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Think Hollywood Hearthrobs are a new phenomenon? Think again. (Image: Darcy à Netherfield by C.E. Brock. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.)

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Do you know what "Wuthering Heights" is? Do you know what pseudonym Emily Brontë used to publish her book? Find out with a quiz on this famous work of literature. (Image: Title page for the first volume of the first edition of Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell. Thomas Cautley Newby, publisher. Lowell 1238.5 (A), Houghton Library, Harvard University. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.)

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Summer technically isn't over yet. There's still time to soak up some more sun with a few good reads!

The Roald Dahl 100 campaign marks the centennial of his birth and celebrates his masterfully creative and ingenious works. (Image credit: Matilda 1st Edition cover. Fair use via Wikimedia Commons.)

“The Queen turned crimson with fury,* and, after glaring at her for a moment like a wild beast, began screaming ‘Off with her head! Off with——’ ‘Nonsense!’ said Alice, very loudly and decidedly, and the Queen was silent.” - Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. Illustration by John Tenniel.

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"Shakespeare was widely admired in his own time, still more so after the publication of the First Folio. But he was not initially regarded as superior to all his contemporaries. ['English Literature: A Very Short Introduction'] #shakespeare #literature #books (Image: Wikimedia)

More from our out-of-print library! We love these covers from our old colourful Oxford Shakespeare Concordances series. #shakespeare #literature #books #libraries #muchado

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Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - review via Guardian Children's Books 'I felt rather lonely after the March sisters had gone as I loved their spirit and felt as if I was almost one of them, which is a clear sign of this book's greatness' #LouisaMayAlcott #lit #classics #LittleWomen Louisa May Alcott, Oxford Classics, Veritas Press, Book Whisperer, Army Chaplain, Family Women, Book Sites, Thing 1, American Author

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Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - review via Guardian Children's Books 'I felt rather lonely after the March sisters had gone as I loved their spirit and felt as if I was almost one of them, which is a clear sign of this book's greatness' #LouisaMayAlcott #lit #classics #LittleWomen

"Jacobs’ narrative similarly introduces incidents drawing on stock representations of slavery. For example, in both John Brown’s 1855 slave narrative, Slave Life in Georgia, and Jacobs’ Incidents painful cleansing agents are applied to a slave’s back just after a whipping; and slaves are tied up in a back-straining “buck” in order to enhance their pain."

"Jacobs’ narrative similarly introduces incidents drawing on stock representations of slavery. For example, in both John Brown’s 1855 slave narrative, Slave Life in Georgia, and Jacobs’ Incidents painful cleansing agents are applied to a slave’s back just after a whipping; and slaves are tied up in a back-straining “buck” in order to enhance their pain."

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Another in our out-of-print library! We love these covers from our old colourful Oxford Shakespeare Concordances series. #shakespeare #literature #books #libraries #merrywives

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"Shakespeare was widely admired in his own time, still more so after the publication of the First Folio. But he was not initially regarded as superior to all his contemporaries. ['English Literature: A Very Short Introduction'] #shakespeare #literature #books (Image: Wikimedia)

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In December 1817, an advertisement appeared in the Morning Chronicle newspaper announcing the imminent publication of ‘Northanger Abbey, a Romance; and Persuasion, a Novel. By the Author of Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, etc.’ #Austen #JaneAusten #classiclit #books (Image: Wikimedia) Mary Bennet, Favorite Authors, Favorite Books, Favorite Things, Regency Fashion, Edwardian Fashion

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In December 1817, an advertisement appeared in the Morning Chronicle newspaper announcing the imminent publication of ‘Northanger Abbey, a Romance; and Persuasion, a Novel. By the Author of Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, etc.’ #Austen #JaneAusten #classiclit #books (Image: Wikimedia)

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A Very Short Fact: English author Virginia Woolf died on this day in 1941. A long-time sufferer of depression, Woolf sensed the return of her mental illness and committed suicide. ““The idea that the artist can in this way make a cognitive gain for... Writers And Poets, Vanessa Hudgens, Modernist Writers, Virginia Woolf Quotes, Virginia Wolf, Bloomsbury Group

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A Very Short Fact: English author Virginia Woolf died on this day in 1941. A long-time sufferer of depression, Woolf sensed the return of her mental illness and committed suicide. ““The idea that the artist can in this way make a cognitive gain for...

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Reminiscing Virginia Woolf's legacy as a woman, a feminist, and a novelist (Image: Portrait of Virginia Woolf by George Charles Beresford. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons).

Reminiscing Virginia Woolf's legacy as a woman, a feminist, and a novelist (Image: Portrait of Virginia Woolf by George Charles Beresford. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons).

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