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[?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
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Victor Hugo’s Fight to Free France Through Literature

Today best known for his epic novel Les Miserables (1862), Victor Hugo (1802–1885) used literature to speak out about social issues and highlight injustice. His works helped to shape the soul of modern France.

by Lauren Jones

thecollector.com/victor-hugo-f

Les Misérables at PG:
gutenberg.org/ebooks/135

Colette sweeping. Victorian engraving by Émile Bayard from Les Misérables. A barefoot young girl in ragged clothes sweeps a wet stone floor with an oversized broom. The French text above reads "Confier, c'est quelquefois livrer" ("To entrust is sometimes to betray"). https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/135/pg135-images.html

Alt...Colette sweeping. Victorian engraving by Émile Bayard from Les Misérables. A barefoot young girl in ragged clothes sweeps a wet stone floor with an oversized broom. The French text above reads "Confier, c'est quelquefois livrer" ("To entrust is sometimes to betray"). https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/135/pg135-images.html

    [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
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    Can Bad People Write Good Books?

    Can we still appreciate great novels when we know their author behaved despicably?

    By Gina Dalfonzo

    plough.com/en/topics/culture/l

    Little Dorit at PG:
    gutenberg.org/ebooks/963

    The nigt. Title: Little Dorrit Author: Charles Dickens The illustration depicts a dimly lit, opulent bedroom at night. The central focus is a figure collapsed or kneeling at the foot of a large canopied bed, slumped forward in a posture of grief, exhaustion, or despair. A classical nude statue on a pedestal to the left, set against what appears to be a framed painting or mirror showing a distant scene https://www.gutenberg.org/files/963/963-h/images/0582.jpg

    Alt...The nigt. Title: Little Dorrit Author: Charles Dickens The illustration depicts a dimly lit, opulent bedroom at night. The central focus is a figure collapsed or kneeling at the foot of a large canopied bed, slumped forward in a posture of grief, exhaustion, or despair. A classical nude statue on a pedestal to the left, set against what appears to be a framed painting or mirror showing a distant scene https://www.gutenberg.org/files/963/963-h/images/0582.jpg

      [?]Caesai » 🌐
      @caesai@mastodon.social

      Martha C. Nussbaum, El conocimiento del amor: ensayos sobre filosofía y literatura.

      Martha C. Nussbaum, El conocimiento del amor: ensayos sobre filosofía y literatura.

      Alt...Martha C. Nussbaum, El conocimiento del amor: ensayos sobre filosofía y literatura.

      [?]Book dedications bot » 🤖 🌐
      @dedication_bot@stefanbohacek.online

      Sugar Blues by William Dufty

      For Billie Holiday, whose death changed my life, and Gloria Swanson, whose life changed my death

      Alt...For Billie Holiday, whose death changed my life, and Gloria Swanson, whose life changed my death

        [?]Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga » 🌐
        @siradramelekallighieri@mastodon.social

        Nunca. Poema de Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga. Sus poemas en su voz.

        [?]Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga » 🌐
        @siradramelekallighieri@mastodon.social

        Afterglow Afterglow. Poem by Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga. His poems in his own voice.

        [?]Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga » 🌐
        @siradramelekallighieri@mastodon.social

        Arrebol arrebol. Poema de Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga. Sus poemas en su voz.

        [?]Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga » 🌐
        @siradramelekallighieri@mastodon.social

        Despair. Poem by Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga. His poems in his own voice.

        [?]Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga » 🌐
        @siradramelekallighieri@mastodon.social

        Desesperarse. Poema de Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga. Sus poemas en su voz.

        [?]Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga » 🌐
        @siradramelekallighieri@mastodon.social

        Never. Poem by Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga. His poems in his own voice.

