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  1. Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner ★★★★☆
    Two timelines, one quietly devastating story. Stegner tested my patience across 500 pages, then rewarded it with a spectacular ending. This Pulitzer winner might just be his most enduring.

    #Books #BookReview #LiteraryFiction #AmericanLiterature #ClassicLit

    books.robertbreen.com/2025/11/

  2. Ah, Ralph Waldo Emerson — what a treasure. His wisdom is simple to understand, yet difficult to practice. Trust your own thoughts. Be yourself. Be present. 𝑆𝑒𝑙𝑓-𝑅𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑂𝑡h𝑒𝑟 𝐸𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑦𝑠 ★★★★★

    books.robertbreen.com/2025/10/

    #Books #BookReview #Essays #Emerson #ClassicLit

  3. In case you’re looking for something wonderful and hilarious to watch today: National Theatre has made The Importance of Being Earnest available on Youtube and it’s utterly delightful. Oscar Wilde’s humor still shines so brightly a century later ♥️ #theatre #classiclit

    youtu.be/obX-HGs-PS8

  4. If It’s Such Great Literature, Why Does It Only Have 3.5 Stars?

    "Do “mediocre” Goodreads ratings represent a lukewarm response to some titles, or reflect a readership passionately divided into polarised factions?"

    #SciComm by @grrlscientist

    #Literature #ClassicLit #GreatBooks #LiteraryCriticism #GoodReads #Ratings #Books grrlscientist.medium.com/about

  5. If It’s Such Great Literature, Why Does It Only Have 3.5 Stars?

    "Do “mediocre” Goodreads ratings represent a lukewarm response to some titles, or reflect a readership passionately divided into polarised factions?"

    #SciComm by @GrrlScientist

    #Literature #ClassicLit #GreatBooks #LiteraryCriticism #GoodReads #Ratings #Books grrlscientist.medium.com/about

  6. If It’s Such Great Literature, Why Does It Only Have 3.5 Stars?

    "Do “mediocre” Goodreads ratings represent a lukewarm response to some titles, or reflect a readership passionately divided into polarised factions?"

    #SciComm by @grrlscientist

    #Literature #ClassicLit #GreatBooks #LiteraryCriticism #GoodReads #Ratings #Books grrlscientist.medium.com/about

  7. It's one of the most famous plays in the world. ❤️🗡️ But who is the author?

    Put your knowledge to the test! A, B, C, or D? Tell us your answer below! 👇

    #LiteratureTrivia #ClassicLit #WhoWroteIt #Shakespeare #QuizTime #Learning #Playwright #5SecondDaily

  8. After about 6 weeks off, @chapterbychapter returns tomorrow with a serialization of Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley.

    As I've said before*, she doesn't get enough credit for her impact on science fiction. Odd that a story written by a young woman (published at 20) would be overlooked 🤔

    Anyway, follow chapter bot to get a chapter a day, Victorian-Netflix style.

    #literature #classiclit #PublicDomain #frankenstein

    *said before here, for example: infosec.exchange/@Bfordham/115

  9. I just finished N⁰ 73 of Penguin Little Black Classics as my first of the set to read. I love the story of Icarus. Scylla cutting off Nisus' purple tress to give to Minos has a certain fantasticism to it that's not often seen in contemporary lit. This was a breeze of a read at 56 pages and I'd recommend it to anyone facing a reading slump or just wanting a casual introduction to Ovid.

    #penguinclassics #ovid #literature #shortreads #classiclit @bookstodon

  10. I just acquired the Penguin Little Black Classics Boxed set. It's truly beautiful. I'm planing to read one or two of these a week and will be making a lot of posts about these in the near future.

    #classics #classiclit #penguinclassics #reading @bookstadon

  11. Don Quixote on the universal experience of finding yourself facing an unbalanced encounter.

    #ttrpg #DnD #ClassicLit #DonQuixote

  12. Latest read, Sindbad the Sailor and Sindbad the Porter (the 7 Voyages of Sindbad), translated by NJ Dawood (1954), from Tales from the Thousand and One Nights; shipwrecks, an island-sized whale, the Roc, giants, winged men & more.
    Classic, of course.
    244 of #400FantasyStories
    #Books #Fables #ClassicLit