literature

<p>“Helen Adam marched through her life to the beat of her own drum”<br>—Kristin Prevallet</p><p>Helen Adam (1909–1993) – fey child prodigy (published by Faber &amp; Faber at 14) &amp; daughter of the manse; bardic matriarch of the San Francisco Beats; Worm Queen – was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 2 Dec. </p><p>A 🎂🧵</p><p>1/7</p><p><a href="https://caesuramag.org/posts/kristin-prevallet-poems-by-helen-adam" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="caesuramag.org/posts/kristin-prevallet-poems-by-helen-adam"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">caesuramag.org/posts/kristin-p</span><span class="invisible">revallet-poems-by-helen-adam</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/gothic/" rel="tag">#gothic</a> <a href="/tags/supernatural/" rel="tag">#supernatural</a> <a href="/tags/ballads/" rel="tag">#ballads</a> <a href="/tags/sanfrancisco/" rel="tag">#SanFrancisco</a> <a href="/tags/beatpoets/" rel="tag">#BeatPoets</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p>

<p>“I met people who gave me books, who handed me a thousand lives so that I might learn to live my own”</p><p>—Andrew O’Hagan, on why he supports the Scottish Book Trust Christmas appeal</p><p><a href="https://www.heraldscotland.com/business_hq/25609921.andrew-ohagan-join-scottish-book-trusts-appeal-change-lives/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.heraldscotland.com/business_hq/25609921.andrew-ohagan-join-scottish-book-trusts-appeal-change-lives/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.heraldscotland.com/busines</span><span class="invisible">s_hq/25609921.andrew-ohagan-join-scottish-book-trusts-appeal-change-lives/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/christmas/" rel="tag">#Christmas</a> <a href="/tags/charity/" rel="tag">#charity</a></p>

<p>The Visual Art and Design of Famous Writers, Part 2</p><p>By Steven Brower via PrintMag (from the archives)</p><p><a href="https://www.printmag.com/illustration-design/the-visual-art-and-design-of-famous-writers-part-2/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.printmag.com/illustration-design/the-visual-art-and-design-of-famous-writers-part-2/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.printmag.com/illustration-</span><span class="invisible">design/the-visual-art-and-design-of-famous-writers-part-2/</span></a></p><p>Part 1 is available here:<br><a href="https://www.printmag.com/design-books/the-visual-art-and-design-of-famous-writers/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.printmag.com/design-books/the-visual-art-and-design-of-famous-writers/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.printmag.com/design-books/</span><span class="invisible">the-visual-art-and-design-of-famous-writers/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/illustration_design/" rel="tag">#illustration_design</a></p>

<p>&quot;A poet of one mood in all my lays,<br>Ranging all life to sing my only love,<br>Like a west wind across the world I move,<br>Sweeping my harp of floods mine own wild way.&quot;</p><p>British writer and poet Alice Meynell was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1847.</p><p>She was considered for the position of Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom twice, first in 1892 on the death of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and later in 1913 on the death of Alfred Austin, but was never appointed to the position.</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/546" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/546"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/546</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>French writer Juliette Adam was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1836.</p><p>She gave an account of her childhood, rendered unhappy by the dissensions of her parents, in Le roman de mon enfance et de ma jeunesse. She published in 1858 her Idées antiproudhoniennes sur l&#x27;amour, la femme et le mariage, in defense of Daniel Stern (pen name of Marie d&#x27;Agoult) and George Sand.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliette_Adam" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliette_Adam"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliette</span><span class="invisible">_Adam</span></a></p><p>Books by Juliette Adams at PG:<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliette_Adam" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliette_Adam"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliette</span><span class="invisible">_Adam</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 1802.</p><p>The Edinburgh Review, a reforming quarterly, is first published.</p><p>Among the most notable of the foreign publications it observed was Jean-Jacques Rousseau&#x27;s Discourse on Inequality, which Adam Smith reviewed in the journal&#x27;s second and final issue, published in March 1756.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Review" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Review"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburg</span><span class="invisible">h_Review</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/literarycriticism/" rel="tag">#literarycriticism</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1869.</p><p>Model, poet and artist Elizabeth Siddal (d. 1862) is exhumed at Highgate Cemetery in London in order to recover the manuscript of Dante Gabriel Rossetti&#x27;s Poems buried with her.</p><p>Rossetti then published the contents in Poems (1870). These became part of Rossetti&#x27;s sonnet sequence entitled The House of Life. </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Siddal#After_Siddal&#x27;s_death" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Siddal#After_Siddal&#x27;s_death"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabet</span><span class="invisible">h_Siddal#After_Siddal&#x27;s_death</span></a></p><p>The House of Life at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3692" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3692</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>American illustrator, author and naturalist William Hamilton Gibson was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1850.</p><p>Gibson illustrated S. A. Drake&#x27;s In the Heart of the White Mountains, and E. P. Roe&#x27;s Nature&#x27;s Serial Story; and his own books, The Complete American Trapper; Pastoral Days; Highways and Byways; Happy Hunting Grounds; Strolls by Starlight and Sunshine; Sharp Eyes; and My Studio Neighbours.</p><p>Books illustrated or by W. Hamilton Gibson at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=W.+Hamilton+Gibson&amp;submit_search=Go%21" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=W.+Hamilton+Gibson&amp;submit_search=Go%21"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=W.+Hamilton+Gibson&amp;submit_search=Go%21</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/illustrations/" rel="tag">#illustrations</a></p>

