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Fairies and Fatal Women

Henry Fuseli, Queen Katherine’s Dream exhibited 1781

The subject is taken from folklore and literature. A sleeping shepherd is assailed by fairies, while his dog takes watch.

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2020-07-01

Barry Hines was born in 1939. His book A Kestrel for a Knave remains a cornerstone of British literature. This edition is illustrated by David Howe and introduced by - and fewer than 50 copies remain in our Summer Sale! https://t.co/aAUCal6NVs

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2020-06-30

If you like pirates this series is for you. Black Sails is a prequel to Treasure Island and it has many parallels to characters and tales of classical literature. Nobody is truly good, nobody is truly bad, and you understand exactly why the characters decide to do what they do

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2020-06-29

"Hello. I am Hod, patron librarian of the Floor of Literature."

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2020-06-19



Day 1: CONFESSIONS

"My eyes wander to you" is by far the BEST kinda sorta accidental confession I've seen in modern literature..... Hilda denying it then Claude turning it into "hey wanna meet my parents?" 👀👌 Poetic Cinema

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2020-06-08

An art gift commemorating corona victims
1. Art dealer Bob Haboldt has donated an oil on copper Pietà by Bartholomeus Spranger to the Rijksmuseum as a tribute to the victims of the corona pandemic. It is unsigned and undated and not previously mentioned in Spranger literature.

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2020-05-27

this is Po and Rosy!!! Po'okela is an NB butch lesbian space cowboy. They're a freedom fighter in a colonist revolution, on the run from the law man. Rosy is a cis femme lesbian historian who specializes in ancient alien literature. they're gay and go on adventures together

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2020-05-19

"That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you're not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong."
— F. Scott Fitzgerald

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2020-05-19

Anyone remember Gravitation. I didn’t actually watch the full anime but I was obsessed with the manga when I was a teen and I remember cry-laughing about that specific brand of humour. I should re-read that masterpiece of classic literature.

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2020-05-11

Meet Dave Jones. He's apathetic and likes bland literature. Lives in a closet on the ship and drinks three week old coffee.

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2020-05-09

Have you seen our free Teacher's Toolkit written by
with ? It's brimming with ideas for using Lots that Year 11s might enjoy here?

https://t.co/B7kOhWyux1. Illustrations © Hannah Buckman

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2020-05-01

Hi, Australian illustrator here! I’m primarily interested in work for children’s and YA literature. Here’s a sample of my work and a link to my portfolio.

https://t.co/9pB9EEc5wZ

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2020-04-28

An older pic from around 2007 I think, done by the very talented and skilled of my lion readin' a bit of classic literature. A lion must be strong in mind, body, and spirit!

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2020-04-28

Modelled along the lines of Dostoevsky’s first wife Maria Dmitrievna Isaeva, Sonia’s stepmother, consumptive, overchallenged, hysterical Katerina Ivanovna and her three little children star in some of the most haunting family scenes of world literature.

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2020-04-25

The Beatles & Shakespeare have sold more records/books than anybody else in the history of music/literature. They are (and will always remain) the World's greatest culture irons. Here for the first time they are brought together in a crazy adventure.

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2020-04-24

My rendition of a Kartazon, a kind of unicorn that Strabo (who was referencing a description by Aelian) didn't believe existed in India, but unlike the Ctesias unicorn, the kartazon does at least exist in ancient Indian literature.

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2020-04-21

Read the best writers from all different periods;
keep your reading of contemporaries in proportion - you do not want a steady diet of contemporary literature.
You already belong to your time.

— Lydia Davis, Essays One

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2020-04-15

SirJames Roberts of & spent 3 months in Russia every year in the 1880s trading for wool & lost a fortune when broke out. He gave £10k to the University of Leeds for a Chair in Russian Language & Literature.

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2020-04-13

Bidding has opened in our online-only auction of Fine Literature. Highlights include a collection of Rudyard Kipling, featuring a group of illustrations inspired by The Jungle Book. Place your bids! Soft close 4. https://t.co/Q9jpGZmgEp

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2020-04-04

A human warrior from The Night Land series by
Written in 1912, it introduced the scifi ideas of force fields, megacities, energy weapons, etc. Also was a main inspiration for Lovecraft's cosmic horror literature.

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2020-03-18