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Bringing readers closer to the world's greatest literature with Oxford World's Classics series of classic books and other Oxford University Press publishing.
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Think Hollywood Hearthrobs are a new phenomenon? Think again. (Image: Darcy à Netherfield by C.E. Brock. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.)
Don’t do anything Jane Austen wouldn’t do. #JaneAusten #Austen #classicliterature #books
Do you know what "Wuthering Heights" is? Do you know what pseudonym Emily Brontë used to publish her book? Find out with a quiz on this famous work of literature. (Image: Title page for the first volume of the first edition of Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell. Thomas Cautley Newby, publisher. Lowell 1238.5 (A), Houghton Library, Harvard University. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.)

Women Writers

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Summer technically isn't over yet. There's still time to soak up some more sun with a few good reads!
The Roald Dahl 100 campaign marks the centennial of his birth and celebrates his masterfully creative and ingenious works. (Image credit: Matilda 1st Edition cover. Fair use via Wikimedia Commons.)
“The Queen turned crimson with fury,* and, after glaring at her for a moment like a wild beast, began screaming ‘Off with her head! Off with——’ ‘Nonsense!’ said Alice, very loudly and decidedly, and the Queen was silent.” - Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. Illustration by John Tenniel.

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Another in our out-of-print library! We love these covers from our old colourful Oxford Shakespeare Concordances series. #shakespeare #literature #books #libraries #merrywives
"Shakespeare was widely admired in his own time, still more so after the publication of the First Folio. But he was not initially regarded as superior to all his contemporaries. ['English Literature: A Very Short Introduction'] #shakespeare #literature #books (Image: Wikimedia)
More from our out-of-print library! We love these covers from our old colourful Oxford Shakespeare Concordances series. #shakespeare #literature #books #libraries #muchado

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Happy 206th birthday to Pride and Prejudice, published #OnThisDay in 1813. Image credit: An 1833 engraving of a scene from Chapter 59 of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice by Pickering & Greatbatch. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons. #janeausten #prideandprejudice #literature Books And Coffee, Simone De Beauvoir, Pride And Prejudice, Romance Novels, Romance Books, Writers, Authors, Proud Of You, German
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Happy 206th birthday to Pride and Prejudice, published #OnThisDay in 1813. Image credit: An 1833 engraving of a scene from Chapter 59 of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice by Pickering & Greatbatch. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons. #janeausten #prideandprejudice #literature
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Happy 210th birthday to Edgar Allan Poe! Image credit: Edgar Allan Poe 1895 by Felix Vallotton. Public domain via Flickr. #edgarallanpoe #americanwriters #literature #onthisday #otd Edgar Allan Poe, Artwork Painting, Sale Artwork, Critique D'art, Maurice Denis, Aubrey Beardsley, Alberto Giacometti, Portraits, Literatura
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Happy 210th birthday to Edgar Allan Poe! Image credit: Edgar Allan Poe 1895 by Felix Vallotton. Public domain via Flickr. #edgarallanpoe #americanwriters #literature #onthisday #otd
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#OnThisDay in 1882, writer A.A. Milne was born. Best known for creating Winnie the Pooh, Milne was also an established playwright. Image credit: Photograph of A.A. Milne by E. O. Hoppé. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons. #otd #aamilne #winniethepooh #childrensliterature #literature #winniethepoohday Christopher Robin Milne, Alan Alexander Milne, Important People In History, The Big Read, The Famous Five, Alex Rider, Little Britain, People Smoking, If Rudyard Kipling
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#OnThisDay in 1882, writer A.A. Milne was born. Best known for creating Winnie the Pooh, Milne was also an established playwright. Image credit: Photograph of A.A. Milne by E. O. Hoppé. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons. #otd #aamilne #winniethepooh #childrensliterature #literature #winniethepoohday
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Martin Crimp is the latest playwright to have creatively interpreted Samuel Richardson's classic. #britishliterature #pamela #samuelrichardson #literature #theatre #nationaltheatre British Literature, Highmore, History Of England, National Theatre, The Maids, National Portrait Gallery, Houghton, British Art, Classic Books
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Martin Crimp is the latest playwright to have creatively interpreted Samuel Richardson's classic. #britishliterature #pamela #samuelrichardson #literature #theatre #nationaltheatre
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Summer technically isn't over yet. There's still time to soak up some more sun with a few good reads! Kenneth Grahame, Social Fabric, Bargain Books, Willows, Children's Literature, The Conjuring, Childrens Books, The Globe, Wind
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Summer technically isn't over yet. There's still time to soak up some more sun with a few good reads!
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Think Hollywood Hearthrobs are a new phenomenon? Think again. (Image: Darcy à Netherfield by C.E. Brock. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.) Darcy Pride And Prejudice, British Period Dramas, Bridget Jones Diary, Lizzie Bennet, Elizabeth Gaskell, Jane Austen Novels, Bronte Sisters, Mr Darcy, Sharp Dressed Man
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Think Hollywood Hearthrobs are a new phenomenon? Think again. (Image: Darcy à Netherfield by C.E. Brock. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.)
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Do you know what "Wuthering Heights" is? Do you know what pseudonym Emily Brontë used to publish her book? Find out with a quiz on this famous work of literature. (Image: Title page for the first volume of the first edition of Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell. Thomas Cautley Newby, publisher. Lowell 1238.5 (A), Houghton Library, Harvard University. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.) Online Book Club, Books Online, Heathcliff Wuthering Heights, Wuthering Heights Quotes, Best Essay Writing Service, Critical Essay, Story Titles, Emily Bronte, Charlotte Bronte
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Do you know what "Wuthering Heights" is? Do you know what pseudonym Emily Brontë used to publish her book? Find out with a quiz on this famous work of literature. (Image: Title page for the first volume of the first edition of Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell. Thomas Cautley Newby, publisher. Lowell 1238.5 (A), Houghton Library, Harvard University. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.)
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Oxford Academic (OUP)
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Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - review via Guardian Children's Books 'I felt rather lonely after the March sisters had gone as I loved their spirit and felt as if I was almost one of them, which is a clear sign of this book's greatness' #LouisaMayAlcott #lit #classics #LittleWomen Louisa May Alcott, Oxford Classics, Veritas Press, Book Whisperer, Army Chaplain, Reading Literature, Book Sites, Thing 1, American Author
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Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - review via Guardian Children's Books 'I felt rather lonely after the March sisters had gone as I loved their spirit and felt as if I was almost one of them, which is a clear sign of this book's greatness' #LouisaMayAlcott #lit #classics #LittleWomen
"Jacobs’ narrative similarly introduces incidents drawing on stock representations of slavery. For example, in both John Brown’s 1855 slave narrative, Slave Life in Georgia, and Jacobs’ Incidents painful cleansing agents are applied to a slave’s back just after a whipping; and slaves are tied up in a back-straining “buck” in order to enhance their pain." Bodily Autonomy, Quiz Names, John Brown, New York Public Library, Books To Buy, Autobiography, The Life
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"Jacobs’ narrative similarly introduces incidents drawing on stock representations of slavery. For example, in both John Brown’s 1855 slave narrative, Slave Life in Georgia, and Jacobs’ Incidents painful cleansing agents are applied to a slave’s back just after a whipping; and slaves are tied up in a back-straining “buck” in order to enhance their pain."
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