British Literature Lover Mugs

'Mr. Weller Attacks the Executive of Ipswich'

Lobster a la Riseholme!

"Are you insane?!" The Velveteen Skunk

"That's the guy I hired to read Proust for me."

"Too bad about old Ainsworth. Published and published, but perished all the same."

Bob encounters one of the bugs in the Jean Paul Sartre fan website.

Blue Stockings - Woman revealing herself as author

'Peter the Flying Hippo is my favorite storybook character without any merchandising tie-ins.'

"After years of cartoon rejections, Bill stooped to trying a little shameless product placement."

The Ray Bradbury classic, 'The Car Alarm.'

"Would you like me to annotate that for you?"

First Novels.

Mr. Metamorphosis: "At least this better than waking up as a cockroach."

Thomas Mann.

Victor Hugo

Academic Jeopardy ... 'What Was the Maiden Name of Dante Alighieri's Maternal Grandmother?'

The DaVinci Code

'I didn't dedicate my book, A Lifetime of Wine Tasting, to my 3 ex-wives and nine kids, because they made it possible. I did it because they made it necessary.'

'For those with books, open and follow along. For those with laptops, follow me on Twitter.'

'Look! The new long awaited, highly anticipated but ultimately disappointing novel by that guy you like.'

Jean-Paul Sartre

Television Readers.

Voltaire

"Not to be a motion picture - will remain just a book'

Kid in time-out writes 'it was the best of time out...'

"No writers were harmed or mistreated in the preparation of this story."

"Now I really hate poetry."

"My novel is not a doorstop!"

"They've remained remarkably faithful to the text."

'Mysteries' section of bookshop reveals secret door.

Shakespeare was bisexual

A vampire sitting on a park bench at night feeding bats.

It's Dostoevsky. It's Melville. It's Flaubert. But it doesn't dance.

Miss, how do you spell "acceptable"? I've Googled every "e" and can't find it.

"It turns out everyone here is self-published."