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DEAD POETS SOCIETY “Mr. Keating?” Neil called after him. “Sir? O Captain! My Captain?” Keating stopped and waited for the boys to catch up with him. “What was the Dead Poets Society, sir?” Neil asked. For a split second, Keating’s face reddened. “I was just looking in an old annual,” Neil explained, “and...” “Nothing wrong with research,” Keating said, regaining his composure. The boys waited for him to say more. “But what was it?” Neil pressed. Keating looked around to make sure that no one was watching. “A secret organization,” he almost whispered. “I don...

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"Balder Dead" is a beautiful epic poem by Matthew Arnold. It draws from Norse mythology to retell the story of the the death of Odin's son, Balder, instigated by the treacherous jealousy of Loki. (Summary by Nathan)

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Join a group of Dubliners as they come together to celebrate Christmas in James Joyces poignant tale, The Dead. This evocative story, part of the acclaimed collection Dubliners, beautifully captures the interplay of the mundane and the magical in life and death. (summary by Iremonger)

A short, semi-autobiographical work by American humorist Mark Twain. It explores the controversy over the authorship of the Shakespearean literary canon via satire, anecdote, and extensive quotation of contemporary authors on the subject. In the book, Twain expounds the view that Shakespeare of Stratford was not the author of the canon, and lends tentative support to the Baconian theory. The book opens with a scene from his early adulthood, where he was trained to be a steamboat pilot by an elder who often argued with him over the controversy. Twain's arguments include the following points: ...

When two enchanting women, or females as the old-fashioned Archie prefers, walk into Nero Wolfes office with a troublesome case, Wolfe initially wants nothing to do with it. However, when a murder occurs at the fencing academy where the women work and international complications arise, hes thrown into the thick of it. The mystery deepens as Wolfe endeavors to uncover who stole the col de mort from its glass case in the fencing salon. In this riveting tale, Wolfe finds himself entangled in a web of murder and international intrigue.

Improv is Dead is an immersive comedy podcast hosted by Damian Anaya, Tim Lyons, and Dan White. Every week we chat 'n prov, then apply some slick post-production effects, to create a totally unique show where all of their biggest comedy perversions freely penetrate your gentle, delicate ears. Support the pod! For bonus episodes, access to our Discord and more premium content join our Patreon at Patreon.com/improvisdead

The greatest novels ever written already solved your problems. You just haven't read them yet.Dead Writers Club is a podcast about the greatest novels ever written and why they still matter. Not as literary achievements to admire from a distance. As tools. Tools for understanding what it means to be anxious, or purposeless, or lonely, or in love, or afraid of dying.Every episode takes one classic work and asks a single question: what does this book understand about modern life that we have forgotten?We've covered Dostoevsky on guilt and anxiety. Camus on the one line everyone quotes and almost...

In Dead Man Dreaming, heart surgeon David faces a Huntington’s disease diagnosis. Alongside his partner Jessie, he launches a global campaign for genetic screening to prevent hereditary suffering. This novel explores medical ethics, sacrifice, and choosing love despite a terminal future.

The House of the Dead is a novel published in 1861 by Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky, which portrays the life of convicts in a Siberian prison camp. Dostoyevsky himself spent four years in exile in such a camp following his conviction for involvement in the Petrashevsky Circle. This experience allowed him to describe with great authenticity the conditions of prison life and the characters of the convicts. The narrator, Aleksandr Petrovich Goryanchikov, has been sentenced to penalty deportation to Siberia and ten years of hard labour. Life in prison is particularly hard for Aleksandr ...

Dead Souls (Russian: Мёртвые души) by Nikolai Gogol, Russian writer, was first published in 1842, and is one of the most prominent works of 19th-century Russian literature. Gogol himself saw it as an "epic poem in prose", and within the book as a "novel in verse". Despite supposedly completing the trilogy's second part, Gogol destroyed it shortly before his death. Although the novel ends in mid-sentence (like Sterne's Sentimental Journey), it is usually regarded as complete in the extant form.In Russia before the emancipation of the serfs in 1861, landowners were entitled to own ...

This essay of a cultured observer, for many years United States consul in Rome, appeared in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 10, issue 59, April, 1855, pp 577 - 600. (Summary by David Wales)

THE INTELLIGENCE SERVICES OF THE ENTIRE WESTERN WORLD WERE BAFFLED, HELPLESS. THE WORD WENT OUT: "CALL STEPHEN DAIN!" In broad daylight, in the middle of a London street, a little man nobody knew snatched a steel-lined briefcase from the hands of armed secret agents. The briefcase held the fate of nations. Stephen Dain had to get it before the enemy did. He had one clue-a beautiful clever, dangerous girl!!!!! Summary from the Back cover, Bantam Books 1961 Paperback Edition

Sybil, a gentlewoman who has to work for a living, finally finds employment as her rich uncle's house keeper. Nothing could be better: she would finally have an easy job in which she is treated well, and inherit her uncle's money after his death. But then she falls in love with the wrong man. When her uncle is poisoned, suspicion falls upon her. How would she be able to clear her name? What really happened to her uncle? This is a first rate murder mystery, for fans of Wilkie Collins. Yet it is also a story about love: family love, romantic love, and the love we bear for our community. - ...

This classic mystery produces its first dead body during a clandestine midnight meeting. Already nothing is what it seems... (Summary by Gesine)

The Egyptian Book of the Dead, or the Book of Coming Forth by Day, is an Ancient Egyptian funerary text consisting of spells to protect the soul on its journey to Duat, or Afterlife.

The official podcast from horror and children's fiction author Chris Tetreault-Blay. Listen in to not only find out more about his work, influences and the "stories behind the stories" but also check out his exclusive interviews with other special guests along the way!

The poem begins with the beloved god Balder, thought to be invulnerable, dead at the hands of the inoffensive blind god Hoder, in a game. Loki, whose deceit brought about this catastrophe, is promptly punished with exile, and Odin, Balder's father, sponsors a heroic quest to rescue his son from the land of the dead. This desperate venture unexpectedly meets with partial success, a conditional agreement to release Balder if everyone in the land of the living mourns his death. And even though over every hope hangs the threat of the ultimate end of the reign of the Norse gods, the mother of the ...

A group of Dubliners gather together for a Christmas celebration in James Joyce's transcendent tale of the mundanity and magic in life and death. "The Dead" is taken from Joyce's collection of short stories Dubliners. (summary by Iremonger)