When I hear “public domain,” I picture the free books on my Kindle with the boring primary-color covers and uninspiring content assigned to my AP English classes in high school. So when I decided to comb through our library and …
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7 Famous Authors and their Day Jobs
As summer winds down and a new school year starts up again, it seems like only yesterday when we celebrated the completion of our many school projects and exams. It’s hard not to wonder, “Where did the time go?” It …
5 Times King Lear Had Some (Surprisingly) Good Advice
There’s no putting it lightly: Shakespeare’s King Lear contains so much tragedy that it gives Game of Thrones a run for its money. The play is brimming with family betrayal, loss, and struggles for status, wealth, and power that drive …
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What You Should Name Your Pets, According to Famous Authors
In a previous installment, we more or less advocated for naming all of your pets “Toots.” Maybe you took that to heart, or maybe you rather enjoyed the dog names that famous authors have endorsed. Well, we’re back, and this …
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Best Beatrice and Benedick Insults, Explained
Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing is one of his most successful romantic comedies. It is ridiculously funny, in part because the banter is so absurd (the characters even more so), but also in part because unlike other Shakespearean comedies, there’s …
7 Literary One-Hit Wonders
Some writers churn out new works like unstoppable machines. Dickens, Shakespeare, Austen—all of these writers died not only with multiple major literary works to their names but also produced many successful texts that remain immensely popular to this day. On …
7 Classic Literary Siblings
Siblings—can’t live with them, can’t live without them. We wanted to highlight some of our favorite literary siblings and what makes each pair so special. From the most loyal of friendships to the most intense of rivalries, here are seven …
8 Quotes to Get You Back Into Sherlock Holmes
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s short stories and novellas featuring Sherlock Holmes became enduring classics of the mystery and detective genre. In honor of Doyle’s classic stories, we’ve gathered some of our favorite quotes from an array of different Sherlock Holmes …
