#classicbooks — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #classicbooks, aggregated by home.social.
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The idea of Marc Andreesen reading _Infinite Jest_ is funny, not because it’s hard (it’s not) but because a lot of it is just inept imitations of Ronald Reagan’s speaking style and Ivy League basketball coverage. It gets treated like an epic profound mediation on addiction but it’s one of the frattiest #books imaginable. #bookstodon #ClassicBooks
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📅 This Day in Literature — May 1
Published on this day: The Sun Also Rises (1926)
Hemingway's first major novel defined the Lost Generation.
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📅 This Day in Literature — April 28
Born on this day: Harper Lee (1926)
Published one perfect novel and vanished from public life for decades.
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📅 This Day in Literature — April 26
Born on this day: Marcus Aurelius (121)
Roman Emperor and Stoic philosopher. Meditations remains a timeless guide to life.
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📅 This Day in Literature — April 23
Born & died on this day: William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
Born and died on the same date. Also World Book Day (UNESCO).
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📅 This Day in Literature — April 21
Born on this day: Charlotte Brontë (1816)
Also the birthday of Mark Twain's first voyage on the Mississippi.
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📅 This Day in Literature — April 15
Born on this day: Henry James (1843)
Master of the psychological novel. The Turn of the Screw still terrifies readers.
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📅 This Day in Literature — April 14
Remembered today: Abraham Lincoln (1865)
At Ford's Theatre watching a play. His love of Shakespeare was legendary.
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📅 This Day in Literature — April 10
Published on this day: To Kill a Mockingbird (1960)
Harper Lee's debut became the most-taught novel in American schools.
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Tried something different with The Wealth of Nations—built a reader instead of just reading it.
Inspired by Karpathy’s idea of interacting with text using LLMs:
https://x.com/karpathy/status/1886200943471157418My latest vibecoding experiment:
https://mrdee.in/vibecoding/vibecoding-012-wealth-of-nations-reader/Classic texts are dense. Linear reading feels… limiting.
This is an attempt to turn reading into something more interactive, exploratory—almost conversational.
Less “consume”, more “engage”.
#vibecoding #learninginpublic #toolsforthought #ClassicBooks #reading
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📅 This Day in Literature — April 3
Born on this day: Washington Irving (1783)
America's first internationally famous author — Rip Van Winkle sleeps on.
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📅 This Day in Literature — April 2
Born on this day: Hans Christian Andersen (1805)
From The Little Mermaid to The Ugly Duckling — the master of fairy tales.
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Re-reading To Kill a Mockingbird and finishing it in one sitting—again.
It remains one of the most challenged books in the U.S., largely due to its portrayal of race and injustice.
That discomfort is precisely the point.
Literature that endures tends to ask questions people would rather avoid.
#BannedBooks #Literature #ToKillAMockingbird #FreedomToRead #ClassicBooks
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📅 This Day in Literature — March 31
Born on this day: Charlotte Brontë (1816)
Jane Eyre revolutionized fiction with its fierce, independent heroine.
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📅 This Day in Literature — March 25
Published on this day: The Great Gatsby (1925)
Fitzgerald's masterpiece was a commercial failure — he died thinking it forgotten.
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📅 This Day in Literature — March 24
Remembered today: Jules Verne (1905)
The father of science fiction predicted submarines, space travel, and the internet.
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📅 This Day in Literature — March 21
Published on this day: Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852)
Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel that Lincoln reportedly said started the Civil War.
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📅 This Day in Literature — March 20
Born on this day: Henrik Ibsen (1828)
Father of modern drama. A Doll's House shocked audiences and changed theater forever.
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📅 This Day in Literature — March 14
Published on this day: The Hobbit concept (1930)
Tolkien scribbled 'In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit' on a blank exam paper.
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📅 This Day in Literature — March 12
Born on this day: Jack Kerouac (1922)
Beat Generation icon who typed On the Road on a continuous 120-foot scroll of paper.
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📅 This Day in Literature — March 9
Born on this day: Vita Sackville-West (1892)
Poet, novelist, and garden designer who inspired Virginia Woolf's Orlando.
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📅 This Day in Literature — March 3
Born on this day: Alexander Graham Bell (1847)
Also the birthday of literature itself — it's World Book Day in the UK!
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After 7 years in Portugal I finally visited the famed Livraria Lello in Porto last week. (It was February and raining, so the queues were acceptable.) The interior was as beautiful as I expected, but their selection of books was surprising. I shared pics and my thought in this blog post: https://judybackhouse.com/fiction/an-old-bookshop-for-old-authors/
#books, #bookshop #Authors, #Fiction, #publishing #selfpublishing #classicbooks #classics #literature #cookbooks #Portugal #Porto -
I can't believe it...
Saw it in a website, the 1897 first edition book of Dracula by Bram Stoker and signed by himself! Can be possible?
Wish to be a millionaire, I would have this book in my personal library. LOL.#BramStoker #Dracula #Books #ClassicBooks #Gothic #HorrorBooks
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I can't believe it...