        [?]Book dedications bot » 🤖 🌐
        @dedication_bot@stefanbohacek.online

        Disloyal: The True Story of the Former Personal Attourney to President Donald J. Trump by Michael Cohen

        Dedication I dedicate this book to the love of my life, my wife Laura, and to my wonderful children, Samantha and Jake. The three of you endured so much during my years with Donald Trump and in the years since then. You have been subjected to harassment, insults and threats; you have seen me get arrested and charged and put in prison (twice). But the deepest suffering must have come as you watched me play an active role in the despicable acts of Mr. Trump. For this, I am deeply sorry. I feel unimaginably grateful that the three of you stuck by me through it all. My greatest desire in life is to do whatever I can to make up for the pain I have caused you and to bring happiness, pride, and a feeling of safety to the rest of your lives.

        Alt...Dedication I dedicate this book to the love of my life, my wife Laura, and to my wonderful children, Samantha and Jake. The three of you endured so much during my years with Donald Trump and in the years since then. You have been subjected to harassment, insults and threats; you have seen me get arrested and charged and put in prison (twice). But the deepest suffering must have come as you watched me play an active role in the despicable acts of Mr. Trump. For this, I am deeply sorry. I feel unimaginably grateful that the three of you stuck by me through it all. My greatest desire in life is to do whatever I can to make up for the pain I have caused you and to bring happiness, pride, and a feeling of safety to the rest of your lives.

          [?]Holly » 🌐
          @HollyCo26588808@universeodon.com

          Have you read Proust, Dostoevsky, Blake, Burns, Poe, Shelley, Yeats, Aristophanes, Odets, O'Neill, Aristotle, Joseph Campbell, The Philosophy Of Schopenhauer, Marx, de Tocqueville, Einstein, Oppenheimer or any of the 400 titles in Marilyn's library?

          mentalfloss.com/books/literatu

            [?]Fictograma.com » 🌐
            @fictograma@mastodon.social

            "Fatum — Preludio: La Caída de Ferrane Pt.1"

            Un imperio forjado en hierro. Un odio capaz de deformar la realidad. Un prisionero que guarda una verdad peor que la muerte.
            fictograma.com/d/3066-fatum-pr

              [?]Fictograma.com » 🌐
              @fictograma@mastodon.social

              "Hamlet" no es solo una tragedia: es un viaje entre la grandeza y la contradicción humana. Shakespeare mezcla genio, caos, filosofía y pasión en una obra que sigue desafiando...
              fictograma.com/d/3064-hamlet-p

                [?]Fictograma.com » 🌐
                @fictograma@mastodon.social

                📖 Siddhartha | Capítulo “Om": Comprende que el dolor, el amor, la pérdida y la alegría forman parte de una misma corriente. Al escuchar todas las voces del río fundirse en un solo sonido —Om— descubre la unidad de...
                fictograma.com/d/3063-siddhart

                  [?]Fictograma.com » 🌐
                  @fictograma@mastodon.social

                  🌲👁️ Cap. 8: El Último Contacto de Helion-IV

                  Una civilización perfecta envía un saludo a la Tierra... y recibe una respuesta 72 segundos después. No era un eco. No era un error.
                  Era una advertencia.
                  fictograma.com/d/3067-el-bosqu

                    [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                    @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                    GILLY GAUPUS. A Scotch term for a tall awkward fellow.

                    A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                    --
                    @histodons

                    Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): GILLY GAUPUS. A Scotch term for a tall awkward fellow. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                    Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): GILLY GAUPUS. A Scotch term for a tall awkward fellow. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                      [?]Christina Dongowski » 🌐
                      @Tinido@chaos.social

                      Ganz großartiger witziger Entwicklungsroman über eine junge Engländerin, die in den 70ern & frühen 80ern zwischen Feminismus & Misogynie versucht, ihr Leben auf die Reihe zu kriegen. Aber CN: Kindstod.

                      app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/

                        [?]Book dedications bot » 🤖 🌐
                        @dedication_bot@stefanbohacek.online

                        A Rift in Time: Travels with My Ottoman Uncle by Raja Shehadeh

                        To Widad, my mother, a storyteller, who fell silent before she could find out the end of the story

                        Alt...To Widad, my mother, a storyteller, who fell silent before she could find out the end of the story

                          [?]CNI_CNoticias Internacionales » 🌐
                          @CNI_CNoticiasInternacionales@mastodon.social

