I've seen several books, blog posts, etc. with titles of the form "Sadly, X" over the last few years, enough that I imagine this must be a reference to something with a title (or notable passage) of this form. The most recent is a section header in a Bloomberg column today. But I can't seem to Go...

The Norton Critical Edition of Jane Austen's Persuasion includes two chapters as a supplement to the novel. These chapters, printed under the heading "The Original Ending of Persuasion", portray very differently the circumstances under which Frederick Wentworth proposes to Anne Elliot. In the end...

I am pretty sure it is Russian and a short-story but not 100% sure. Man likes a woman, woman likes him back too. They write letters to each other, but met only once or never. She asks him to meet again and again, but he is unsure of himself because he's poor or ugly and keeps putting it off. Ulti...

The book features a group of characters who are members of a fraternal organization, and call themselves: the Jacks of All Trades, or the Knaves, or by other names. We go back an extremely long way. We know ... we remember things that most people have for- gotten. The Old Knowledge. There are f...

Literature Stack Exchange is scheduled for an election next week, 2023-03-28. In connection with that, we will be holding a Q&A with the candidates. This will be an opportunity for members of the community to pose questions to the candidates on the topic of moderation. Participation is completel...

Use The Tempest to illustrate some important characteristics of the Renaissance playhouse. Show how the playhouse structure actually shaped the composition of Shakespeare's play.