Tag: Literature

Tracy Kidder, Pulitzer-winning author who turned unlikely subjects into bestsellers, dies aged 80

Tracy Kidder, Pulitzer-winning author who turned unlike...

Mar 26, 2026

Writer looked to topics such as computer engineering and life in a nursing home ...

Charlotte Brontë declines marriage

Charlotte Brontë declines marriage

Mar 5, 2026

5 March 1839.

Mark Twain publishes “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”

Mark Twain publishes “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”

Feb 18, 2026

18 February 1885.

Voltaire returns to Paris from exile

Voltaire returns to Paris from exile

Feb 11, 2026

11 February 1778

English author Anne Brontë is born

English author Anne Brontë is born

Jan 17, 2026

17 January 1820

The 20 greatest Jane Austen characters

The 20 greatest Jane Austen characters

Dec 16, 2025

On the 250th birthday of one of English literature’s greats, here are Austen’s t...

100 years on, T.S. Eliot’s The Hollow Men is a poem for our populist moment

100 years on, T.S. Eliot’s The Hollow Men is a poem for...

Nov 29, 2025

Literature Is Not a Vibe: On ChatGPT and the Humanities

Literature Is Not a Vibe: On ChatGPT and the Humanities

Nov 9, 2025

The Pushkin job: unmasking the thieves behind an international rare books heist

The Pushkin job: unmasking the thieves behind an intern...

Oct 8, 2025

Between 2022 and 2023, as many as 170 rare and valuable editions of Russian clas...