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<p>Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights is a dark parable about coercive control</p><p>By Katy Mullin and Hannah Roche</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/emily-brontes-wuthering-heights-is-a-dark-parable-about-coercive-control-253866?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20May%201%202025%20-%203359834264&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20May%201%202025%20-%203359834264+CID_13448bac8f25132d36fbf0c25b322159&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=Emily%20Bronts%20Wuthering%20Heights%20is%20a%20dark%20parable%20about%20coercive%20control" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/emily-brontes-wuthering-heights-is-a-dark-parable-about-coercive-control-253866?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20May%201%202025%20-%203359834264&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20May%201%202025%20-%203359834264+CID_13448bac8f25132d36fbf0c25b322159&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=Emily%20Bronts%20Wuthering%20Heights%20is%20a%20dark%20parable%20about%20coercive%20control"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/emily-bron</span><span class="invisible">tes-wuthering-heights-is-a-dark-parable-about-coercive-control-253866?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20May%201%202025%20-%203359834264&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20May%201%202025%20-%203359834264+CID_13448bac8f25132d36fbf0c25b322159&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=Emily%20Bronts%20Wuthering%20Heights%20is%20a%20dark%20parable%20about%20coercive%20control</span></a></p><p>Wuthering Heights at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/768" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/768</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/movie/" rel="tag">#movie</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Photo of Sir Laurence Olivier knighted 1947-page 144 and Merle Oberon from the 1939 film Wuthering Heights.

Olivier, in rustic clothing and seated on a rocky outcrop, gazes into the distance with a pensive, determined expression. Oberon, draped in a shawl, looks upward beside him with a soft, luminous gaze, her hand resting lightly on his shoulder, symbolizing both connection and tragic yearning.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuthering_Heights#/media/File:Laurence_Olivier_Merle_Oberon_Wuthering_Heights.jpg

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<p>This Plaintive Song Is From a Land Without Lullabies</p><p>A rare tribe lacks music for dancing or soothing their young ones</p><p>By Kristen French </p><p><a href="https://nautil.us/this-plaintive-song-is-from-a-land-without-lullabies-1207655/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="nautil.us/this-plaintive-song-is-from-a-land-without-lullabies-1207655/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nautil.us/this-plaintive-song-</span><span class="invisible">is-from-a-land-without-lullabies-1207655/</span></a></p><p>Henry Wadsworth Longfellow at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/16" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/16"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/16</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a></p>

Lullaby by François Nicholas Riss .

The composition centers on a young mother seated beside a cradle suspended from the ceiling by ropes. She delicately dangles a lullaby above her infant, who lies nestled beneath a patterned cloth canopy, one tiny hand reaching upward. Her expression is gentle and attentive, conveying maternal affection and calm. In her lap, she holds knitting needles, suggesting the multitasking rhythm of caregiving.

To her left, a barefoot young boy leans against the window, absorbed in his own quiet activity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lullaby#/media/File:Fran%C3%A7ois_Riss_Lullaby.jpg

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<p>I met a young man in a floppy hat<br>who stopped and smiled; he too had charm.<br>“My finches,” he said, “you are watching my finches.”</p><p>—Edwin Morgan, “Darwin in the Galapagos (1835 AD)”<br>published in A BOOK OF LIVES (Carcanet, 2007)</p><p>Charles Darwin was born <a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a>, 12 February, 1809</p><p><a href="https://www.carcanet.co.uk/9781857549188/a-book-of-lives/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.carcanet.co.uk/9781857549188/a-book-of-lives/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.carcanet.co.uk/97818575491</span><span class="invisible">88/a-book-of-lives/</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/edwinmorgan/" rel="tag">#EdwinMorgan</a> <a href="/tags/darwin/" rel="tag">#Darwin</a> <a href="/tags/charlesdarwin/" rel="tag">#CharlesDarwin</a> <a href="/tags/darwinday/" rel="tag">#DarwinDay</a> <a href="/tags/evolution/" rel="tag">#evolution</a></p>

Edwin Morgan
Darwin in the Galapagos (1835 AD)

It was a cool day for the equator
as I clambered whistling over the clinker.
Clouds had brought a shower across the shore.
Grey black scoured and pitted rocks
glistened, and so did an iguana
eyeing me lazily with its wet crest bristling.
I saw the drag-marks of a giant tortoise –
what a dogged message thrusting into the thicket!
And the air was bright with birds, well, bright and dark –
green, brown, yellow – little birds, finches
flirting their few inches, drenching the freshness
with a spray of chatter and chirm, with a charm
peculiar to these islands, these Incantadas

I met a young man in a floppy hat
who stopped and smiled; he too had charm.
“My finches,” he said, “you are watching my finches.”
We sat on an old stump, I cherish the moment.
A man both ingenuous and ingenious,
a genius indeed, enthusiastic, shy,
well no, not really shy, but modest,
that was a type I could talk to for ever.

