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AMINADAB. A jeering name for a Quaker.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): AMINADAB. A jeering name for a Quaker. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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    Why Is the Aeneid Important? Key Lessons and Impact of the Ancient Epic

    "Virgil’s Aeneid is one of the most famous and influential pieces of literature from the Roman world. What was its purpose, and what are the key lessons it conveys?"

    thecollector.com/aeneid-import

    The Aeneid at PG:

    gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?q

    Virgil Reading the Aeneid to Augustus and Octavia

    Virgil Reading the Aeneid to Augustus and Octavia. Oil painting by Angelica Kauffman. "It depicts a legend in Macrobius that Octavia the Younger fainted whilst Virgil was reading to her and Augustus a passage about her son Marcellus in the Book VI of his Aeneid." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil_Reading_the_Aeneid_to_Augustus_and_Octavia#:~:text=Virgil%20Reading%20the%20Aeneid%20to%20Augustus%20and%20Octavia%20is%20an,is%20in%20the%20Royal%20Collection.

    Alt...Virgil Reading the Aeneid to Augustus and Octavia. Oil painting by Angelica Kauffman. "It depicts a legend in Macrobius that Octavia the Younger fainted whilst Virgil was reading to her and Augustus a passage about her son Marcellus in the Book VI of his Aeneid." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil_Reading_the_Aeneid_to_Augustus_and_Octavia#:~:text=Virgil%20Reading%20the%20Aeneid%20to%20Augustus%20and%20Octavia%20is%20an,is%20in%20the%20Royal%20Collection.

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      DOT AND GO ONE. To waddle: generally applied to persons who have one leg shorter than the other, and who, as the sea phrase is, go upon an uneven keel. Also a jeering appellation for an inferior writing-master, or teacher of arithmetic.

      A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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      Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): DOT AND GO ONE. To waddle: generally applied to persons who have one leg shorter than the other, and who, as the sea phrase is, go upon an uneven keel. Also a jeering appellation for an inferior writing-master, or teacher of arithmetic. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

      Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): DOT AND GO ONE. To waddle: generally applied to persons who have one leg shorter than the other, and who, as the sea phrase is, go upon an uneven keel. Also a jeering appellation for an inferior writing-master, or teacher of arithmetic. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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        George Eliot is best known for Middlemarch, but she also wrote an early work of science fiction

        We don’t tend to associate her with science fiction. But in 1859, as she was embarking on her career as a novelist, Eliot published a short science-fiction novel titled The Lifted Veil.

        by Jessica Murray

        theconversation.com/george-eli

        George Eliot at PG:
        gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/90

        GEORGE ELIOT'S LIFE VOL. III.—SUNSET The image depicts an English country house — ivy-clad stone walls, mullioned windows, steeply pitched roof with chimneys — set in well-kept grounds with large mature trees framing the view. A gardener with a lawn roller works on the left, and a small child plays on the grass in the foreground with what appears to be a toy perambulator. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/43045/43045-h/43045-h.htm

        Alt...GEORGE ELIOT'S LIFE VOL. III.—SUNSET The image depicts an English country house — ivy-clad stone walls, mullioned windows, steeply pitched roof with chimneys — set in well-kept grounds with large mature trees framing the view. A gardener with a lawn roller works on the left, and a small child plays on the grass in the foreground with what appears to be a toy perambulator. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/43045/43045-h/43045-h.htm

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          CITY COLLEGE. Newgate.

          A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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          Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CITY COLLEGE. Newgate. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

          Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CITY COLLEGE. Newgate. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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            BLACK FLY. The greatest drawback on the farmer is the black fly, i.e. the parson who takes tithe of the harvest.

            A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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            Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BLACK FLY. The greatest drawback on the farmer is the black fly, i.e. the parson who takes tithe of the harvest. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

            Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BLACK FLY. The greatest drawback on the farmer is the black fly, i.e. the parson who takes tithe of the harvest. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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              What explains the timeless appeal of Sherlock Holmes?

