"I have endeavoured in this ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me," Dickens ...
Malachi Smith tried not to think too hard about the need to impress his older brother, Scoochie Smith, on the day he was inducted into the University of Dayton Athletic Hall of Fame. Scoochie was ...
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The opening page of Malka Older’s new book says simply, “There are other ways to live.” That idea carries through so many of this year’s best science-fiction books, which are full of ...
Now, forty-five years on, I think I’m finally there. I’m writing this book before my memories of half a century ago tip over into that chasm of forgetfulness that shadows old age," Spencer ...
Often described as one of Dickens’ most sophisticated works, Our Mutual Friend was named one of the BBC’s Novels That Shaped Our World. The novel was the last that Dickens completed, and is a savage ...
According to OUP, it was first used by author Henry David Thoreau in his book “Walden” as he criticised society’s tendency to devalue complicated ideas in favour of simple ones.
According to Oxford University Press, which publishes the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), the term “brain rot” is defined as the “supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or ...
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Virginia Tech Football just had their first transfer portal entry of the year, with defensive lineman Malachi Madison announcing on social media today that he is entering the transfer portal.