Victor Hugo’s novels still endure. His drawings are a revelation
Hugo’s favourite child Léopoldine was already buried when he learned that day of her death. Devastated, he wrote little and ...
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Barron Trump: The 'Last US President'? 19th-century novels revive bizarre theories
A pair of 19th-century novels by an obscure American author is sending the internet into a frenzy, with some claiming the books eerily foreshadow the rise of Donald Trump, his youngest son Barron ...
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Novels from 19th century spark wild theories about President Donald Trump, and time travel: Prophecy or coincidence?
Two obscure novels written in the late 19th century have become the center of wild conspiracy theories, with claims that they predicted Donald Trump's return to the White House and even referenced ...
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Book Review: ‘Jewish Country Houses,’ edited by Juliet Carey and Abigail Green
Find Your Next Book Romance Novels N.Y.C. Literary Guide Nonfiction ... to the Polish dwór to the German Schloss, inhabited by 19th-century moguls in such industries as textiles, finance, sugar ...
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Reading Jewish Women: Marginality and Modernization in Nineteenth-century Eastern European Jewish Society
A fascinating look at how the marginal status of Jewish women enabled them to become agents of modernization in 19th-century Eastern European Jewish society. In this extraordinary volume, Iris Parush ...