              What's behind the timeless appeal of the quintessential fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes, who's been around for 140 years? Host Adrian Ma speaks with expert Sherlockian, Otto Penzler.

              npr.org/2026/03/28/nx-s1-57522

              Sherlock Holmes at PG:
              gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/76

              Cover page of The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, January 1904, No. 157 by Various The illustration shows three figures in a domestic interior — a standing man gesturing as if in explanation, a seated woman in a dark dress, and a partially visible third figure. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44113

              Alt...Cover page of The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, January 1904, No. 157 by Various The illustration shows three figures in a domestic interior — a standing man gesturing as if in explanation, a seated woman in a dark dress, and a partially visible third figure. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44113

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                Langston Hughes: Novelist, Poet, Activist and... Translator

                Ricardo Wilson II on the Writer’s Experience in Mexico and His Struggle to Bring Mexican and Cuban Writers to American Audiences

                lithub.com/langston-hughes-nov

                Langston Hughes at PG:
                gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/86

                Langston Hughes, 1943. Photo by Gordon Parks. Hughes leans casually against a small pedestal, his arm resting around a squat stone sculpture. He wears a plaid flannel shirt and looks slightly off-camera with a broad and an easy smile. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langston_Hughes#/media/File:Langston_Hughes.jpg

                Alt...Langston Hughes, 1943. Photo by Gordon Parks. Hughes leans casually against a small pedestal, his arm resting around a squat stone sculpture. He wears a plaid flannel shirt and looks slightly off-camera with a broad and an easy smile. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langston_Hughes#/media/File:Langston_Hughes.jpg

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                  CAUDGE-PAWED. Left-handed.

                  A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                  Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CAUDGE-PAWED. Left-handed. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                  Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CAUDGE-PAWED. Left-handed. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                    CIRCUMBENDIBUS. A roundabout way, or story. He took such a circumbendibus; he took such a circuit.

                    A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                    Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CIRCUMBENDIBUS. A roundabout way, or story. He took such a circumbendibus; he took such a circuit. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                    Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CIRCUMBENDIBUS. A roundabout way, or story. He took such a circumbendibus; he took such a circuit. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                      “There’s no conflict in Death Comes for the Archbishop, except for the grinding of tectonic plates, the breaking of treaties, the murder of nations.”

                      by Patricia Lockwood

                      lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n06/pa

                      Death Comes for the Archbishop at PG:
                      gutenberg.org/ebooks/69730

                      1st edition cover of Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather. The central illustration shows a black silhouette of a robed rider on a rearing horse. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Comes_for_the_Archbishop#/media/File:DeathComes_ForTheArchbishop.jpg

                      Alt...1st edition cover of Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather. The central illustration shows a black silhouette of a robed rider on a rearing horse. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Comes_for_the_Archbishop#/media/File:DeathComes_ForTheArchbishop.jpg

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                        FLASH MAN. A bully to a bawdy house. A whore's bully.

                        A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                        Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): FLASH MAN. A bully to a bawdy house. A whore's bully. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                        Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): FLASH MAN. A bully to a bawdy house. A whore's bully. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                          MAWKES. A vulgar slattern.

                          A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                          Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): MAWKES. A vulgar slattern. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                          Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): MAWKES. A vulgar slattern. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                            The Tortured Genius of ETA Hoffmann Who Turned Personal Failure Into Literary Masterpieces

                            A key figure in Romanticism, ETA Hoffmann is best remembered for his uncanny stories—but he was also a major player in music history.

                            by Dr. Victoria C. Roskams

                            thecollector.com/eta-hoffmann-

                            E.T.A. Hoffmann at PG:
                            gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/20

                            Self-portrait E. T. A. Hoffmann - Alte Nationalgalerie Painting shows Hoffmann with dark, curly hair and alert, slightly asymmetrical features gazes directly outward with a faintly wry, knowing expression. He wears a dark double-breasted coat with a fur or velvet collar, beneath which a frilled white cravat rises high around his neck. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._T._A._Hoffmann#/media/File:E._T._A._Hoffmann,_autorretrato.jpg

                            Alt...Self-portrait E. T. A. Hoffmann - Alte Nationalgalerie Painting shows Hoffmann with dark, curly hair and alert, slightly asymmetrical features gazes directly outward with a faintly wry, knowing expression. He wears a dark double-breasted coat with a fur or velvet collar, beneath which a frilled white cravat rises high around his neck. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._T._A._Hoffmann#/media/File:E._T._A._Hoffmann,_autorretrato.jpg

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                              BELL, BOOK, AND CANDLE. They cursed him with bell, book, and candle; an allusion to the popish form of excommunicating and anathematizing persons who had offended the church.

