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Literature degree recipient Jodie Foster fires up UPenn.
Narnia goes high-tech.
There’s no need to go to jail for teaching the Bible.
Finally: a good reason to get your kid an iPod!
Even stoopid peeple can understand Chaucer.
Hey, which Literature Classic are you? (I was Orlando by Virginia Woolf, if you must know. Hmmm.)
We’ve all heard the jokes about ‘Chick Lit,’ perhaps endured the scornful looks of high-brow readers as we’ve furtively pored over an Oprah Book Club selection. Yes, Chick Lit is viewed as the stinking bottom of the literary heap.
To this I say puh-leze: have you ever read anything from the Men’s Lit market?
There are two choices, mostly from one primary author:
1. Boring jargon that reads like a submarine tech manual.
2. Ridiculous clichéd adventure novels.
It is the second which we shall lampoon today.
If you’re a guy, or if you know a guy, you are most likely familiar with the author who is the …read more
Thank you all so much for your patience. I’ve been dealing with a myriad of personal crises and family matters, some of which required far-away traveling. But the literature lover is back!
Here are the answers to our last Lit Triv challenge. How did you do?
1. d.
2. h.
3. e.
4. b.
5. a.
6. j.
7. i.
8. f.
9. g.
10. c.
What if your favorite book—or a book everyone has heard of—were called something else? A surprising number of famous tomes almost got stuck with a pretty bad title.
Test your lit triv skills now!
The numbered list contains the books’ current titles. The lettered list contains the books’ original titles. Can you match them up? Good luck!
The current titles:
1. Pride and Prejudice
2. Treasure Island
3. War and Peace
4. David Copperfield
5. The Great Gatsby
6. Lady Chatterley’s Lover
7. Gone With the Wind
8. Roots
9. Jaws
10. Of Mice and Men
And the originals:
a. The High-Bouncing Lover
b. The Copperfield Survey of the World As It Rolled
c. Something That Happened
d. …read more
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