The Public Domain Review 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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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: and THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS and What Alice Found There
Lewis CarrollThe Public Domain ReviewOver the next few days we'll be posting the Top 10 most read of this year's pieces. In at no.10, illustrations by Lewis Carroll himself from the first manuscript version of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland: https://t.co/YLQK0fHL5b (Full Top 10 here: https://t.co/BHRsJ3pQe9) https://t.co/XUuCcC6rdY
Paperback, 2019
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In Search of Lost Time
Marcel ProustThe Public Domain ReviewThroughout his masterpiece, In Search of Lost Time, Marcel #Proust (who died 100 yrs ago #onthisday) would time and again turn to the visual arts. Explore here the artworks he mentions including paintings by Giotto, Botticelli and Poussin: https://t.co/HDPmD1y2kw #OTD #Proust100 https://t.co/2UStmre8S5
Paperback, 2015
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Frankenstein
Mary ShelleyThe Public Domain ReviewAfter a long struggle with illness, Mary Shelley died #onthisday in 1851. Read about the science behind her most famous novel, Frankenstein, including investigations into resuscitation, galvanism and the possibility of states between life + death: https://t.co/HHuHpCqxV6 #otd https://t.co/07IMomtl00
Paperback, 2017
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Alice: The Classic Victorian Play for Children: Adapted from "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll
Lewis CarrollThe Public Domain ReviewFrom fairy-rings to Lewis Carroll's Alice, mushrooms have long been entwined with the supernatural in art + literature. @MikeJayNet on early reports of mushroom-induced trips and how one species became established as a stock motif of Victorian fairyland. https://t.co/L4301v5olB https://t.co/A6ARRQ2B68
Paperback, 2015
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Poems: Third Series
Emily DickinsonThe Public Domain ReviewEmily Dickinson was born #onthisday in 1830. Celebrate with an exploration of her unusual manuscripts, including poems scribbled down on concert programmes and chocolate wrappers – offering a fascinating insight into how the poet worked: https://t.co/K87zV07myb #OTD https://t.co/WDTm3H0e01
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Seven Pillars of Wisdom
T. E. LawrenceThe Public Domain ReviewEntering the US public domain in 2022: T. E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom, a 1926 account of his involvement in the Great Arab Revolt. More info behind window 22 of our advent-style countdown for works entering the #publicdomain on Jan 1 https://t.co/EWOYSknG1T #PDin2022 https://t.co/MmvW6O4pQQ
Hardcover, 2020
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Rijksmuseum: The Building, the Collection and the Outdoor Gallery
Patrick SpijkermanThe Public Domain ReviewPrint from 1556 published by Hieronymus Cock , designed by Cornelis Floris II and engraved by Johannes or Lucas van Doetecum. More of these highly elaborate ornament prints, mostly in the grotesque style, from the collection of the Rijksmuseum here: https://t.co/NyL4jgZGSL https://t.co/finWSqOUZN
Hardcover, 2016
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Sea Monsters: A Voyage Around the World's Most Beguiling Map
Joseph NiggThe Public Domain ReviewThe Great Norway Serpent, or Sea Orm, is the most famous of the many influential sea monsters depicted and described by 16th-century ecclesiastic, cartographer, and historian Olaus Magnus, who died #onthisday in 1557. Joseph Nigg explores: https://t.co/2xLcak9XqK #OTD https://t.co/UVsJBZ737b
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Waves of Sand and Snow and the Eddies Which Make Them
Vaughan 1862-1948 CornishThe Public Domain ReviewAfter a transformative moment on the Devon coast, Vaughan Cornish devoted his life to the study of waveforms. Read about his Waves of the Sea and Other Water Waves (1910) and Waves of Sand and Snow and the Eddies Which Make Them (1914): https://t.co/n1IOCJ21yH https://t.co/itbJMnZ3FT
Paperback, 2021
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The Star Rover
Jack LondonThe Public Domain Review#OnThisDay in 1916 Jack London died aged just 40. A year earlier he'd published his last book, The Star Rover — a strange tale about solitary confinement and interstellar reincarnation, which speaks of the dreams and struggles of the man himself: https://t.co/D4zQI0Fjga #OTD https://t.co/2W6EmrjFC8
Paperback, 2010
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