Henry Eliot Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Gulliver's Travels
Jonathan SwiftHenry Eliot“I could perhaps like others have astonished thee with strange improbable Tales...” Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift was first published #onthisday in 1726. Gulliver makes four voyages in the novel, in between which he returns to his family in London. @18common @ECFjournal https://t.co/IIuW7vFcOm
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Confessions of an English Opium Eater: (Classic Edition)
Thomas de QuinceyHenry EliotThis year marks the 200th anniversary of the first book publication of Thomas de Quincey’s Confessions of an English Opium Eater — in 1822. https://t.co/AaSSd5Tnsn
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: illustrator
Lewis CarrollHenry EliotNew podcast episode! Legendary illustrator @chrisriddell50 goes down the rabbit hole and through the looking-glass, discussing Alice & Lewis Carroll and visiting @TheStoryMuseum & @ChCh_Oxford Listen here: https://t.co/s7U4QHTo8f @classicpenguins @LewisCarrollSoc @AliceAmerica https://t.co/GHIXCfhKS5
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Moby-Dick or, The Whale: Red Premium Edition
Herman MelvilleHenry Eliot“I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.” Moby-Dick or The Whale, by Herman Melville, was first published #onthisday in 1851 in England. @classicpenguins @MelvilleSociety @MelvilleQuotes https://t.co/lYLCtU6Gch
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Moby-Dick Or, The Whale
H. MelvilleHenry Eliot“I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.” Moby-Dick or The Whale, by Herman Melville, was first published #onthisday in 1851 in England. @classicpenguins @MelvilleSociety @MelvilleQuotes https://t.co/lYLCtU6Gch
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The Translator
Leila AboulelaHenry EliotThe brilliant Leila Aboulela won the first Caine Prize for African Writing in 2000. She is the author of The Translator, Minaret and many other novels, including River Spirit, which @groveatlantic are publishing in 2023. @PolygonBooks @BloomsburyBooks @Kat_Aitken @UnitedAgents https://t.co/iwqiwfDZUe
Paperback, 2006
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The Woman in White
Wilkie CollinsHenry EliotThe first episode of On the Road with Penguin Classics is available now! The brilliant actress @OVinall discusses The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins. We explored the coast of Cumbria and visited the haunted Ewanrigg Hall . . . https://t.co/s7U4QHTo8f @classicpenguins https://t.co/T0xNrrPO2Z
Paperback, 2003
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Jacob's Room
Virginia Woolf WoolfHenry EliotJacob’s Room by Virginia Woolf was published #onthisday in 1922, 100 years ago. It’s both an elegy to her brother Thoby and a bold modernist experiment: the central character Jacob is a silhouette, outlined by the impressions of other people. @VirginiaWoolfGB @susanhillwriter https://t.co/Vq92AWcV8B
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Alice: The Classic Victorian Play for Children: Adapted from "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll
Lewis CarrollHenry EliotNew podcast episode! Legendary illustrator @chrisriddell50 goes down the rabbit hole and through the looking-glass, discussing Alice & Lewis Carroll and visiting @TheStoryMuseum & @ChCh_Oxford Listen here: https://t.co/s7U4QHTo8f @classicpenguins @LewisCarrollSoc @AliceAmerica https://t.co/GHIXCfhKS5
Paperback, 2015
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Jane Eyre: by Charlotte Brontë
Charlotte BrontëHenry Eliot“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being, with an independent will; which I now exert to leave you.” JANE EYRE by Charlotte Brontë was first published #onthisday in 1847 — 175 years ago — under the pseudonym Currer Bell. @classicpenguins https://t.co/PpdIPtU5Bt
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