                              A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                              Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BELL, BOOK, AND CANDLE. They cursed him with bell, book, and candle; an allusion to the popish form of excommunicating and anathematizing persons who had offended the church. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                              Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BELL, BOOK, AND CANDLE. They cursed him with bell, book, and candle; an allusion to the popish form of excommunicating and anathematizing persons who had offended the church. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                Someone at Bluesky reminded me that we do have the book in our catalogue:

                                gutenberg.org/ebooks/73727

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                                  "I hoped that, in the long hours of practicing, I might somehow cast aside the cynicism and despair overtaking my teaching and so rekindle my love of the classroom—and of life." —Peter Wayne Moe for @longreads

                                  longreads.com/2026/03/26/craft

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                                    FUNK. To smoke; figuratively, to smoke or stink through fear. I was in a cursed funk.

                                    A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                    Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): FUNK. To smoke; figuratively, to smoke or stink through fear. I was in a cursed funk. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                    Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): FUNK. To smoke; figuratively, to smoke or stink through fear. I was in a cursed funk. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                      The Elusive Poet of Desire

                                      Why biographers can’t pin Cavafy down

                                      by Langdon Hammer

                                      yalereview.org/article/langdon

                                      Cavafy at PG:
                                      gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/51

                                      Constantine Cavafy in 1929 Unknown photographer (signed: Pacino) - C.P. Cavafy Archives - Onassis Foundation A formal black and white studio portrait photograph, signed "Pacino" in the lower left corner. Cavafy looks directly at the camera with a calm, slightly guarded expression. He wears large, round wire-rimmed spectacles, a dark pinstripe suit, a striped tie, and a white pocket square. His dark hair is swept back from a broad forehead. The background appears to be a decorative tapestry or painted backdrop with floral or figural motifs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_P._Cavafy#/media/File:Konstantinos_Kavafis.jpg

                                      Alt...Constantine Cavafy in 1929 Unknown photographer (signed: Pacino) - C.P. Cavafy Archives - Onassis Foundation A formal black and white studio portrait photograph, signed "Pacino" in the lower left corner. Cavafy looks directly at the camera with a calm, slightly guarded expression. He wears large, round wire-rimmed spectacles, a dark pinstripe suit, a striped tie, and a white pocket square. His dark hair is swept back from a broad forehead. The background appears to be a decorative tapestry or painted backdrop with floral or figural motifs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_P._Cavafy#/media/File:Konstantinos_Kavafis.jpg

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                                        DANDY GREY RUSSET. A dirty brown. His coat's dandy grey russet, the colour of the Devil's nutting bag.

                                        A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                        Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): DANDY GREY RUSSET. A dirty brown. His coat's dandy grey russet, the colour of the Devil's nutting bag. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                        Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): DANDY GREY RUSSET. A dirty brown. His coat's dandy grey russet, the colour of the Devil's nutting bag. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                          Hi!, I'm a bot posting selections from Francis Grose’s 1785 “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue”, a compilation of slang terms, the coded language of the underclass and the demi-monde.

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                                            GALIMAUFREY. A hodgepodge made up of the remnants and scraps of the larder.

                                            A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                            Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): GALIMAUFREY. A hodgepodge made up of the remnants and scraps of the larder. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                            Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): GALIMAUFREY. A hodgepodge made up of the remnants and scraps of the larder. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                              Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s Herland (1915)

                                              A female uptopia....

                                              publicdomainreview.org/collect

                                              "Herland" at PG:

                                              gutenberg.org/ebooks/32

                                              Photograph of Charlote Perkins Gilman. She is in profile.

                                              Alt...Photograph of Charlote Perkins Gilman. She is in profile.

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                                                Habermas and climate action

                                                Jürgen Habermas offers a framework for action on climate change – justice and deliberation are as important as the science

                                                by Emilie Pratticois

                                                aeon.co/essays/how-can-haberma

                                                Climate changes at PG:
                                                gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/

                                                Fig. 1. Climatic changes and mountain building. (After Schuchert, in The Evolution of the Earth and Its Inhabitants, edited by R. S. Lull.) Diagram showing the times and probable extent of the more or less marked climate changes in the geologic history of North America, and of its elevation into chains of mountains. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37855/37855-h/37855-h.htm

                                                Alt...Fig. 1. Climatic changes and mountain building. (After Schuchert, in The Evolution of the Earth and Its Inhabitants, edited by R. S. Lull.) Diagram showing the times and probable extent of the more or less marked climate changes in the geologic history of North America, and of its elevation into chains of mountains. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37855/37855-h/37855-h.htm

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                                                  The heroines of Santa Barbara

                                                  How an organised body of women changed the female role in war

                                                  by Helena Nogué

                                                  europeana.eu/en/stories/the-he

                                                  Spain history at PG:
                                                  gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/

