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On reading. A short essay by Isaac Disraeli from the book Literary Character of Men of Genius, a very interesting …

The greatness of Shakespeare, his literary originality shortly explained thanks to some authors quotes and a brief analysis of his …

Wales history and old customs. A summary of its main events, old customs, traditions, holidays, celebrations, sports, language and literature. …

Seven ages of man, a poem by the great bard William Shakespeare and a very interesting short essay written by …

We really have everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language. Oscar Wilde The King’s English is not …

The counters merely say that the person is rejected – he does not belong to the group. In uttering the …

American slang is the body of words and expressions frequently used by or intelligible to a rather large portion of …

On Christmas an essay by G. K. Chesterton from All Things Considered, London 1908, plus some links to other posts …

Short history of English, a brief article about the English Language and its development through the Celtic, the Roman, the …

I realized early on that the academy and the literary world alike – and I don’t think there really is …