Nathan Francis Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Nathan Francis

#OTD in the #History of #Literature 23 March 1782, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos' famous novel "Les Liaisons dangereuses" (Dangerous Liaisons) was first published by Durand Neveu in 🇫🇷 https://t.co/Cp3jJ8bZUv

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#Aristotle’s Rules for Living Well. The Nicomachean Ethics is an unexampled work by a paragon of classical thought. How does it hold up as a self-help manual? #Ethics #Philosophy [https://t.co/xkOqI6K5Y9] https://t.co/zg7mtBGK26

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“Can’t stop a Nazi with a lawbook.” 📖#OTD in the #History of #Literature 19 March 1951, #HermanWouk's classic novel "The Caine Mutiny" was first published by Doubleday in 🇺🇸. It won the Pulitzer Prize. https://t.co/p0NbvrTX9u

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“Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.” (Walden) “Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.” #Poetry: https://t.co/R5wv1t5kyS] ✒️ #HenryDavidThoreau, American poet and philosopher, #DOTD 6 May 1862. https://t.co/G7it86fXF5

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#SeaOfTranquility by @EmilyMandel #BookReview – time-travel drama. This ingenious follow-up to Station Eleven finds intimate human interest in a future of moon colonies, pandemics and paranormal investigation. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/apr/20/sea-of-tranquility-by-emily-st-john-mandel-review-time-travel-drama?CMP=share_btn_tw

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📖#OTD in the #History of #Literature 12 November 1880, #LewWallace's "Ben-Hur: A Tale of The Christ" was published by Harper and Brothers in the 🇺🇸 A sensational bestseller, Wallace had written the novel while also attempting to handle #BillyTheKid as Governor of New Mexico. https://t.co/ihvwaRqdGr

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#Emily #FilmReview – love, passion and sex in impressive #Brontë biopic. Director Frances O’Connor shows author’s creative path to writing Wuthering Heights through the two great loves of her life. https://t.co/n9OUcw9wUU

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📖 14th February is #InternationalBookGivingDay. 📖 My late granddad gave a seven-year-old me Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol and changed my life. 📚 Get givin'. https://t.co/meh5l6RWng

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🎭 #OTD in #Theatre #History 9 Feb 1893, #Verdi's final #opera, the 3-Act #comedy FALSTAFF, premiered at La Scala, Milan. #ArrigoBoito adapted his Italian libretto  from #Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor", and scenes from "Henry IV", Part 1 and Part 2. https://t.co/PsIw717dFC

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#HarlemShuffle by #ColsonWhitehead #BookReview – a delicious heist novel. The double Pulitzer winner turns to crime with a tale of 1960s New York gangsters, rendered with superbly observed, affectionate, page-turning brio. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/sep/23/harlem-shuffle-by-colson-whitehead-review-a-delicious-heist-novel