<p>Robert Burns &amp; the Glenriddell Manuscripts<br>22 January 2026, National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh – free</p><p>Discover the incredible story of the Glenriddell Manuscripts – the largest collection of Robert Burns’s original writings in the world.</p><p><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/robert-burns-and-the-glenriddell-manuscripts-tickets-1975276014733" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/robert-burns-and-the-glenriddell-manuscripts-tickets-1975276014733"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/robert-</span><span class="invisible">burns-and-the-glenriddell-manuscripts-tickets-1975276014733</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/robertburns/" rel="tag">#RobertBurns</a> <a href="/tags/18thcentury/" rel="tag">#18thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/song/" rel="tag">#song</a> <a href="/tags/letters/" rel="tag">#letters</a> <a href="/tags/manuscripts/" rel="tag">#manuscripts</a></p>

<p>French illustrator, etcher, lithographer, caricaturist, and novelist Albert Robida died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1926.</p><p>He was an early pioneer of science fiction and founding father of science fiction art. He edited and published La Caricature magazine for 12 years. Through the 1880s, he wrote an acclaimed trilogy of futuristic novels. In the 1900s he created 520 illustrations for Pierre Giffard&#x27;s weekly serial La Guerre Infernale.</p><p>Albert Robida at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1043" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1043"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1043</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/illustration/" rel="tag">#illustration</a></p>

<p>English explorer, writer, photographer and naturalist Isabella Bird died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1904.</p><p>Despite health problems in her youth, Bird became an avid traveler later in life. She authored several books about her travels: &quot;The Hawaiian Archipelago,&quot; &quot;Unbeaten Tracks in Japan,&quot; and &quot;A Lady&#x27;s Life in the Rocky Mountains.&quot; Bird was the first woman to be elected Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in 1892.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Bird" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Bird"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella</span><span class="invisible">_Bird</span></a></p><p>Isabella Bird at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/393" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/393"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/393</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>Hey <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> - I am in a bit of a reading rut and need some <a href="/tags/recommendations/" rel="tag">#recommendations</a> to help me get out. Do you have any good recommendations for historical <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a>? I would even take some well-written <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> or <a href="/tags/travel/" rel="tag">#travel</a> books. My only restriction is that I would like recommendation not focused on the United States (but I am open if it is good). Thanks!</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/historicalfiction/" rel="tag">#historicalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/histodon/" rel="tag">#histodon</a> <a href="/tags/histodons/" rel="tag">#histodons</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>

