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The first episode of @bbc's In Search of the Dark Ages – written and presented by @mayavision – aired 44 years ago today. This edition of Wood’s classic account features an exclusive introduction, two new chapters and 24 pages of photography. https://t.co/VjSoq8CEGf https://t.co/baGGcTDCns

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Florence Welch is working on a musical adaptation of The Great Gatsby, @FarOutMag reports. 'I feel a deep connection to [F. Scott] Fitzgerald’s broken romanticism. It is an honour to have been offered the chance to recreate this book in song.' https://t.co/rdkQPuR8nX

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Beatrix Potter was born 156 years ago today! Her miniature masterpiece, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, has delighted countless children. Limited to 1,000 hand-numbered sets, this edition replicates treasures from the archive of Frederick Warne and Co. https://t.co/JSA8nSaftq https://t.co/XsLm3hoKLj

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H. P. Lovecraft died on this day on this day in 1937. This edition of The Call of Cthulhu shimmers with Lovecraft’s ‘unknown colours’, bound in purple and greens akin to both the ocean depths and mysteries from outer space. https://t.co/zsjERSUlSw https://t.co/6rS941rgoV

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Did you know that Stephen King's original title for Salem's Lot was Second Coming? Or that Jack Torrance from The Shining was his most autobiographical character? @ShortList shares 20 things you might not have known about the great Stephen King. https://t.co/5yBzWGEgOn

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Beatrix Potter’s The Tale of Peter Rabbit is our new limited edition! This exquisite set is completed by a specially commissioned commentary volume comprising a foreword from Dame Emma Thompson, and an authoritative history of The Tale by Sara Glenn. http://www.foliosociety.com/the-tale-of-peter-rabbit-limited-edition.html https://t.co/n9dmYL8vmD

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Incisive political theorist Hannah Arendt died 47 years ago today. This first-ever illustrated edition of Arendt's The Origins of Totalitarianism includes an exclusive introduction by @anneapplebaum, 56 images and binding by @MrKeenan. https://t.co/ywu8XmZjZW @Arendt_Center https://t.co/hIeSfKeRcN

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From Wilkie Collins's The Woman in White to Edgar Allan Poe's The Murders in the Rue Morgue and Arthur Conan Doyle's A Study in Scarlet, @CrimeReads takes a look at how the detective fiction genre emerged in the 19th century. https://t.co/zUP536gM7l

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It's been 190 years since Louisa May Alcott was born! 🥳 Her timeless classic, Little Women, is celebrated in this edition with a gold-blocked binding, printed endpapers, nine illustrations by Rebecca Green and introduction by author Jane Gardam. https://t.co/KMk7scozXC https://t.co/jRvkIAM2B1

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'From Gothic horror to spooky comedy, cinema has warped Shelley’s creation, building a Frankenstein mythos that extends well beyond the original text.' @lithub covers 200 years of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein adaptations, both on stage and on screen. https://t.co/ZzqDoZUJSV