“In the mystifying world that was Victorian parenthood, obedience took precedence over all considerations of affection and happiness, and that odd, painful… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
“The Victorian era was an age of superlatives and larger-than-life characters, and as far as that goes, Dr. Wildman Whitehouse fit right… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
“Wyoming got an Algonquian name from Pennsylvania meaning “large prairie,” but the adoption came only after a long fight. Decades before the… — Jack Weatherford Copy Share Image
You've probably heard about the theory of steam-engine time - that even after the steam engine had been invented, it had to… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
“Making friends is not a big deal. Replacing me with them after talking to them for only one bloody day is a… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
“For reasons I have yet to define, Signor Arpelli stood out from his colleagues. The curled brim of his hat, perhaps. A… — Louis Bayard Copy Share Image
I was born in England and went to school there. That's when I discovered my undying passion for history - not just… — Virginia Henley Copy Share Image
“IN THE TORRID London summer of 1886, William Gladstone was up against Benjamin Disraeli for the post of prime minister of the… — Olivia Fox Cabane Copy Share Image
“He is only fifteen! Does she really think he is prepared for marriage, especially with his intellectual range of a teacup?” — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
The period after the First World War was an extremely different time, so that Sherlock Holmes would have been a different person… — Laurie R. King Copy Share Image
The Victorian era is the sexiest age for me, but I also like a woman in a pair of jeans. — Dylan McDermott Copy Share Image
“I AM the current curator of the black trunk and the stories it holds within.” — Hope Barrett Copy Share Image
Economists have understood since the Victorian era that the main benefits of trade come from comparative advantage: the idea that people can… — David Autor Copy Share Image
I read the best works of some of the best satirists, and indeed best writers from the beginning of the Victorian era… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Go find your own hiding spot!” I hissed. “The seat is not wide enough to hold me and that whale you call… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
“Up the still, glistening beaches, Up the creeks we will hie, Over banks of bright seaweed The ebb-tide leaves dry. We will… — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
“Sunlight streamed in a steady flow, casting flecks of gold onto the floor, bathing my skin. I inhaled deeply. Already, the air… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
“You make me burn with life, and yearn to set aside my cold and distant, solitary ways.” — Stacy Reid Copy Share Image
“The temptation was too great to resist. Heart thundering madly, Teddy closed the distance and pressed his lips to hers. Her eyes… — Mimi Matthews Copy Share Image
“The revolutionary idea that children have rights was born in the Enlightenment, but the practical application of that concept, in schools and… — Susan Jacoby Copy Share Image
“An unhappy woman with access to weed killer had to be watched carefully.” — James Ruddick Copy Share Image
“But she had learnt, in those solemn hours of thought, that she herself must one day answer for her own life, and… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
In one particular chapter in Ulysses, James Joyce imitates every major writing style that's been used by English and American writers over… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Like steampunk, silkpunk is a blend of science fiction and fantasy. But while steampunk takes its inspiration from the chrome-brass-glass technology aesthetic… — Ken Liu Copy Share Image