<p>Felix Salten: the Jewish author and hunter who created Bambi</p><p>Bambi is a beloved story which has entertained people for decades. Though the tale of the deer&#x27;s life has been enjoyed by generations, many do not know the name of its author. </p><p>by Adrian Murphy</p><p><a href="https://www.europeana.eu/en/stories/felix-salten-the-jewish-author-and-hunter-who-created-bambi?mtm_campaign=europeanathemed-animation-nov2025" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.europeana.eu/en/stories/felix-salten-the-jewish-author-and-hunter-who-created-bambi?mtm_campaign=europeanathemed-animation-nov2025"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.europeana.eu/en/stories/fe</span><span class="invisible">lix-salten-the-jewish-author-and-hunter-who-created-bambi?mtm_campaign=europeanathemed-animation-nov2025</span></a></p><p>Salten at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/35122" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/35122"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/35122</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 1798.</p><p>Elizabeth Inchbald&#x27;s Lovers&#x27; Vows (adapted from Kotzebue&#x27;s Das Kind der Liebe – 1780; literally &quot;Love Child,&quot; or &quot;Natural Son,&quot; as it is often translated) is first performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London.</p><p>It was likewise successful as a print publication, though it also aroused controversy about its &quot;levelling&quot; politics and moral ambiguity.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovers%27_Vows" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovers%27_Vows"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovers%2</span><span class="invisible">7_Vows</span></a></p><p>Lovers&#x27; Vows at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4554" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4554</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>Top 50 Masterpieces of Medieval Literature</p><p>Unlock the rich and diverse world of medieval literature with our list of 50 masterpieces. From epic tales of heroism to timeless romances and spiritual writings, these works from the Middle Ages have shaped cultures and influenced storytelling traditions for centuries.</p><p>via <span class="h-card"><a href="https://hcommons.social/@medievalists" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>medievalists</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://www.medievalists.net/2024/09/top-50-masterpieces-of-medieval-literature/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.medievalists.net/2024/09/top-50-masterpieces-of-medieval-literature/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.medievalists.net/2024/09/t</span><span class="invisible">op-50-masterpieces-of-medieval-literature/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>Zelda Fitzgerald on F. Scott’s Writing</p><p>Zelda’s satirical review of F. Scott’s second novel, The Beautiful and the Damned, revealed much more than her wit.</p><p>By: Emily Zarevich via @JSTOR_Daily </p><p><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/zelda-fitzgerald-on-f-scotts-writing/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daily.jstor.org/zelda-fitzgerald-on-f-scotts-writing/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daily.jstor.org/zelda-fitzgera</span><span class="invisible">ld-on-f-scotts-writing/</span></a></p><p>The Beautiful and the Damned at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9830" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9830</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/literarycriticism/" rel="tag">#literarycriticism</a></p>

<p>Robert Louis Stevenson died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 3 December, in 1894, aged 44. He is buried on Mt Vaea, on the island of Upolu in Samoa 🇼🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿</p><p>📷 Thomas Andrew (1855–1939): Burial of Robert Louis Stevenson, 1894 / Le maliu o Tusitala i le tausaga 1894<br>🧵</p><p>1/6</p><p><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Burial_and_grave_of_Robert_Louis_Stevenson_in_Samoa,_1894.jpg" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Burial_and_grave_of_Robert_Louis_Stevenson_in_Samoa,_1894.jpg"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil</span><span class="invisible">e:Burial_and_grave_of_Robert_Louis_Stevenson_in_Samoa,_1894.jpg</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/19thcentury/" rel="tag">#19thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/victorian/" rel="tag">#Victorian</a> <a href="/tags/robertlouisstevenson/" rel="tag">#RobertLouisStevenson</a> <a href="/tags/samoa/" rel="tag">#Samoa</a> <a href="/tags/tusitala/" rel="tag">#Tusitala</a></p>

<p>Re-Tracing the Dance-Steps of the Hugboon: The Nordic Background of Orkney Folk Legends<br>5 December, online – free</p><p>In this seminar, Prof Terry Gunnell (University of Iceland) will explore the Nordic connections of Orkney legends &amp; folklore</p><p><a href="https://llc.ed.ac.uk/celtic-scottish-studies/css-seminar-series-251205" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="llc.ed.ac.uk/celtic-scottish-studies/css-seminar-series-251205"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">llc.ed.ac.uk/celtic-scottish-s</span><span class="invisible">tudies/css-seminar-series-251205</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/legends/" rel="tag">#legends</a> <a href="/tags/folklore/" rel="tag">#folklore</a> <a href="/tags/folktales/" rel="tag">#folktales</a> <a href="/tags/norse/" rel="tag">#Norse</a> <a href="/tags/orkney/" rel="tag">#Orkney</a></p>

