Previously, I posted this list of articles from the Public Domain Review website. Today, I have more links to interesting stuff to read at PDR. I know the titles seem weird, but just try a couple of these out and you'll be intrigued!
Lost in Translation: Proust and Scott Moncrieff
A man who spoke 70 languages.
James Joyce's work has recently entered the public domain, which changes how we interact with it, says the author.
Athanasius Kircher and the Hieroglyphic Sphinx
The Krakatoa Sunsets
The Last Great Explorer: William F. Warren and the Search for Eden
John Martin and the Theatre of Subversion
An Unlikely Lunch: When Maupassant met Swinburne
Still Booking on De Quincey’s Mail-Coach
Robin Jarvis looks at Thomas de Quincey's essay "The English Mail-Coach, or the Glory of Motion" and how its meditation on technology and society is just as relevant today as when first published in 1849.
To finish for today, here's a link to the article from the screenshot at the top of this post:
The Lost World of the London Coffeehouse
Next week: Elleanore Vance will be here with a book review.
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