Topic: Edith Wharton
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A literary road trip through New England
Take a trip through historic New England and visit the homesteads of famous literary figures.
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3 perfect summer books for Anglophiles
Calling all Anglophiles: Here are 3 new summer titles that will take you to London without requiring you to leave your armchair.
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Bestselling books the week of 4/5/12, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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2011 fiction quiz: Can you recognize the opening line?
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4 excellent adventure books for young readers
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Reader recommendation: The Custom of the Country
Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.
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Chapter & Verse M.L. Stedman talks about 'The Light Between Oceans'
'The Light Between Oceans' author M.L. Stedman discusses her debut novel, her world view, and how her background as an attorney grounds her as a writer.
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A literary road trip through New England
Take a trip through historic New England and visit the homesteads of famous literary figures.
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3 perfect summer books for Anglophiles
Calling all Anglophiles: Here are 3 new summer titles that will take you to London without requiring you to leave your armchair.
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Culture Cafe Legendary director Martin Scorsese discusses 'The Age of Innocence'
Scorsese's adaptation of Edith Wharton's classic novel was inspired by other period films that had an emphasis on narrative power.
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Bestselling books the week of 4/5/12, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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The Deep Blue Sea: movie review
A director’s touch and precision acting give life to 'The Deep Blue Sea.'
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2011 fiction quiz: Can you recognize the opening line?
Ten opening lines and not a "dark and stormy night" among them? Sheesh, they don't write them like they used to. Thank goodness. The first pages of the books that made up The Christian Science Monitor's 10 Best Fiction Books of 2011 grab readers and propel them forward. They're set in a room, a taxi, a memory; they dip into childhood, nature and death; they are grabbers. Do you recognize the following opening lines?
12/27/2011 09:10 am -
4 excellent adventure books for young readers
With its whopping 2.5 million-copy print run, “Inheritance” is very likely the fantasy book in which your favorite teen has his or her nose buried this month. The fourth and final installment of Christopher Paolini’s books about Eragon, the orphaned farm boy-turned-dragon rider, offers all the action and answers its fans have waited eight years for. But “Inheritance” is also darker than its predecessors, and its graphic violence includes the prolonged torture of a young woman. Knopf recommends it for ages “12 and up,” and I wouldn’t hand it to anybody younger. For those seeking alternatives, this fall offers four excellent adventure tales for young readers. There are museums, pirates, gods, rodents, runaways, and lots and lots salt water.
11/29/2011 10:01 am -
5 classic novels that beautifully explore the dark side of life in New York City
The city that never sleeps may hide behind the logo of a shiny Big Apple, but for some life in New York is as spikey and lethal as a ball of nails. Here are 5 classic novels that wonderfully reveal both the dark and the light in the experiences of New Yorkers throughout the decades.
08/05/2011 03:28 pm -
A Voice from Old New York
Louis Auchincloss shares glimpses of his remarkable life – both as a writer and a highly privileged New Yorker.
12/22/2010 06:05 am -
Summer reading gets plug from US officials to keep kids sharp
The ‘Let’s Read. Let’s Move’ campaign is designed to combat the learning loss that can occur during the summer. Two cabinet secretaries touted summer reading at an event in Washington Wednesday.
07/07/2010 07:43 pm -
Chapter & Verse Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Harding: It's like being hit by a 'tidal wave'
The 5/4/10 Monitor books podcast includes an interview with Paul Harding, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Tinkers."
05/06/2010 05:36 pm -
Chapter & Verse Louis Auchincloss: "Last of the Old Guard"
Prolific writer and close class observer Louis Auchincloss dies at the age of 92.
01/27/2010 05:33 pm -
Desperately seeking Austen
07/18/2009 01:00 am -
Classic review: The Blind Assassin
Margaret Atwood's "The Blind Assassin" is a killer novel, all right, but it can see exactly where it's going.
01/25/2009 12:00 am -
Last of the Old Guard
Louis Auchincloss’s 65th novel finds relevance in Wall Street attorneys of a bygone era.
12/15/2008 12:00 am -
Keeping up with the Jameses
A 'House of Wits' that dazzled even as it disappointed.
07/09/2008 01:00 am -
Opinion Do granite countertops mask our emptiness?
My hunch is that we're fixated on perfecting our home interiors because we don't want to work on ourselves.
06/11/2008 01:00 am -
Chapter & Verse Literary landmarks you've always wanted to see
05/21/2008 01:00 am
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