<p>“In story after story, epicene young men, difficult children, or wild beasts set out to shake up the stifling complacency around them”</p><p>Hector Hugh Munro (1870–1916) – Saki – was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 18 Dec, in Myanmar. Although born in the Raj &amp; raised in England, his parents were Scots &amp; he considered himself to be a Scot, too. Fatema Ahmed looks at his fierce, funny, &amp; wicked fiction</p><p>@bookstodon </p><p>1/8</p><p><a href="https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/43602/untameable-saki" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/43602/untameable-saki"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/cul</span><span class="invisible">ture/43602/untameable-saki</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/saki/" rel="tag">#Saki</a> <a href="/tags/shortstories/" rel="tag">#shortstories</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#humor</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#humour</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <a href="/tags/edwardian/" rel="tag">#Edwardian</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1905.</p><p>The English actor-manager Sir Henry Irving collapses in his hotel, while playing Thomas Becket on tour in Bradford, dying soon afterwards. &#x27;Into thy hands, O Lord, into thy hands&#x27;, and though he lived for an hour or so longer he never spoke again&quot; were his last words.</p><p>Becket and other plays by Baron Alfred Tennyson at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9162" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9162</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><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1875, poet and novelist Rainer Maria Rilke is born</p><p>Rilke &quot;was an Austrian poet and novelist. Acclaimed as an idiosyncratic and expressive poet, he is widely recognized as a significant writer in the German language. His work is viewed by critics and scholars as possessing undertones of mysticism, exploring themes of subjective experience and disbelief.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainer_Maria_Rilke" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainer_Maria_Rilke"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainer_M</span><span class="invisible">aria_Rilke</span></a></p><p>Rilke at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/846" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/846"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/846</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>“What sprang forth from Carlyle’s pen was not a dry account of the French Revolution, but a book brimming with passion and philosophy, one that offered a new style of storytelling that influenced a generation of Victorian writers.”</p><p>Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 4 Dec. His THE FRENCH REVOLUTION established him as one of the most important social &amp; cultural commentators of his day</p><p>🧵</p><p>1/7</p><p><a href="https://www.neh.gov/humanities/2009/marchapril/feature/the-voracious-pen-thomas-carlyle" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.neh.gov/humanities/2009/marchapril/feature/the-voracious-pen-thomas-carlyle"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.neh.gov/humanities/2009/ma</span><span class="invisible">rchapril/feature/the-voracious-pen-thomas-carlyle</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/victorian/" rel="tag">#Victorian</a> <a href="/tags/19thcentury/" rel="tag">#19thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/thomascarlyle/" rel="tag">#ThomasCarlyle</a></p>

<p>The very first Nobel Prize in Literature in history was awarded to Sully Prudhomme in 1901.</p><p>Most people don’t know him today - which makes it even more interesting to read the man who started Nobel literary history.</p><p>Try his elegant, heartbreaking “The Broken Vase”.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <br><a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <br><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>&quot;Whan that Aprill with his shoures soote<br>&quot;The droghte of March hath perced to the roote,<br>And bathed every veyne in swych licour<br>Of which vertu engendred is the flour...&quot;<br>Opening lines. The Canterbury Tales</p><p>~Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343 – October 25, 1400)</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>Happy Public Domain Day 2026 (Jan. 1) from Duke Law School&#x27;s Center for the Study of the Public Domain. To read more about the public domain</p><p>via Duke University School of Law</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh9f_k7fQPA&amp;t=33s" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh9f_k7fQPA&amp;t=33s"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh9f_k</span><span class="invisible">7fQPA&amp;t=33s</span></a></p><p>More information here:<br><a href="https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2026/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2026/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdo</span><span class="invisible">mainday/2026/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/publicdomaindaycountdown/" rel="tag">#publicDomainDayCountdown</a></p>