                                                  PALMA VECCHIO, Santa Barbara (detail) S. M. Formosa, Venice. The figure is rendered with serene, idealized beauty. She gazes slightly to one side with a calm, composed expression. Her long hair flows loosely, and she wears a crown of spikes. A ribbon or cloth is wound through her hair on the right side. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/72598/pg72598-images.html

                                                  Alt...PALMA VECCHIO, Santa Barbara (detail) S. M. Formosa, Venice. The figure is rendered with serene, idealized beauty. She gazes slightly to one side with a calm, composed expression. Her long hair flows loosely, and she wears a crown of spikes. A ribbon or cloth is wound through her hair on the right side. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/72598/pg72598-images.html

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                                                    IRISH TOYLES. Thieves who carry about pins, laces, and other pedlars wares, and under the pretence of offering their goods to sale, rob houses, or pilfer any thing they can lay hold of.

                                                    A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                    Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): IRISH TOYLES. Thieves who carry about pins, laces, and other pedlars wares, and under the pretence of offering their goods to sale, rob houses, or pilfer any thing they can lay hold of. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                    Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): IRISH TOYLES. Thieves who carry about pins, laces, and other pedlars wares, and under the pretence of offering their goods to sale, rob houses, or pilfer any thing they can lay hold of. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                      TO NAP. To cheat at dice by securing one chance. Also to catch the venereal disease. You've napt it; you are infected.

                                                      A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                      Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): TO NAP. To cheat at dice by securing one chance. Also to catch the venereal disease. You've napt it; you are infected. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                      Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): TO NAP. To cheat at dice by securing one chance. Also to catch the venereal disease. You've napt it; you are infected. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                        4 Forgotten Female Authors Who Inspired Jane Austen

                                                        mentalfloss.com/literature/aut

                                                        Books at PG by:

                                                        Frances Burney

                                                        gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/20

                                                        Maria Edgeworth

                                                        gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/630

                                                        Charlotte Smith

                                                        gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/41

                                                        Elizabeth Inchbald

                                                        gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/13

                                                        Maria Edgeworth

                                                        Drawing of Maria Edgeworth. She is shown sitting in a chair next to a table. There is a stack of books on the table, and she resting her left elbow on them. That hand is touching her face.

                                                        Alt...Drawing of Maria Edgeworth. She is shown sitting in a chair next to a table. There is a stack of books on the table, and she resting her left elbow on them. That hand is touching her face.

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                                                          Morgan le Fay was King Arthur’s sister – but also a healer, mathematician and murderer

                                                          by Nicole Kimball

                                                          theconversation.com/morgan-le-

                                                          Morgan le Fay at PG:
                                                          gutenberg.org/ebooks/31900

                                                          A painting of Morgan le Fay by Frederick Sandys, 1863-1864 depicts her enchanting a cloak. A young woman with wild copper-red hair kneels in intense concentration, eyes half-closed, lips parted in incantation, one hand extended over a small burning brazier while the other holds a golden object. She wears sumptuous layered robes — a deep green outer cloak, a yellow-gold embroidered gown decorated with fantastical creatures, and a great sweep of crimson-purple silk behind her. A leopard skin drapes across her lap. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_le_Fay#/media/File:Sandys,_Frederick_-_Morgan_le_Fay.JPG

                                                          Alt...A painting of Morgan le Fay by Frederick Sandys, 1863-1864 depicts her enchanting a cloak. A young woman with wild copper-red hair kneels in intense concentration, eyes half-closed, lips parted in incantation, one hand extended over a small burning brazier while the other holds a golden object. She wears sumptuous layered robes — a deep green outer cloak, a yellow-gold embroidered gown decorated with fantastical creatures, and a great sweep of crimson-purple silk behind her. A leopard skin drapes across her lap. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_le_Fay#/media/File:Sandys,_Frederick_-_Morgan_le_Fay.JPG

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                                                            Pepper Basham on How The Secret Garden Inspired Her Love for British Literature

                                                            "I can still find my way there through these pages. Some gardens, it turns out, are always in season."

