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Brewer's: Animals (Symbolical)

AnimalAttributesantfrugality and previsionapeuncleannessassstupiditybantam cockpluckiness, priggishnessbatblindnessbearill-temper, uncouthnessbeeindustrybeetleblindnessbullstrength,…

The 100 Best Characters in Fiction Since 1900

Book Magazine, now defunct, compiled a panel of 55 authors, literary agents, editors, and actors in 2002 to “rank the top one hundred characters in literature since 1900.”Jay Gatsby, The…

Andersen's Fairy Tales: The Bell

The ElderbushThe Old HouseThe Bell People said "The Evening Bell is sounding, the sun is setting." For a strange wondrous tone was heard in the narrow streets of a large town. It was like…

Animal Names: Male, Female, and Young

Top of Page Animal names are crucial distinctions in the English language for the creatures that exist across the planet. Whether it’s the best pet names, the terminology for baby farm animals, or…

Home Again

Home AgainJuly had come, and haying begun; the little gardens were doing finely and the long summer days were full of pleasant hours. The house stood open from morning till night, and the…

Christina Rossetti: From House to Home

From House to HomeThe first was like a dream through summer heat, The second like a tedious numbing swoon, While the half-frozen pulses lagged to beat Beneath a winter moon.'But,' says my…