“These finches – all different,” he said.
“They have become separate species, and why is that?
They had some ancestor in Ecuador
but here their beaks have changed to match their food –
small seeds, big seeds, nectar, and do you know
there is one that makes a tool of cactus spines
to ferret grubs from tree-cracks? Oh
I can hardly sleep for excitement!
Nothing is immutable, life changes, we evolve.
Process is gorgeous, is it not!
Process is progress, don‘t you see!”

He taps my arm, his eyes shine. I agree.
Time breaks in great waves as we speak.
And look, a finch on the back of a tortoise
as if it had been listening
lifts its beak and begins a singing
so piercing it gives no end to that beginning.

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<p>The longlist for the 2025 Duais Leabhair na Gàidhealtachd | Highland Book Prize has been announced. The Prize celebrates the talent, landscape, & cultural diversity of the Scottish Highlands & is open to works of fiction, non-fiction, & poetry</p><p><a href="https://www.highlandbookprize.org.uk/longlist/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.highlandbookprize.org.uk/longlist/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.highlandbookprize.org.uk/l</span><span class="invisible">onglist/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/highlands/" rel="tag">#Highlands</a> <a href="/tags/highlandbookprize/" rel="tag">#HighlandBookPrize</a> <a href="/tags/gaidhlig/" rel="tag">#Gaidhlig</a> <a href="/tags/gaelic/" rel="tag">#Gaelic</a></p>

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<p>A country of their own: writing Scotland as a woman<br>Ifeta Čirić-Fazlija & Lejla Mulalić</p><p>This monograph examines the works of five Scottish women authors: Kathleen Jamie, Liz Lochhead, Sharman Macdonald, Rona Munro, & Agnes Owens</p><p>Available free online via Open Access</p><p>@litstudies </p><p><a href="https://ebooks.ff.unsa.ba/index.php/ebooks_ffunsa/catalog/book/125" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="ebooks.ff.unsa.ba/index.php/ebooks_ffunsa/catalog/book/125"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ebooks.ff.unsa.ba/index.php/eb</span><span class="invisible">ooks_ffunsa/catalog/book/125</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/womenwriters/" rel="tag">#womenwriters</a> <a href="/tags/gender/" rel="tag">#gender</a> <a href="/tags/region/" rel="tag">#region</a> <a href="/tags/class/" rel="tag">#class</a> <a href="/tags/workingclass/" rel="tag">#workingclass</a> <a href="/tags/identity/" rel="tag">#identity</a> <a href="/tags/openaccess/" rel="tag">#OpenAccess</a></p>

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<p>Author to revive Shakespeare club after 300 years</p><p>An author is relaunching a ladies club that once revived William Shakespeare's reputation 300 years ago.</p><p>by Alice Cunningham</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c17887r0nyyo" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c17887r0nyyo"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1</span><span class="invisible">7887r0nyyo</span></a></p><p>Shakespeare at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/65" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/65"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/65</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>

William Shakespeare by John Taylor, edited

An oil portrait of Shakespeare shown from the chest up against a deep red-brown background. He has a high, balding forehead with hair at the sides, a short beard and moustache, and dark eyes with a calm, direct gaze. He wears a black doublet with a plain white falling collar tied with a lace string, and a small gold hoop earring in his left ear.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare#/media/File:William_Shakespeare_by_John_Taylor,_edited.jpg

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<p>David the Dreamer: Ralph Bergengren’s Children’s Book Illustrated by Tom Seidmann-Freud, 1922</p><p>David the Dreamer tells the far-out story of young boy who in planning his dog's birthday parts ends up in a number of surreal landscapes</p><p><a href="https://flashbak.com/david-the-dreamer-474846/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=david-the-dreamer" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="flashbak.com/david-the-dreamer-474846/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=david-the-dreamer"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">flashbak.com/david-the-dreamer</span><span class="invisible">-474846/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=david-the-dreamer</span></a></p><p>Ralph Bergengren at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/25875" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/25875"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/25875</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/bookillustration/" rel="tag">#bookillustration</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Tom Seidmann-Freud, Ralph Bergengren’s David the Dreamer: His Book of Dreams, 1922.