                                                            lithub.com/pepper-basham-on-ho

                                                            The secret garden at PG:
                                                            gutenberg.org/ebooks/17396

                                                            "IT SEEMED SCARCELY BEARABLE TO LEAVE SUCH DELIGHTFULNESS" A girl in a grey-blue dress and hat, and a red-haired boy in a white shirt — sitting cross-legged on the grass beneath a spreading tree, facing each other with absorbed attention. Between them, a small fox lies curled on the ground, apparently tame or injured, the focus of their gentle care. A red squirrel perches on the boy's shoulder. High in the branches above, a magpie watches the scene. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/17396/pg17396-images.html#Page_231

                                                            Alt..."IT SEEMED SCARCELY BEARABLE TO LEAVE SUCH DELIGHTFULNESS" A girl in a grey-blue dress and hat, and a red-haired boy in a white shirt — sitting cross-legged on the grass beneath a spreading tree, facing each other with absorbed attention. Between them, a small fox lies curled on the ground, apparently tame or injured, the focus of their gentle care. A red squirrel perches on the boy's shoulder. High in the branches above, a magpie watches the scene. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/17396/pg17396-images.html#Page_231

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                                                              NECK WEED. Hemp.

                                                              A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                              Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): NECK WEED. Hemp. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                DUTCHESS. A woman enjoyed with her pattens on, or by a man-in boots, is said to be made a dutchess.

                                                                A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): DUTCHESS. A woman enjoyed with her pattens on, or by a man-in boots, is said to be made a dutchess. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): DUTCHESS. A woman enjoyed with her pattens on, or by a man-in boots, is said to be made a dutchess. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                  "in 1917, Virginia Woolf and Leonard Woolf purchase a used handpress. A month later, Hogarth Press is born."

                                                                  lithub.com/lit-hub-daily-march

                                                                  Books by Woolf at PG:

                                                                  gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/89

                                                                  "Engagement photograph, Virginia and Leonard Woolf, 23 July 1912, a month before their wedding. Photograph taken at Dalingridge Place, the Sussex home of Virginia’s half-brother, George Duckworth" - picryl.com The couple are standing before an opening. She is wearing a hat and he is holding his hat in his left hand. They are both looking to their right.

                                                                  Alt..."Engagement photograph, Virginia and Leonard Woolf, 23 July 1912, a month before their wedding. Photograph taken at Dalingridge Place, the Sussex home of Virginia’s half-brother, George Duckworth" - picryl.com The couple are standing before an opening. She is wearing a hat and he is holding his hat in his left hand. They are both looking to their right.

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                                                                    Medieval chess was more inclusive than the world around it

                                                                    Black, white, Muslim, or Christian: Players found common ground across the board.

                                                                    by Andrew Paul

                                                                    popsci.com/science/chess-medie

                                                                    Chess at PG:
                                                                    gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/1

                                                                    Two shatranj players in a detail from a Persian miniature painting of Bayasanghori Shahname made in 1430 The Shâhnâmeh (Book of Kings) is major epic work of persian poetry "Ferdowsi Tousi". - A detailed Persian miniature painting. A enthroned figure in purple robes sits elevated on an ornate dais beneath a decorated arch, attended by a standing courtier in orange. Around and below the platform, a crowd of courtiers in white turbans and robes of red, blue, green and orange stand in attendance. In the foreground, two figures face each other across what appears to be a game board — the shatranj (chess) players referenced in the description — one in blue robes, one in green. Every surface is covered in intricate geometric and floral patterning: the tiled floor in hexagonal motifs, the walls and textiles in arabesques and gold. http://portal.unesco.org/ci/photos/showgallery.php/cat/793

                                                                    Alt...Two shatranj players in a detail from a Persian miniature painting of Bayasanghori Shahname made in 1430 The Shâhnâmeh (Book of Kings) is major epic work of persian poetry "Ferdowsi Tousi". - A detailed Persian miniature painting. A enthroned figure in purple robes sits elevated on an ornate dais beneath a decorated arch, attended by a standing courtier in orange. Around and below the platform, a crowd of courtiers in white turbans and robes of red, blue, green and orange stand in attendance. In the foreground, two figures face each other across what appears to be a game board — the shatranj (chess) players referenced in the description — one in blue robes, one in green. Every surface is covered in intricate geometric and floral patterning: the tiled floor in hexagonal motifs, the walls and textiles in arabesques and gold. http://portal.unesco.org/ci/photos/showgallery.php/cat/793

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                                                                      ‘I want my career, my children and a free supple life’: Sylvia Plath’s radical reinvention

                                                                      Too often framed as a tragic icon or a victim of domesticity, the poet remade herself and her work at the start of the 60s, as a new collection will show

                                                                      by Helen Bain

                                                                      theguardian.com/books/2026/mar

                                                                      Sylvia Plath, sitting sideways to the camera. A black and white photograph of Sylvia Plath with short dark hair, captured in a three-quarter profile view, her gaze directed slightly away from the camera. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Plath#/media/File:Sylvia_Plath.jpg

                                                                      Alt...Sylvia Plath, sitting sideways to the camera. A black and white photograph of Sylvia Plath with short dark hair, captured in a three-quarter profile view, her gaze directed slightly away from the camera. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Plath#/media/File:Sylvia_Plath.jpg

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                                                                        CRAB. To catch a crab; to fall backwards by missing one's stroke in rowing.

