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52 Years Later, Agatha Christie’s Forgotten Final Book Remains UntouchedBy Florencia Aberasturyhttps://www.cbr.com/agatha-christie-postern-of-fate-deserves-adaptation/Agatha Christie at PG:https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/451#books #literature

@Printdevil The idea of "the party" to mean a group of adventurers appeared in fantasy fiction before it appeared in gaming materials:"The party went along... and they told stories"

#OTD In 1858, Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf was born."She published her first novel, Gösta Berling's Saga, at the age of 33. She was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, which she was awarded in 1909. In 1914, she was the first woman to be granted a membership of the Swedish Academy"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selma_Lagerl%C3%B6fBooks by Lagerlöf at PG:https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1717#books #literature

Music and Musicians in the Medieval Persianate WorldFrom royal courts to wine-filled gatherings, music played a vital role in medieval Persianate culture. Two remarkable texts — one practical, one theoretical — reveal how musicians lived, performed, and understood their art.By Timur Khanhttps://www.medievalists.net/2025/11/music-and-musicians-in-the-medieval-persianate-world/Music at PG:https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/677#books #music #literature

Yesterday was Bram Stoker’s 178th birthday! 🎂Known for THE LADY OF THE SHROUD and THE LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM, Stoker gave the world its most iconic vampire with DRACULA. 🧛♂️Read the 1899 public-domain edition here:https://archive.org/details/dracu00stok/page/2/mode/2up#LetReadersRead #Literature #LiteratureLegend #Horror #Books #Vampire

Centuries pass, but human vices remain stubbornly the same. Dante placed the greedy in his Inferno for good reason long ago.Unchecked avarice has always been, and remains, a destructive force.#Dante #Literature #Greed

75 anni dalla morte di #GeorgeBernardShaw e 100 da quando vinse il #Nobel della letteratura. Di lui ho un ricordo apocrifo legato ad un varietà #TV anni 80 intitolato "GB Show" con protagonista #GinoBramieri. E ovviamente lo conosco come aforista secondo solo ad Oscar Wilde. Ma considerando che en passant vinse pure un #Oscar alla miglior sceneggiatura non originale per "Pigmalione", questo è un #film tratto dallo stesso testo: My Fair Lady - https://streaming-community.io/titles/2921-guarda-my-fair-lady/watching.html @spettacoli #literature

Halloween StoriesWhy are Victorians the default haunted house, what do ghosts have to do with the imagination, and why do we like to be scared?By The Editorshttps://daily.jstor.org/editors-picks-halloween/?utm_source=mcae&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=jstordaily_10302025Halloween at PG:https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=halloween#books #literature

Meet the Real Dr. FrankensteinThe Italian scientist who sparked an electric revolution that led to the beloved horror story—and the batteryBy Molly Glickhttps://nautil.us/meet-the-real-dr-frankenstein-1245010/Galvani and Frankenstein at PG:https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/27281https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/84#books #literature #science