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<p>One great short story to read today: Franz Kafka’s “In the Penal Colony”</p><p>By Emily Temple</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/one-great-short-story-to-read-today-franz-kafkas-in-the-penal-colony/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/one-great-short-story-to-read-today-franz-kafkas-in-the-penal-colony/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/one-great-short-sto</span><span class="invisible">ry-to-read-today-franz-kafkas-in-the-penal-colony/</span></a></p><p>In der Strafkolonie at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25791" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25791</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>

Kafka as a Doctor of Law, around 1906.

A young Franz Kafka is shown posed with composed seriousness, wearing formal academic attire. His hair is neatly combed, and his face bears the thoughtful, introspective expression often associated with his later literary persona.

Kafka is dressed in a dark academic robe or formal suit, possibly accompanied by a white collar or shirt, denoting his recent graduation. The formal wear and subdued tone of the image mark the ceremonial significance of the occasion.

Atelier Jacobi: Sigismund Jacobi (1860–1935) - http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/news/2008_july_02 Franz Kafka: Pictures of a Life by Klaus Wagenbach (1984), p. 58; sourced to Klaus Wagenbach Archiv, Berlin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Kafka#/media/File:Kafka1906.jpg

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<p>Blood On the Page: On Jane Austen’s Period Drama</p><p>Devoney Looser Explores 19th-Century Attitudes About Menstruation and Women’s Health</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/blood-on-the-page-on-jane-austens-period-drama/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/blood-on-the-page-on-jane-austens-period-drama/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/blood-on-the-page-o</span><span class="invisible">n-jane-austens-period-drama/</span></a></p><p>"The Letters of Jane Austen" at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42078" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42078</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/film/" rel="tag">#film</a></p>

Drawing of Jane Austen by Cassandra Austen, 1870

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<p>Lost for 400 Years: Researcher Discover Hidden Copy of Shakespeare Sonnet</p><p>By University of Oxford</p><p><a href="https://scitechdaily.com/lost-for-400-years-researcher-discover-hidden-copy-of-shakespeare-sonnet/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="scitechdaily.com/lost-for-400-years-researcher-discover-hidden-copy-of-shakespeare-sonnet/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">scitechdaily.com/lost-for-400-</span><span class="invisible">years-researcher-discover-hidden-copy-of-shakespeare-sonnet/</span></a></p><p>Full article by Leah S Veronese is available here:<br><a href="https://academic.oup.com/res/advance-article/doi/10.1093/res/hgaf002/7997398?login=false" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="academic.oup.com/res/advance-article/doi/10.1093/res/hgaf002/7997398?login=false"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">academic.oup.com/res/advance-a</span><span class="invisible">rticle/doi/10.1093/res/hgaf002/7997398?login=false</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/oldmanuscript/" rel="tag">#oldmanuscript</a></p>

Shake-Speare's Sonnets, quarto published by Thomas Thorpe, London, 1609, title page

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<p>How a reading group helped young German students defy the Nazis and find their faith</p><p>By Peter Nguyen</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/how-a-reading-group-helped-young-german-students-defy-the-nazis-and-find-their-faith-254774" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/how-a-reading-group-helped-young-german-students-defy-the-nazis-and-find-their-faith-254774"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/how-a-read</span><span class="invisible">ing-group-helped-young-german-students-defy-the-nazis-and-find-their-faith-254774</span></a></p><p>More information:<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rose" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rose"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Ro</span><span class="invisible">se</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Monument to Hans and Sophie Scholl and the "White Rose" (German: Die Weiße Rose) resistance movement against the Nazi regime, in front of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Bavaria, Germany.

The monument is embedded directly into the ground in the university's atrium or entrance plaza. It features bronze replicas of the group's leaflets scattered across the pavement—frozen mid-motion as if freshly dropped or blown by the wind.