Saw it in a website, the 1897 first edition book of Dracula by Bram Stoker and signed by himself! Can be possible?
Wish to be a millionaire, I would have this book in my personal library. LOL.
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It’s Weekend, Let’s Read: Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice was first published on 28th of January of 1813 and is one of my (and so many others) favorite novels of all time. If you never read it, do not go thinking it is a love story. Well, it’s kind of, but it’s so much more: It’s a comedy of manners and social criticism.
“I must confess that I think her as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print, and how I shall be able to tolerate those who do not like her at least I do not know.“
Jane Austen in a letter to her sister Cassandra on the 29th of January of 1823Elizabeth Bennet is one of my favourite characters: she is intelligent, witty, has no problems to recognise she was mistaken, but also she embodies women independence and resistance. We can see this when she decides to walk to Netherfield, instead of waiting for the carriage, to check on her sister or, when in Rosings, Elizabeth is playing the piano and says to Mr. Darcy:
“My fingers,” said Elizabeth, “do not move over this instrument in the masterly manner which I see so many women’s do. They have not the same force or rapidity, and do not produce the same expression. But then I have always supposed it to be my own fault—because I would not take the trouble of practising. It is not that I do not believe my fingers as capable as any other woman’s of superior execution.”
There are many editions of Pride & Prejudice, some with introductions or annotated that give more insights on the text, but if you want to read it right now, head over to Project Gutenberg that has the edition with the illustrations by Hugh Thomson. You can read it or download it here.
#BookLook #books #ClassicBooks #JaneAusten #Policiais #PrideAndPrejudice #readings
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A perfect Christmas gift tonight!
"The Mansion of Nightmares", edited under Club Diógenes/Valdemar (Spain, 2025). 25 stories about haunted houses by different writers in 695 pages. I wanna start reading soon!#Books #BookAddict #BookWorm #Reader #Horror #HorrorBook #ClassicBooks
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A perfect Christmas gift tonight!
"The Mansion of Nightmares", edited under Club Diógenes/Valdemar (Spain, 2025). 25 stories about haunted houses by different writers in 695 pages. I wanna start reading soon!#Books #BookAddict #BookWorm #Reader #Horror #HorrorBook #ClassicBooks
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A perfect Christmas gift tonight!
"The Mansion of Nightmares", edited under Club Diógenes/Valdemar (Spain, 2025). 25 stories about haunted houses by different writers in 695 pages. I wanna start reading soon!#Books #BookAddict #BookWorm #Reader #Horror #HorrorBook #ClassicBooks
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A perfect Christmas gift tonight!
"The Mansion of Nightmares", edited under Club Diógenes/Valdemar (Spain, 2025). 25 stories about haunted houses by different writers in 695 pages. I wanna start reading soon!#Books #BookAddict #BookWorm #Reader #Horror #HorrorBook #ClassicBooks
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A perfect Christmas gift tonight!
"The Mansion of Nightmares", edited under Club Diógenes/Valdemar (Spain, 2025). 25 stories about haunted houses by different writers in 695 pages. I wanna start reading soon!#Books #BookAddict #BookWorm #Reader #Horror #HorrorBook #ClassicBooks
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A perfect Christmas gift tonight!
"The Mansion of Nightmares", edited under Club Diógenes/Valdemar (Spain, 2025). 25 stories about haunted houses by different writers in 695 pages. I wanna start reading soon!
#Books #BookAddict #BookWorm #Reader #Horror #HorrorBook #ClassicBooks -
A perfect Christmas gift tonight!
"The Mansion of Nightmares", edited under Club Diógenes/Valdemar (Spain, 2025). 25 stories about haunted houses by different writers in 695 pages. I wanna start reading soon!
#Books #BookAddict #BookWorm #Reader #Horror #HorrorBook #ClassicBooks -
#bookwyrm 30 Day Book Challenge - Day 14 - Favorite Classic - The Last Unicorn - Peter Beagle #thelastunicorn #peterbeagle #schmendrick #mollygrue #classicbooks #classicfantasy #booksky #booktok #bookstagram #ttrpgpodcast #gamemastersbookclub https://www.k-squareproductions.com/gmbc
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The oldest whales in the ocean were alive before 'Moby-Dick' and have the harpoons to prove it
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/whales-older-than-moby-dick-ex1
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It’s Weekend, Let’s Read: The Secret Garden #ProjectGutenberg #PublicDomain
Today I’m sharing a book that it is widely known, but I never read it, can you believe it? The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
The story is about Mary Lennox that is sent to live with her uncle in a manor house in the Yorkshire Moors. There’s a locked walled garden and a secret about it (not a spoiler, it’s in the title).
You can download an illustrated edition from Project Gutenberg right here, right now.
If you are also going through a hell of a heatwave like we’re having, maybe reading about a garden helps. Have a wonderful and relaxed weekend full of reading.