                          "Hamlet" no es solo una tragedia: es un viaje entre la grandeza y la contradicción humana. Shakespeare mezcla genio, caos, filosofía y pasión en una obra que sigue desafiando...
                          fictograma.com/d/3064-hamlet-p

                            [?]CNI_CNoticias Internacionales » 🌐
                            @CNI_CNoticiasInternacionales@mastodon.social

                            📖 Siddhartha | Capítulo “Om": Comprende que el dolor, el amor, la pérdida y la alegría forman parte de una misma corriente. Al escuchar todas las voces del río fundirse en un solo...
                            fictograma.com/d/3063-siddhart

                              [?]CNI_CNoticias Internacionales » 🌐
                              @CNI_CNoticiasInternacionales@mastodon.social

                              6Hoy, en República Dominicana, celebramos el Día de las Madres. Inspirado en la mía, escribí dos poemas: Flores y Al sol. Son un pequeño intento de agradecer el amor...
                              fictograma.com/d/3065-por-el-d

                                [?]Pax Ahimsa Gethen » 🌐
                                @funcrunch@me.dm

                                The Guardian posted more background info today on their 100 best list. Nice to see they used the Open Library of the @internetarchive for finding .

                                theguardian.com/membership/202

                                  [?]Book dedications bot » 🤖 🌐
                                  @dedication_bot@stefanbohacek.online

                                  Welcome to the Circus of Baseball: A Story of the Perfect Summer, at the Perfect Ballpark, at the Perfect Time by Ryan McGee

                                  Dedicated to all those out there grinding and smiling and minor-league ballparks every summer

                                  Alt...Dedicated to all those out there grinding and smiling and minor-league ballparks every summer

                                    [?]Christina Dongowski » 🌐
                                    @Tinido@chaos.social

                                    Falls Ihr noch Lesestoff sucht: Die für wurden verliehen. Super Liste, und auch viele kürzere Formen dabei, wenn man sich gerade nicht durch 300plus seitige Romane lesen kann. Die meisten Short Stories kann man sogar for free online lesen.

                                    locusmag.com/2026/05/2026-locu

                                      [?]Christina Dongowski » 🌐
                                      @Tinido@chaos.social

                                      Klassisch und streng theologisch-philosophisch argumentierende Texte haben ja gerade ein Comeback. Und zwar nicht nur bei Katholischens. Ich habe gerade diesen Essay-Band von Marilynne Robinson gelesen und fand den sehr toll.

                                      app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/

                                        [?]Olivier Norion » 🌐
                                        @oliviernorion@mastodon.social

                                        Sinakku smiled like a God.

                                        Erekigal offered grief a stone.

                                        The priests destroyed old words.

                                        And Tirak began to understand:

                                        divine kindness can still hide a knife.

                                          [?]Pax Ahimsa Gethen » 🌐
                                          @funcrunch@me.dm

                                          Today on @medium, I share personal highlights and insights on The Guardian's recent list of the 100 best of all time.

                                          medium.com/counterarts/the-gua

                                            [?]Andrew Oliver 📚 » 🌐
                                            @andrewoliver@mastodon.social

                                            The Lewiston Sun-Journal (and sister paper the Franklin Journal) have published articles on Means and Motive:

                                            Wilton native sets murder mystery in western Maine
                                            sunjournal.com/2026/05/31/wilt

                                            The novel is available on Amazon here, including a free chapter and free access for Kindle Unlimited subscribers:
                                            amazon.com/dp/B0GYCZJVGX

                                            Lewiston Sun-Journal features Means and Motive

                                            Alt...Lewiston Sun-Journal features Means and Motive

                                              Sir Dankalot boosted

                                              [?]kat donegan (she/her) 🇵🇸✊ » 🌐
                                              @kathimmel@mstdn.social

                                              : when asked, in 1970, by australian journalist, richard carleton, why the PFLP didn't engage in negotiations with the israeli state, ghassan kanafani (esteemed author & a leading figure of palestine's marxist resistance) explained that to do so would be 'a kind of conversation between the sword & the neck'. ghassan *should have* celebrated his 90th birthday yesterday, but he was assassinated by mossad in 1972.

