth</a> <a href="/tags/microbiology/" rel="tag">#Microbiology</a> <a href="/tags/geology/" rel="tag">#Geology</a> <a href="/tags/geomicrobiology/" rel="tag">#Geomicrobiology</a> <a href="/tags/edgarallanpoe/" rel="tag">#EdgarAllanPoe</a> <a href="/tags/eapoe/" rel="tag">#EAPoe</a> <a href="/tags/biography/" rel="tag">#Biography</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a> <a href="/tags/goth/" rel="tag">#Goth</a> <a href="/tags/gothic/" rel="tag">#Gothic</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#Horror</a> <a href="/tags/scienceconvention/" rel="tag">#ScienceConvention</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefair/" rel="tag">#ScienceFair</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://sauropods.win/@markwitton" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>markwitton</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@princetonupress" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>princetonupress</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@princetonnature" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>princetonnature</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Carl_Zimmer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Carl_Zimmer</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fediscience.org/@timparrique" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>timparrique</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://sauropods.win/@TetZoo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TetZoo</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></p>

<p>Lochhead’s Mary<br>26 March, Perth. £7.50/£5</p><p>Liz Lochhead’s Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off is one of the most iconic plays in modern Scottish theatre. This special event will reflect on Lochhead’s enduring influence on Scottish writing &amp; identity</p><p><a href="https://www.culturepk.org.uk/event/lochheads-mary/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.culturepk.org.uk/event/lochheads-mary/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.culturepk.org.uk/event/loc</span><span class="invisible">hheads-mary/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/theatre/" rel="tag">#theatre</a> <a href="/tags/drama/" rel="tag">#drama</a> <a href="/tags/lizlochhead/" rel="tag">#LizLochhead</a> <a href="/tags/maryqueenofscots/" rel="tag">#MaryQueenofScots</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/identity/" rel="tag">#identity</a> <a href="/tags/scottishidentity/" rel="tag">#ScottishIdentity</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1878.</p><p>Henry Irving&#x27;s production of Hamlet, with himself in the title rôle playing opposite Ellen Terry as Ophelia, opens at the Lyceum Theatre, London (of which they have taken over the management). The tendency of actor-managers to emphasise the importance of their own central character did not always meet with the critics&#x27; approval.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet</a></p><p>Hamlet at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/1524" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/1524</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/theatre/" rel="tag">#theatre</a> <a href="/tags/drama/" rel="tag">#drama</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1891.</p><p>Maurice Maeterlinck&#x27;s play The Blind (written in 1890) is premièred. Les Aveugles is, along with L&#x27;Intruse, one of Maurice Maeterlinck&#x27;s first two plays.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blind_(play)" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blind_(play)"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blin</span><span class="invisible">d_(play)</span></a></p><p>Les Aveugles is available at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48368" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48368</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/theatre/" rel="tag">#theatre</a></p>

<p>&quot;Intelligent men are cruel. Stupid men are monstrously cruel.&quot;</p><p>Jack London died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1916.</p><p>A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/120" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/120"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/120</span></a></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 1899.</p><p>William Gillette&#x27;s play Sherlock Holmes, based (with authorisation) on the writings of Arthur Conan Doyle, opens in New York City with himself in the title rôle.</p><p><a href="https://archive.org/details/sherlockholmes0000will" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="archive.org/details/sherlockholmes0000will"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/sherlockho</span><span class="invisible">lmes0000will</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/theatre/" rel="tag">#theatre</a></p>