                                                                        A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                        Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CRAB. To catch a crab; to fall backwards by missing one's stroke in rowing. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                        Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CRAB. To catch a crab; to fall backwards by missing one's stroke in rowing. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                          JACK PUDDING. The merry andrew, zany, or jester to a mountebank.

                                                                          A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                          Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): JACK PUDDING. The merry andrew, zany, or jester to a mountebank. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                          Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): JACK PUDDING. The merry andrew, zany, or jester to a mountebank. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                            Literary Celebrity, Mussolini’s Mouthpiece, AND American Traitor: Who Was Ezra Pound?

                                                                            Stephen Harding on the Modernist Poet and His Fascist Politics

                                                                            lithub.com/literary-celebrity-

                                                                            Books by Pound at PG:

                                                                            gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/26

                                                                            "Black-and-white United States passport photograph of American writer Ezra Pound" - picryl.com

                                                                            Alt..."Black-and-white United States passport photograph of American writer Ezra Pound" - picryl.com

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                                                                              What we can learn from scientific analysis of Renaissance recipes

                                                                              Multispectral imaging, proteomics, historical texts yield new insights into 16th-century medical manuals.

                                                                              by Jennifer Ouellette

                                                                              arstechnica.com/science/2026/0

                                                                              The Pleasures of the Table by George H. Ellwanger at PG:
                                                                              gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf

                                                                              LE LIVRE DE TAILLEVENT Facsimile of the title-page of the edition of 1545 The blackletter text reads: Title: "Le livre de Taillevent grant cuysinier du Roy de France" — "The book of Taillevent, great cook to the King of France" Colophon below: notes it was sold at Lyon, freshly printed, at the house of the late Barnabé Chaussard The central illustration shows a royal banquet scene — elegantly dressed figures seated at a draped table, being served, in a style typical of 15th–16th century French woodcut illustration. "Taillevent" was the nickname of Guillaume Tirel (c.1310–1395), master cook to several French kings including Charles V and Charles VI. His cookbook Le Viandier is one of the oldest and most important culinary texts in French history, covering medieval court cuisine — sauces, roasts, potages, and spiced dishes. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/62354/pg62354-images.html#Page_49

                                                                              Alt...LE LIVRE DE TAILLEVENT Facsimile of the title-page of the edition of 1545 The blackletter text reads: Title: "Le livre de Taillevent grant cuysinier du Roy de France" — "The book of Taillevent, great cook to the King of France" Colophon below: notes it was sold at Lyon, freshly printed, at the house of the late Barnabé Chaussard The central illustration shows a royal banquet scene — elegantly dressed figures seated at a draped table, being served, in a style typical of 15th–16th century French woodcut illustration. "Taillevent" was the nickname of Guillaume Tirel (c.1310–1395), master cook to several French kings including Charles V and Charles VI. His cookbook Le Viandier is one of the oldest and most important culinary texts in French history, covering medieval court cuisine — sauces, roasts, potages, and spiced dishes. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/62354/pg62354-images.html#Page_49

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                                                                                A revolution in time

                                                                                Once local and irregular, time-keeping became universal and linear in 311 BCE. History would never be the same again

                                                                                by Paul J Kosmin

                                                                                aeon.co/essays/when-time-becam

                                                                                Cosmology at PG:
                                                                                gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/7

                                                                                La Materia della Divina Commedia di Dante Alighieri Dichiarata in VI Tavole, 1872. By Michelangelo Caetani, Monte Cassino Abbey. The diagram depicts across six tables: The conical structure of Hell (Inferno), descending in nine concentric circles toward Satan at the centre of the Earth The terraces of Purgatory, rising as a mountain on the opposite side of the globe The concentric celestial spheres of Paradise (Paradiso), ascending through the planetary heavens to the Empyrean The moral and theological categories of souls assigned to each level Precise spatial and numerical relationships reflecting Dante's Scholastic cosmology https://pdimagearchive.org/images/710def6c-ff0f-49d6-9c77-dbded91bbc13/