The fliers are detailed with reproductions of the original texts used by the White Rose group—typed or mimeographed calls for freedom, democracy, and opposition to Hitler’s rule. Some are half-unfolded or overlapping, evoking urgency and clandestine action.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rose#/media/File:Scholl-Denkmal,_M%C3%BCnchen.jpg

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<p>Why Do We Keep Telling the Same Stories? Archetypes in Pop Culture</p><p>"Archetypes aren't just storytelling tools—they're reflections of us. We keep retelling them because they help us feel understood."</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/archetypes-pop-culture/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/archetypes-pop-culture/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/archetype</span><span class="invisible">s-pop-culture/</span></a></p><p>Books by Jung at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/44679" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/44679"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/44679</span></a></p><p>Odysseus und Nausicaa</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/psychology/" rel="tag">#psychology</a></p>

Painting of Odysseus und Nausicaa by Carl Fielgraf. Odysseus is sitting on a rock with a cloth around him, and he is about to drink from a bowl. He is looking at Nausicaa who is standing and pointing to the right. A servant kneels at the foot of Odysseus and is offering him a bowl of fruit.

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<p>Exploring the Jackie Kay Archive<br>28 May, National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh. Free, booking required.</p><p>Explore the personal archive of Jackie Kay, Scotland's former Makar and beloved writer. Curator Dan Sheehy will share his favourite discoveries from cataloguing her lifetime of work.</p><p><a href="https://www.nls.uk/whats-on/jackie-kay-archive/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nls.uk/whats-on/jackie-kay-archive/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nls.uk/whats-on/jackie-kay</span><span class="invisible">-archive/</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/jackiekay/" rel="tag">#JackieKay</a> <a href="/tags/womenwriters/" rel="tag">#womenwriters</a> <a href="/tags/archives/" rel="tag">#archives</a></p>

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<p>Rare Watercolor by ‘Wuthering Heights’ Author Emily Brontë Will Go on Public Display for the First Time</p><p>“The North Wind,” painted while Emily and her sister Charlotte were studying in Belgium, is now heading to the Brontë family home in Yorkshire</p><p>By Eli Wizevich</p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rare-watercolor-by-wuthering-heights-author-emily-bronte-will-go-on-public-display-for-the-first-time-180986423/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rare-watercolor-by-wuthering-heights-author-emily-bronte-will-go-on-public-display-for-the-first-time-180986423/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-n</span><span class="invisible">ews/rare-watercolor-by-wuthering-heights-author-emily-bronte-will-go-on-public-display-for-the-first-time-180986423/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Portrait of Lady Charlotte Harley (1801-1880) as Ianthe (Lord Byron, "To Ianthe," Childe Harold's Pilgrimage).

Drawn by R. Westall. Engraved by W. Finden. - W. Brockedon (annotator). Finden's Illustrations of Life and Works of Lord Byron. Vol. II. London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1833.

Lady Charlotte is depicted in a graceful, seated pose, with her head slightly tilted and gaze turned gently outward or downward. Her expression is soft, serene, and composed, exuding an air of idealized purity and introspection.

She wears classical-style clothing, often a flowing gown reminiscent of Greco-Roman dress, a hallmark of Romantic portraiture. Her hair is arranged in soft curls, enhancing the youthful innocence Byron emphasized in his poem.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Charlotte_Bacon#/media/File:Richard_Westall_&_W._Finden,_%22Ianthe%22.jpg

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<p>“A Mystery Novel Like No Other Before.” On Josephine Tey’s The Daughter of Time</p><p>Sarah Weinman in Praise of an Innovative and Timeless Work of Detective Fiction</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/a-mystery-novel-like-no-other-before-on-josephine-teys-the-daughter-of-time/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Lit%20Hub%20Daily:%20April%2016%2C%202025&utm_term=lithub_master_list" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/a-mystery-novel-like-no-other-before-on-josephine-teys-the-daughter-of-time/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Lit%20Hub%20Daily:%20April%2016%2C%202025&utm_term=lithub_master_list"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/a-mystery-novel-lik</span><span class="invisible">e-no-other-before-on-josephine-teys-the-daughter-of-time/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Lit%20Hub%20Daily:%20April%2016%2C%202025&utm_term=lithub_master_list</span></a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daughter_of_Time" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daughter_of_Time"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daug</span><span class="invisible">hter_of_Time</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

The Daughter of Time - Josephine Tey.

This image is the cover of The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey. The design features a medieval-style banner in blue and gold, unfurled across the center, bearing the book’s title in bold, uppercase serif letters: THE DAUGHTER OF TIME. Below the title, the author’s name is written in a flowing script on a golden ribbon.