<p>Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do:...&quot;</p><p>Lewis Carroll’s Personal Copy of ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ Returns to its ‘Spiritual Home’ in Oxford</p><p>The book has been donated jointly to Christ Church and the Bodleian Library, which are both part of the University of Oxford</p><p>by Sarah Kuta </p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/lewis-carrolls-personal-copy-of-alices-adventures-in-wonderland-returns-to-its-spiritual-home-in-oxford-180987910/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/lewis-carrolls-personal-copy-of-alices-adventures-in-wonderland-returns-to-its-spiritual-home-in-oxford-180987910/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-n</span><span class="invisible">ews/lewis-carrolls-personal-copy-of-alices-adventures-in-wonderland-returns-to-its-spiritual-home-in-oxford-180987910/</span></a></p><p>Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>&quot;Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically. &quot;</p><p>‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’: The raunchy banned book that became a best-seller and helped to launch counterculture</p><p>by Paulina Subia</p><p><a href="https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/raunchy-banned-book-helped-to-launch-counterculture/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="faroutmagazine.co.uk/raunchy-banned-book-helped-to-launch-counterculture/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">faroutmagazine.co.uk/raunchy-b</span><span class="invisible">anned-book-helped-to-launch-counterculture/</span></a></p><p>Lady Chatterley’s Love at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73144" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73144</a></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</p><p>Wilkie Collins&#x27;s The Woman in White, an early example of mystery fiction, begins serialisation in All the Year Round.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woman_in_White_(novel)#" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woman_in_White_(novel)#"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woma</span><span class="invisible">n_in_White_(novel)#</span></a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_the_Year_Round" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_the_Year_Round"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_the_</span><span class="invisible">Year_Round</span></a></p><p><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/583" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/583</a></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 1952.</p><p>Agatha Christie&#x27;s murder-mystery play The Mousetrap opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London&#x27;s West End after a premiere in Nottingham, UK. It will become the longest continuously running play in history.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mousetrap" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mousetrap"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mous</span><span class="invisible">etrap</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/theatre/" rel="tag">#theatre</a></p>

<p>Hear my prayer, O non-existent God,<br>accept these cries into thy nothingness,<br>thou, who never leaves poor men unblessed<br>by your false comfort…</p><p>—Don Paterson, “Atheist Prayer”<br>from THE ARCTIC (Faber, 2023)</p><p>Today, March 23, is Atheist Day</p><p><a href="https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571338191-the-arctic/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571338191-the-arctic/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.faber.co.uk/product/978057</span><span class="invisible">1338191-the-arctic/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/atheism/" rel="tag">#atheism</a> <a href="/tags/atheistday/" rel="tag">#AtheistDay</a></p>

<p>4 Forgotten Female Authors Who Inspired Jane Austen</p><p><a href="https://www.mentalfloss.com/literature/authors/forgotten-female-authors-who-inspired-jane-austen?utm_source=RSS" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.mentalfloss.com/literature/authors/forgotten-female-authors-who-inspired-jane-austen?utm_source=RSS"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.mentalfloss.com/literature</span><span class="invisible">/authors/forgotten-female-authors-who-inspired-jane-austen?utm_source=RSS</span></a></p><p>Books at PG by:</p><p>Frances Burney</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2010" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2010"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/2010</span></a></p><p>Maria Edgeworth </p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/630" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/630"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/630</span></a></p><p>Charlotte Smith</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/41281" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/41281"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/41281</span></a></p><p>Elizabeth Inchbald</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1305" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1305"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1305</span></a></p><p>Maria Edgeworth </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 1919.</p><p>The Großes Schauspielhaus opens as a theater in Berlin, with an interior designed by Hans Poelzig. It begins with the director Max Reinhardt&#x27;s production of the Oresteia.</p><p>The House of Atreus at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8604" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8604</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/theatre/" rel="tag">#theatre</a></p>

<p>Is beauty natural?</p><p>Charles Darwin was as fascinated by extravagant ornament in nature as Jane Austen was in culture. Did their explanations agree?</p><p>By Abigail Tulenko via @aeonmag </p><p><a href="https://aeon.co/essays/how-austen-and-darwin-converged-on-the-question-of-beauty" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="aeon.co/essays/how-austen-and-darwin-converged-on-the-question-of-beauty"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aeon.co/essays/how-austen-and-</span><span class="invisible">darwin-converged-on-the-question-of-beauty</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>