                                                                                Alt...La Materia della Divina Commedia di Dante Alighieri Dichiarata in VI Tavole, 1872. By Michelangelo Caetani, Monte Cassino Abbey. The diagram depicts across six tables: The conical structure of Hell (Inferno), descending in nine concentric circles toward Satan at the centre of the Earth The terraces of Purgatory, rising as a mountain on the opposite side of the globe The concentric celestial spheres of Paradise (Paradiso), ascending through the planetary heavens to the Empyrean The moral and theological categories of souls assigned to each level Precise spatial and numerical relationships reflecting Dante's Scholastic cosmology https://pdimagearchive.org/images/710def6c-ff0f-49d6-9c77-dbded91bbc13/

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                                                                                  FLYER. To take a flyer; to enjoy a woman with her clothes on, or without going to bed.

                                                                                  A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                  Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): FLYER. To take a flyer; to enjoy a woman with her clothes on, or without going to bed. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                  Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): FLYER. To take a flyer; to enjoy a woman with her clothes on, or without going to bed. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                    PIGEON. A weak silly fellow easily imposed on. To pigeon; to cheat. To milk the pigeon; to attempt impossibilities, to be put to shifts for want of money. To fly a blue pigeon; to steal lead off a church.

                                                                                    A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                    Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): PIGEON. A weak silly fellow easily imposed on. To pigeon; to cheat. To milk the pigeon; to attempt impossibilities, to be put to shifts for want of money. To fly a blue pigeon; to steal lead off a church. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                    Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): PIGEON. A weak silly fellow easily imposed on. To pigeon; to cheat. To milk the pigeon; to attempt impossibilities, to be put to shifts for want of money. To fly a blue pigeon; to steal lead off a church. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                      Radcliffe Acquires a Black Feminist’s Archive

                                                                                      An architect of Black women’s studies, Barbara Smith introduced the concepts of “identity politics” and “intersectionality.”

                                                                                      by Lydialyle Gibson

                                                                                      harvardmagazine.com/museums-co

                                                                                      Black fiction & Feminism at PG:
                                                                                      gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?q
                                                                                      gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?q

                                                                                      Charlotte Perkins Gilman wrote about feminism for the Atlanta Constitution, 10 December 1916, page 4. Articles about feminism by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and a photo of her as printed in the Atlanta Constitution, December 10, 1916 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminism#/media/File:Articles_by_and_photo_of_Charlotte_Perkins_Gilman_in_1916.jpg

                                                                                      Alt...Charlotte Perkins Gilman wrote about feminism for the Atlanta Constitution, 10 December 1916, page 4. Articles about feminism by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and a photo of her as printed in the Atlanta Constitution, December 10, 1916 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminism#/media/File:Articles_by_and_photo_of_Charlotte_Perkins_Gilman_in_1916.jpg

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                                                                                        STRETCH. A yard. The cove was lagged for prigging a peter with several stretch of dobbin from a drag; the fellow was transported for stealing a trunk, containing several yards of ribband, from a waggon.

                                                                                        A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                        Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): STRETCH. A yard. The cove was lagged for prigging a peter with several stretch of dobbin from a drag; the fellow was transported for stealing a trunk, containing several yards of ribband, from a waggon. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                        Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): STRETCH. A yard. The cove was lagged for prigging a peter with several stretch of dobbin from a drag; the fellow was transported for stealing a trunk, containing several yards of ribband, from a waggon. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                          LOUSE LADDER. A stitch fallen in a stocking.

                                                                                          A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                          Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): LOUSE LADDER. A stitch fallen in a stocking. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                          Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): LOUSE LADDER. A stitch fallen in a stocking. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                            "in 1812, the first two cantos of Lord Byron‘s poem Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage are published by John Murray in London. Copies sell out in five days, prompting Byron to comment: “I awoke one morning and found myself famous.”"

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                                                                                            "Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage" at PG:

                                                                                            gutenberg.org/ebooks/5131

                                                                                            Prisoner of Chillon - a painting of a man standing next to a cow. Painting by Madox Brown.

                                                                                            Alt...Prisoner of Chillon - a painting of a man standing next to a cow. Painting by Madox Brown.

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                                                                                              SKULKER. A soldier who by feigned sickness, or other pretences, evades his duty; a sailor who keeps below in time of danger; in the civil line, one who keeps out of the way, when any work is to be done. To skulk; to hide one's self, to avoid labour or duty.