The background includes heraldic elements, such as a crown, laurel wreath, and checkered floor, evoking the themes of history, monarchy, and mystery central to the novel. The style is detailed and slightly abstract, with strong black outlines and contrasting colors, giving it a dramatic, vintage feel.

This historical detective novel questions the legacy of King Richard III and the nature of historical truth—reflected visually through the use of regal and timeworn imagery.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daughter_of_Time#/media/File:The_Daughter_of_Time_-_Josephine_Tey.JPG

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<p>What Was Saint Augustine’s Narrative of the Two Cities?</p><p>What was Saint Augustine’s narrative of the two cities, the City of God and the City of the World, all about?</p><p>by Marnie Binder</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/saint-augustine-narrative-two-cities/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/saint-augustine-narrative-two-cities/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/saint-aug</span><span class="invisible">ustine-narrative-two-cities/</span></a></p><p>Saint Augustine at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1156" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1156"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1156</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

St. Augustine in His Study by Vittore Carpaccio, 1502

The saint is portrayed seated at a writing desk, surrounded by an elaborately furnished interior brimming with Renaissance luxuries and scholarly tools: globes, books, instruments, and exotic artifacts. The architecture of the room features vaulted ceilings, ornate wooden shelves, and tiled floors, reflecting a harmonious blend of Gothic and early Renaissance design.

St. Augustine is robed in ecclesiastical garments, captured mid-movement as he turns in awe, reacting to a divine vision or spiritual presence — traditionally interpreted as a supernatural communication from St. Jerome, informing Augustine of his death. His expression is thoughtful and moved, enhancing the spiritual atmosphere of the scene.

Carpaccio meticulously includes animals (like a dog at Augustine’s feet), detailed maps, astrolabes, and manuscripts, demonstrating the saint’s intellectual breadth and curiosity, and symbolizing the humanist fusion of faith and reason.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustine_of_Hippo#/media/File:Vittore_carpaccio,_visione_di_sant'agostino_01.jpg

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<p>Subverting hell</p><p>In their visions of the underworld Dante and Milton were truly subversive, incorporating predecessors into their own repudiation</p><p>by Charlie Ericson</p><p><a href="https://aeon.co/essays/feel-the-burn-how-subversion-works-in-literature?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=e6bfbf5e1b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_02_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="aeon.co/essays/feel-the-burn-how-subversion-works-in-literature?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=e6bfbf5e1b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_02_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aeon.co/essays/feel-the-burn-h</span><span class="invisible">ow-subversion-works-in-literature?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=e6bfbf5e1b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_02_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972</span></a></p><p>Dante and Milton 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><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/17" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/17"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/17</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Dante and Virgil in the Ninth Circle of Hell (1861) by Gustave Doré.

The painting depicts a scene from Dante Alighieri's Inferno, showing Dante (in orange/red robes) and his guide Virgil (in blue) standing on an elevated position, looking down upon the frozen lake of Cocytus, the ninth and deepest circle of Hell where traitors are punished. The damned souls are shown frozen in ice in various states of torment, emerging from the misty, icy landscape.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gustave_Dor%C3%A9_-_Dante_et_Virgile_dans_le_neuvi%C3%A8me_cercle_de_l%27Enfer.jpg

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<p>7 of the Most Scandalous Romantic Plot Twists in Classic Literature</p><p>By Paul Anthony Jones</p><p><a href="https://www.mentalfloss.com/literature/books/romantic-plot-twists-in-classic-literature" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.mentalfloss.com/literature/books/romantic-plot-twists-in-classic-literature"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.mentalfloss.com/literature</span><span class="invisible">/books/romantic-plot-twists-in-classic-literature</span></a></p><p>They are all available at PG:<br>Bleak House<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1023" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1023</a><br>Ethan Frome<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4517" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4517</a><br>Far From the Madding Crowd<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/107" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/107</a><br>Jane Eyre<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1260" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1260</a><br>Sense and Sensibility<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/161" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/161</a><br>The Return of the Native<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/122" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/122</a><br>Twelfth Night<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1526" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1526</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Cover image of Bleak House by Charles Dickens.

The cover features a decorative gold-stamped coat of arms or heraldic emblem with the title "BLEAK HOUSE" at the top and "Charles Dickens" at the bottom, along with what appears to be a motto banner reading "IN CHANCERY." Published serially from 1852-1853.

