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Nabokov's butterflies
Vladimir Nabokov is best known for Lolita, the novel that scandalised thousands of readers in the 1950s and 1960s. What is less well known, Mary Ellen Hannibal suggests in the...
Nabokov's butterflies
Vladimir Nabokov is best known for Lolita, the novel that scandalised thousands of readers in the 1950s and 1960s. What is less well known, Mary Ellen Hannibal suggests in the...
Three Hemingway letters
According to The Independent article, 'The Letters of Ernest Hemingway, Volume 2, 1923-25, review' there are "6,000 or so of Ernest Hemingway's surviving letters, addressed to more than 1,900 recipients and...
Three Hemingway letters
According to The Independent article, 'The Letters of Ernest Hemingway, Volume 2, 1923-25, review' there are "6,000 or so of Ernest Hemingway's surviving letters, addressed to more than 1,900 recipients and...
The origin of Mark Twain’s name
Before “Mark Twain” he was “Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass”. And before “Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass” he was “Sieur Louis de Conte”, “John Snook” and even “Josh”. Samuel Clemens, America’s classic satirist, used...
The origin of Mark Twain’s name
Before “Mark Twain” he was “Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass”. And before “Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass” he was “Sieur Louis de Conte”, “John Snook” and even “Josh”. Samuel Clemens, America’s classic satirist, used...
Bestsellers that nearly weren’t
Flavorwire identifies famous books originally rejected by publishers. Here are four: Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov Lolita is one of the best-selling novels of all time, with over 50 million copies...
Bestsellers that nearly weren’t
Flavorwire identifies famous books originally rejected by publishers. Here are four: Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov Lolita is one of the best-selling novels of all time, with over 50 million copies...
Writers' houses – in pictures
If you’re interested in where great writers lived, take a look at Nick Channer's new book Where Great Books Began, which features more than 50 literary residences. A few appeared in the...
Writers' houses – in pictures
If you’re interested in where great writers lived, take a look at Nick Channer's new book Where Great Books Began, which features more than 50 literary residences. A few appeared in the...
Four myths about Ibsen
Here is an extract taken from our latest eBook release: The Connell Short to Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House written by academic Kirsten E Shepherd-Barr.
Four myths about Ibsen
Here is an extract taken from our latest eBook release: The Connell Short to Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House written by academic Kirsten E Shepherd-Barr.