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"Nabokov may have been a great success at mastering the nuances of English and navigating the U.S. publishing industry, but he had deep scars from his forced nomadic life." @tedgioia on Vladimir Nabokov's 'Pnin.' https://t.co/Uwkuc4xMxK

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James Joyce's collection 'Dubliners,' which includes the story "The Dead," was published on this day in 1914. "By setting 'The Dead' in the wake of Christmas, Joyce implies that it is too late for change, with that possibility lying dead in the past." https://t.co/J4PjcEJ9Ti

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Nathaniel Hawthorne is best known for THE SCARLET LETTER, which was published today in 1850, but Hawthorne’s final novel THE MARBLE FAUN epitomizes his ability to write “dark, morbid, surrealistic fiction” that is still “warm and humane.” https://t.co/y8f9lsFQkg https://t.co/gJBMP75N98

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On this day in 1927, To the Lighthouse was published. "A nervous temperament was thought to unfit...females, for public life. In fact, Virginia Woolf shared a predisposition for mental illness with forebears who were particularly able in public office." https://t.co/X1bBnqyy9r

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"I read 'The Portrait of a Lady' in preparation for a Henry James vs. Edith Wharton party/debate my friends were having in the city a few weeks later. (I was on team James.)" @elenasb_ on her year in reading. https://t.co/As19HecVUR

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“It's all about intentionality—that’s really the core of digital minimalism.” Sammy Nickalls discusses Log Off with Sophia Stewart. https://t.co/9wn2ht0UQ6 https://t.co/Sjjw141uzP

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"These are a fan’s notes rather than a songwriter’s secrets." Scott Peeples reviews 'The Philosophy of Modern Song' by Bob Dylan. https://t.co/lMz3cyhGxc

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This Spring our most anticipated reads includes Learning to Talk by Hilary Mantel, Avalon by Nell Zink, and Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh. https://t.co/N54sVHgvmj

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RT @HLAHSV: If George Eliot is your brand of vodka (and she's definitely ours), this is a fascinating take on Middlemarch... https://t.co/G…

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F. Scott Fitzgerald’s ‘The Great Gatsby’ was published 98 years ago today. “THE GREAT GATSBY as a ‘literary treasure' . . . is so much less than what the novel actually is – which is something both gorgeously and impeccably wrought.” https://t.co/9MlWHhWmXs