In honor of what would be Victor Hugo's 214th birthday (wow), enjoy a tribute to his most famous and longest-lived work, Les Misérables. Let's start by defining what "les misérables" means. The literal translation is "the miserable ones," but there remains the distinct possibility that the thematic significance of the title may still be a mystery. It's likely that…
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Literary Love Quotes for Your Valentine
The media shows us two reactions to this little, commercial holiday: 1) the lovey-dovey people feeding each other heart-shaped chocolates into their perfect, air-brushed mouths, and 2) single, bitter people, doubling down on the BOGO chocolate at the local grocery store. Many of us, however, do not adhere to that binary system and enjoy reading love stories,…
Cozy Up with a Classic
Who hasn't read a 1,488 page epic of the French Revolution and thought, there should really be a version of this for infants. Nobody. Finally, two brothers are filling the void of classic literature for children under the age of 3. Okay, all mockery aside this is actually seriously cute. (So cute I had to…