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1023/pg1023-images.html

Cover image Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen.

This is an ornate Victorian-era cover of "Sense and Sensibility" by Jane Austen, featuring elaborate gold Art Nouveau-style floral and vine patterns on a dark green background. The decorative design frames the title and author name in elegant lettering.

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/161/pg161-images.html

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<p>Beyond ruined houses and a past<br>eroded by salt and marram grass<br>stretch miles of sand dunes<br>where as kids we hurled ourselves<br>into space …</p><p>—Eleanor Livingstone, “Breathless”<br>from In the Event of Fire: New Writing Scotland 27 (ASLS, 2009)</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></p>

Eleanor Livingstone
BREATHLESS

Beyond ruined houses and a past
eroded by salt and marram grass
stretch miles of sand dunes
where as kids we hurled ourselves
into space, legs and rebel cries
suspended in the air, landing

spread-eagled in cotton shorts
and bare legs, winded but alive.

On August evenings years later
under cover of dark we returned
stumbling in and out of rabbit holes
to find the sand sun-warmed, soft
and far enough removed for us
to lie as still and silent as the sea

but for fingers finding buttons
and the racket of our hearts.

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<p>James Leslie Mitchell (1901–1935), better known as Lewis Grassic Gibbon, was born on this day, 13 Feb. Author of SUNSET SONG – & many other titles from historical to science fiction – he is one of the most important Scottish writers of the 20th century.</p><p>A 🎂 🧵 …</p><p>1/10</p><p><a href="https://digital.nls.uk/learning/sunset-song-quines/overview-of-the-novel/biography-of-lewis-grassic-gibbon/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="digital.nls.uk/learning/sunset-song-quines/overview-of-the-novel/biography-of-lewis-grassic-gibbon/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">digital.nls.uk/learning/sunset</span><span class="invisible">-song-quines/overview-of-the-novel/biography-of-lewis-grassic-gibbon/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/modernism/" rel="tag">#modernism</a> <a href="/tags/20thcentury/" rel="tag">#20thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/historicalfiction/" rel="tag">#HistoricalFiction</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#ScienceFiction</a> <a href="/tags/lewisgrassicgibbon/" rel="tag">#LewisGrassicGibbon</a></p>

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<p>Call for papers<br>Scotland & the In-Between<br>Société française d’études écossaises Annual Conference<br>12–14 November, Université de Lorraine (Nancy), France</p><p>The conference invites participants to consider the many forms of passage, transition, & mediation that have shaped Scottish history, literature, the arts, language, & culture.</p><p>Deadline: 28 April 2026</p><p>@litstudies </p><p><a href="https://www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6338" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6338</a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a> <a href="/tags/culturalstudies/" rel="tag">#culturalstudies</a> <a href="/tags/callforpapers/" rel="tag">#callforpapers</a></p>

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<p>Design insights from studying the Van Gogh Museum</p><p>A new predictive model can forecast visitor movement through a museum to help illuminate how physical and digital spaces shape engagement.</p><p>By Dylan Walsh</p><p><a href="https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/design-insights-studying-van-gogh-museum" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/design-insights-studying-van-gogh-museum"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to</span><span class="invisible">-matter/design-insights-studying-van-gogh-museum</span></a></p><p>Van Gogh at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/40599" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/40599"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/40599</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

The Sower with Setting Sun, c.1888. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

The painting depicts a peasant farmer striding across a plowed field, scattering seeds, silhouetted against a brilliant yellow sun. A gnarled tree trunk dominates the right side of the composition, with furrows of the field rendered in vivid blues, purples, and greens.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh#/media/File:De_zaaier_-_s0029V1962_-_Van_Gogh_Museum.jpg

Still Life: Vase with Fourteen Sunflowers, August 1888. National Gallery, London

One of the most iconic paintings in art history, it shows fourteen sunflowers in various stages of bloom arranged in a simple earthenware vase signed "Vincent" in blue. The composition is dominated by brilliant yellows and golds against a pale yellow background, with the flowers ranging from fresh blooms to wilting seed heads.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh#/media/File:Vincent_Willem_van_Gogh_127.jpg

