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When Classic Tales Took a Wild Turn

Some stories refuse to stay in their original century. From Shakespeare to Austen, creators have dragged beloved characters ...
Thinking about strawberries and history, I can’t help but picture the strawberry-picking scene in the early 19th-century ...
The Great American Mousical' isn't just a kids' book, but rather a 'family read' that offers plenty of Easter eggs for kids ...
Dubbed the 19th century’s “queen of Gothic novel” and the “Shakespeare of Romance Writers,” Ann Radcliffe (nee Ward), born in 1764, outsold almost every other 19th-century female writer. Her name is ...