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Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice: An Annotated Edition
An Annotated Edition by Jane Austen. Buy HERE. Along with the plays of William Shakespeare and the works of…
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Newstead Abbey: Lord Byron’s Home
Newstead Abbey in Nottinghamshire is best known as the ancestral home of Lord Byron who was the 6th Baron Byron…
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Rudyard Kipling at the cemetery in Loos, France.
Carrie and Rudyard Kipling at the cemetery in Loos, France, after World War I. The couple’s 18-year-old son, Jack, had …
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Poetry
“Butterflies” – Rudyard Kipling
Eyes aloft, over dangerous places, The children follow the butterflies, And, in the sweat of their upturned faces, Slash with…
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The Jane Austen Quilt
Jane Austen was both fond of and good at needlework. Several pieces of her work survived and can be seen…
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Oscar Wilde Died in Paris
Oscar Wilde died in of cerebral meningitis on Saturday 1 December 1900 15.57 GMT (aged 46) at the Hôtel d’Alsace…
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Thomas Hardy
Tess – A Pure Woman
Tess was a simple, innocent, guideless and hypersensitive girl, trapped in a traditionally bound-society. She went to the D’Urbervilles to…
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John Donne
John Donne a Metaphysical Poet
Dryden once remarked: Donne affects metaphysics not only in his satires but in amorous verses, too, where nature only should…
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Is Jonathan Swift a misanthrope?
Jonathan Swift is not a misanthrope rather he is a philanthrope. It is the misconception of those who think Swift…
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