                                                                                              A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                              Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): SKULKER. A soldier who by feigned sickness, or other pretences, evades his duty; a sailor who keeps below in time of danger; in the civil line, one who keeps out of the way, when any work is to be done. To skulk; to hide one's self, to avoid labour or duty. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                              Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): SKULKER. A soldier who by feigned sickness, or other pretences, evades his duty; a sailor who keeps below in time of danger; in the civil line, one who keeps out of the way, when any work is to be done. To skulk; to hide one's self, to avoid labour or duty. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                TO HEAVE. To rob. To heave a case; to rob a house. To heave a bough; to rob a booth. CANT.

                                                                                                A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): TO HEAVE. To rob. To heave a case; to rob a house. To heave a bough; to rob a booth. CANT. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                                Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): TO HEAVE. To rob. To heave a case; to rob a house. To heave a bough; to rob a booth. CANT. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                                                  The Real Count of Monte Cristo Was Alexandre Dumas’ Father, a Trailblazing Black General

                                                                                                  Ahead of the March 22 premiere of a new TV adaptation, learn about the life of Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, the French Army officer who inspired the beloved novel

                                                                                                  by Joel Sams

                                                                                                  smithsonianmag.com/history/the

                                                                                                  The Count of Monte Cristo at PG:
                                                                                                  gutenberg.org/ebooks/1184

                                                                                                  Painting of general-in-chief Thomas-Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (1762-1806), he played a pivotal role in the French Revolutionary Wars. By Olivier Pichat Pichat captures Alexandre Dumas grand-père rearing black horse, drawn sabre, tricolour cockade in his bicorne hat, and cannon smoke billowing behind fortress walls. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Alexandre_Dumas_-_Olivier_Pichat.jpg

                                                                                                  Alt...Painting of general-in-chief Thomas-Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (1762-1806), he played a pivotal role in the French Revolutionary Wars. By Olivier Pichat Pichat captures Alexandre Dumas grand-père rearing black horse, drawn sabre, tricolour cockade in his bicorne hat, and cannon smoke billowing behind fortress walls. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Alexandre_Dumas_-_Olivier_Pichat.jpg

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                                                                                                    Climate change to identity: The vital lessons in Metamorphoses, Ovid's 2,000-year-old poem

                                                                                                    You might think that Ovid's Metamorphoses, an ancient compendium of the greatest Greek myths, would hold little relevance today. But its tales of desire and deceit reveal surprising parallels with contemporary concerns, from climate change and the refugee crisis to gender-based violence and identity.

                                                                                                    by Cath Pound

                                                                                                    bbc.com/culture/article/202603

                                                                                                    At PG:
                                                                                                    gutenberg.org/ebooks/21765

                                                                                                    Lycian farmers changed into frogs: Latona changes Lycian farmers into frogs, because while they were weeding a marsh, they prevented her and her children from quenching their thirst (Ovid, Metamorphoses VI 369) Claude Du Bosc / After Jean Jouvenet - Leto verandert de boeren in kikkers, Claude DuBosc, after Jean Baptiste Jouvenet, 1714 - Rijksmuseum The scene depicts the goddess Leto — mother of Apollo and Artemis by Zeus — fleeing the wrath of Hera after giving birth. Exhausted and thirsty, she stops at a pond in Lycia to drink, but local peasants cruelly prevent her and her infant children from reaching the water, stirring up the mud to make it undrinkable. In fury, she calls upon Jupiter and transforms the peasants into frogs. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Metamorphoses_(Ovid)#/media/File:Claude_Du_Bosc_after_Jean-Baptiste_Jouvenet,_Leto_and_the_Lycian_Peasants,_1714,_Rijksmuseum_RP-P-1905-2842.jpg

                                                                                                    Alt...Lycian farmers changed into frogs: Latona changes Lycian farmers into frogs, because while they were weeding a marsh, they prevented her and her children from quenching their thirst (Ovid, Metamorphoses VI 369) Claude Du Bosc / After Jean Jouvenet - Leto verandert de boeren in kikkers, Claude DuBosc, after Jean Baptiste Jouvenet, 1714 - Rijksmuseum The scene depicts the goddess Leto — mother of Apollo and Artemis by Zeus — fleeing the wrath of Hera after giving birth. Exhausted and thirsty, she stops at a pond in Lycia to drink, but local peasants cruelly prevent her and her infant children from reaching the water, stirring up the mud to make it undrinkable. In fury, she calls upon Jupiter and transforms the peasants into frogs. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Metamorphoses_(Ovid)#/media/File:Claude_Du_Bosc_after_Jean-Baptiste_Jouvenet,_Leto_and_the_Lycian_Peasants,_1714,_Rijksmuseum_RP-P-1905-2842.jpg

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