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<p>Previously Unknown Medieval Chronicle Discovered</p><p>A newly discovered chronicle from the early eighth century is giving medieval historians a rare new window onto the political shocks and religious debates that reshaped the eastern Mediterranean in the decades before and after the rise of Islam.</p><p><a href="https://www.medievalists.net/2026/02/previously-unknown-medieval-chronicle-discovered/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.medievalists.net/2026/02/previously-unknown-medieval-chronicle-discovered/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.medievalists.net/2026/02/p</span><span class="invisible">reviously-unknown-medieval-chronicle-discovered/</span></a></p><p>More articles about Maronite Chronicle of 713:<br><a href="https://medievalworlds.net/0xc1aa5572_0x004102d6.pdf" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="medievalworlds.net/0xc1aa5572_0x004102d6.pdf"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medievalworlds.net/0xc1aa5572_</span><span class="invisible">0x004102d6.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.academia.edu/145038749/Recovering_Syro_Chalcedonian_Historical_Memory_The_Maronite_Chronicle_of_713_and_its_Manuscript_Transmission" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.academia.edu/145038749/Recovering_Syro_Chalcedonian_Historical_Memory_The_Maronite_Chronicle_of_713_and_its_Manuscript_Transmission"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.academia.edu/145038749/Rec</span><span class="invisible">overing_Syro_Chalcedonian_Historical_Memory_The_Maronite_Chronicle_of_713_and_its_Manuscript_Transmission</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/old_manuscripts/" rel="tag">#old_manuscripts</a></p>

Arabic Manuscripts 597. Book of Daniel and Solomon's Proverbs.

The image shows two pages of Arabic text written in traditional calligraphy, appearing to be a biblical manuscript. St. Catherine's Monastery houses one of the world's most important collections of ancient manuscripts, including significant Arabic Christian texts. This manuscript represents the Arabic translation tradition of biblical books, important for understanding how scripture was transmitted and read in Arabic-speaking Christian communities.

Part of
Manuscripts in St. Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai: Microfilm 5014: Arabic (312)
Manuscripts in St. Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai (1,691)

https://www.loc.gov/resource/amedmonastery.00279390684-ms/?sp=19&st=image

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<p>Newly published stories show a different side of Ian Fleming and Graham Greene</p><p>By Milton Guevara, Majd Al-Waheidi</p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/05/15/nx-s1-5397182/strand-magazine-ian-fleming-graham-greene-short-stories" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.npr.org/2025/05/15/nx-s1-5397182/strand-magazine-ian-fleming-graham-greene-short-stories"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.npr.org/2025/05/15/nx-s1-5</span><span class="invisible">397182/strand-magazine-ian-fleming-graham-greene-short-stories</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>

Portrait of Ian Fleming.

This portrait of Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond, captures the author in a relaxed yet sophisticated pose.

Fleming is dressed in a suit and a polka-dot bow tie, reinforcing his refined and classic style.

He holds a cigarette holder to his mouth with a slight, knowing smile, suggesting confidence and wit—qualities often attributed to his famous fictional spy.

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

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<p>Warburg’s Werewolf: An Anamnesis</p><p>Aby Warburg spent his life finding forms that could hold their own against the flow of time. All the while, as Kevin Dann explores, he was churning on the brink of madness with the sense that he himself was changing — into a terrifying animal. What kind of history would a werewolf write?</p><p>By Kevin Dann</p><p><a href="https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/warburgs-werewolf-an-anamnesis/?utm_source=newsletter" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="publicdomainreview.org/essay/warburgs-werewolf-an-anamnesis/?utm_source=newsletter"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">publicdomainreview.org/essay/w</span><span class="invisible">arburgs-werewolf-an-anamnesis/?utm_source=newsletter</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

“Les Révélations Brutales”, illustration by Bertall (Charles Albert d’Arnoux) from Balzac’s Petites misères de la vie conjugale (1846)

The illustration “Les Révélations Brutales” by Bertall (Charles Albert d’Arnoux), from Honoré de Balzac’s Petites misères de la vie conjugale (1846), is a satirical and dramatic depiction of a domestic confrontation. In the scene, a husband and wife are caught in a moment of intense emotional tension—likely following a blunt or painful revelation, as the title suggests ("Brutal Revelations").

The artwork captures the stiff posture and stunned expressions typical of 19th-century caricature, emphasizing the discomfort, irony, and dark humor Balzac often used to expose the complexities and hypocrisies of married life.

https://archive.org/details/petitesmisres00balz/page/272/mode/2up

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