#BookLook #books #ClassicBooks #FrancesHodgsonBurnett #readings #TheSecretGarden #WeekendReadings
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„Ich dehne diesen Band mehr aus, da die deutschen Hunde den Wert der Bücher nach dem Kubikinhalt schätzen.” — Marx, heute 1818 geboren 🥳 an BFF Engels am 18. Juni 1862 anlässlich seiner Arbeit an »Das Kapital«. Im Triple, Band 1/2/3, für 20 € (!) pro gebundenem Buch: https://dietzberlin.de/produkt/das-kapital-kritik-der-politischen-oekonomie
#marx #karlmarx #daskapital #kapitalismus #latestagecapitalism #capitalism #anticapitalism #marxism #marxwasright #linke #leftist #classicbooks #booksthatchangedmylife
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When you encounter a young person, introduce them to Lucretius' De Rerum Natura...
... and now they possibly love it even more than you do 😍🥰
#Philosophy #Lucretius #Latin #Epicureanism #Poetry #Physics #AtomicTheory #QuantumPhysics #Cosmology #UniverseOrigins #MustRead #ClassicBooks #LiveLongLearning
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I've been slowly working my way through my pile of shame books for 10 years.
I've recently found an app, called Serial Reader, which is giving me a boost - it gives me a 20 min chunk of a classic novel every day.
I finished The Mark of Zorro that way, and now I'm 15% in to my first ever Dickens - David Copperfield.
The app and books are free with no ads. I just paid the $4 to upgrade though, because you get a few useful features - like a Read Later queue.
Well worth a try, I read my daily bit over breakfast or lunch.
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@SerialReader
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“The carrion birds sat about the topmost corners of the houses with their wings outstretched in attitudes of exhortation like dark little bishops.”
#CormacMcCarthy #BloodMeridian #Books #Bookshelf #ClassicBooks #bookstodon
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“Suddenly, like a thing falling upon me from without, came fear.”
- H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds
#HGWells #TheWarOfTheWorlds #ScienceFiction #SciFiClassics #HorrorFiction #ClassicBooks #LiteraryClassics #MoncreiffePress #BookQuotes #BookCommunity #Bookish #Bookstodon -
“Suddenly, like a thing falling upon me from without, came fear.”
- H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds
#HGWells #TheWarOfTheWorlds #ScienceFiction #SciFiClassics #HorrorFiction #ClassicBooks #LiteraryClassics #MoncreiffePress #BookQuotes #BookCommunity #Bookish #Bookstodon -
“Suddenly, like a thing falling upon me from without, came fear.”
- H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds
#HGWells #TheWarOfTheWorlds #ScienceFiction #SciFiClassics #HorrorFiction #ClassicBooks #LiteraryClassics #MoncreiffePress #BookQuotes #BookCommunity #Bookish #Bookstodon -
“Suddenly, like a thing falling upon me from without, came fear.”
- H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds
#HGWells #TheWarOfTheWorlds #ScienceFiction #SciFiClassics #HorrorFiction #ClassicBooks #LiteraryClassics #MoncreiffePress #BookQuotes #BookCommunity #Bookish #Bookstodon -
“Suddenly, like a thing falling upon me from without, came fear.”
- H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds
#HGWells #TheWarOfTheWorlds #ScienceFiction #SciFiClassics #HorrorFiction #ClassicBooks #LiteraryClassics #MoncreiffePress #BookQuotes #BookCommunity #Bookish #Bookstodon -
All Serene - an ejaculation of acquiescence. Some years back a popular street cry. With or without application to actual fact, the words all serene were bawled from morning to night without any reference to the serenity of the unfortunate hearers.—See SERENE
- John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
#JohnCamdenHotten #TheSlangDictionary #19thCentury #Etymology #Slang #ClassicBooks #LiteraryClassics #MoncreiffePress #BookQuotes #BookCommunity #Bookish #Bookstodon -
Did you know that the greatest Christmas movie, Die Hard, is based on a novel called Nothing Lasts Forever?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing_Lasts_Forever_(Thorp_novel)
Apparently it's a very good book, so don't read the plot summary if you plan to try it out. But otherwise, read how the book ends. It's *dark* compared to the movie!
#ChristmasMovies #DieHard #movies #MovieAdaptations #BookAdaptations #ClassicBooks #Bookstodon @bookstodon
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“Your hands are born open, and so is your heart; and though there may be times when your hands are empty, your heart is always full, and you can give things out of that—help and comfort and laughter—and sometimes that is the best help of all.”
- Frances Hodgson Burnett, A Little Princess ⭐ ❄️ 🎄
#FrancesHodgsonBurnett #ALittlePrincess #ChildrensClassics #ClassicBooks #LiteraryClassics #MoncreiffePress #LiteraryQuotes #BookQuotes #BookCommunity #Bookish #Bookstodon -
“I acquired the habit of laying my egg and burning myself every five hundred years–and you know how difficult it is to break yourself of a habit.”
- E. Nesbit, The Phoenix and the Carpet
#ENesbit #ThePhoenixAndTheCarpet #Mythology #ChildrensAdventureBooks #ChildrensBooks #ClassicBooks #LiteraryClassics #MoncreiffePress #LiteraryQuotes #BookQuotes #BookCommunity #Bookish #Bookstodon
