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Charles Dickens at Christmas

How to keep Christmas (and live life) well, according to a Victorian master.

Edgar Allan Poe Needs a Friend

Say hello to a kinder, gentler Poe.

Let's Read: "The Black Cat," by Edgar Allan Poe

In honor of Halloween, here's my reading of a horror classic.

Thomas Paine Won't Bend the Knee

Lesser Founding Father? Far from it! Let's explore the life of Thomas Paine.