                                              digital ink drawing of author & PFLP activist, ghassan kanafani. here, he looks intently at his subject, who seems to be sat slightly to his left. above him, in a staticky black box, is part of one of his famous citations, paraphrased. in uppercase text, it reads: '(to talk to your oppressors is) a kind of conversation between the sword & the neck'. colours are black, white medium peach & light cocoa.

                                              Alt...digital ink drawing of author & PFLP activist, ghassan kanafani. here, he looks intently at his subject, who seems to be sat slightly to his left. above him, in a staticky black box, is part of one of his famous citations, paraphrased. in uppercase text, it reads: '(to talk to your oppressors is) a kind of conversation between the sword & the neck'. colours are black, white medium peach & light cocoa.

                                              digital ink drawing of author & PFLP activist, ghassan kanafani. here, he looks intently at his subject, who seems to be sat slightly to his left. above him, in a staticky black box, is part of one of his famous citations, paraphrased. in uppercase text, it reads: '(to talk to your oppressors is) a kind of conversation between the sword & the neck'. colours are black, shades of peach & light cocoa.

                                              Alt...digital ink drawing of author & PFLP activist, ghassan kanafani. here, he looks intently at his subject, who seems to be sat slightly to his left. above him, in a staticky black box, is part of one of his famous citations, paraphrased. in uppercase text, it reads: '(to talk to your oppressors is) a kind of conversation between the sword & the neck'. colours are black, shades of peach & light cocoa.

                                                [?]Book dedications bot » 🤖 🌐
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                                                Untamed by Glennon Doyle

                                                For every woman resurrecting herself. For the girls who will never be buried. Mosly, for Tish.

                                                Alt...For every woman resurrecting herself. For the girls who will never be buried. Mosly, for Tish.

                                                  [?]Jake's Flea Market » 🌐
                                                  @jakedepeuterpoetics.com@jakedepeuterpoetics.com

                                                  collegienstrasse had changed

                                                  collegienstrasse had changed
                                                  rapidly   from a dusk shaded
                                                  cobblestone   garden from where 
                                                  many youthful voices had climbed like vines
                                                  and the youthful laughter of many had bloomed
                                                  rapidly changed 
                                                  to a street fallowed for the night where
                                                  the students who were 
                                                  the seeds from where all those voices
                                                  and all that laughter had sprouted
                                                  the students had gone home
                                                  and the avenue had become 
                                                  a bared road through a shadow
                                                  a shadow that 
                                                  had at first lengthened
                                                  first darkened into schlossstrasse
                                                  then lengthened and darkened out
                                                  of the beggar square that all night 
                                                  waited for bread and for brew
                                                  lengthened   darkened
                                                  past the windows of linen and parchment
                                                  oiled and dim lit   extinguished
                                                  past the shuttering of houses
                                                  past the university
                                                  and the students in the dormitories who’d 
                                                  pulled the blankets to their chins
                                                  past this old monastery
                                                  and the professors who lived here then
                                                  and then wrote midnight lectures
                                                  here by candlelight
                                                  as the shadow lengthened
                                                  darkened into nightfall at the eastern wall
                                                  the one who’d drawn
                                                  the watch that night   came
                                                  closed the eastbound road out
                                                  locked the elster gate and began
                                                  to walk his rounds

                                                    [?]דער קערפער פֿון השם » 🌐
                                                    @dukepaaron@babka.social

                                                    "The is an iconic villain of . As we know from ’s 1920 play “,” this malevolent spirit clings to a human host, taking over its body and mind to haunting and tragic effect.

                                                    But in ’s 1993 “The Dyke and the Dybbuk,” a dybbuk named Kokos meets her match in a 20th century Jewish named Rainbow Rosenbloom.

                                                    Now, ahead of the ’s June 2 rerelease via Sinister Wisdom, we are pleased to share an excerpt of this vital piece of Jewish .

                                                    The following is an excerpt from “” by Ellen ."

                                                    heyalma.com/rainbow-rosenbloom

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