Mark Twain said that a Classic Book is one that everyone agrees is valuable, but no one ever reads. In 1984, Norman Mailer wrote a centennial essay on reviews of
Category: Literature
Illustrations of The 1885 First Edition of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain hired E. W. Kemble to illustrate the 1884 First Edition of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,* understanding how important that the drawings would be to bringing visual images of the
Huck & Jim Embark on a Heroic Journey for Different Reasons
Joseph Campbell has written about the recurring patterns of the Hero’s Journey he has observed in classic literature from ancient stories like The Odyssey and Don Quixote through more modern tales, like The Lord
Pap’s “Govment” Speech in Huckleberry Finn
“Then the old man got to cussing, and cussed everything and everybody he could think of, and then cussed them all over again to make sure he hadn’t skipped any,
Don Quixote and the Enchantment of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain used Miguel de Cervantes’ early seventeenth-century novel, Don Quixote as an inspiration for both his Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Quixote’s purpose was to go on quests,
Twain Connects The Adventures of Tom Sawyer with Huckleberry Finn
Generations of readers, from young to old, have loved reading the spellbinding stories of Mark Twain, who Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner have called the “father of American Literature. Twain
Invitation to Participate in Discussions of George Orwell’s, 1984
Our next First Fridays Classic Book Club will be held on June 2 at 10:30 at the Midlothian Library, 521 Coalfield Road in Midlothian Virginia, from 10:30 to noon. If
Beauty and The Beast: Tales “As Old As Time.”
Disney’s film versions of Beauty and the Beast touts that their tale is “as old as time.” It’s true that there were folktales based on this story dating back to
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankel Discussed at the Working Titles Book Club
The Working Titles Book Club, a group of graduate alumnae from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) held our second meeting on March 29, 2017. Our discussion, on Man’s Search for Meaning
Book Clubs: Where Books and People Matter Most
I first saw author Ann Hood speak about three years ago at a Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) distinguished writers’ lecture where she was promoting her book, The Obituary Writer (2013).
