Literary Allegory Aficionado Gifts

"I'm here today to talk to you about the dark side of outsourcing."

"Meet The Author"

Accelerated reading. Slowpoke reading,

Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Dorrie Decimal System

Blue Stockings

'He likes to power nap.'

King Henry and his Cheshire bride

"My novel is not a doorstop!"

Not to be a motion picture. Will remain just a book.

The Grasshopper's Feast: A Prophetic Vision

John Bunyan

"Hey, it's not all fire and brimstone anymore—one of our nine circles is even smoke-free."

Don Quixote

"The low-res JPEG of Dorian Gray"

Stephen Spender.

'Don't worry, you're safe. I started my diet today.'

"Not that I have the time, but I enjoy reading."

Trilby - 'Je prong!'

"I don't care if it is itty-bitty. Turn it off!"

Sue the Author 3PM

Gunter Grass

"Oh, this old thing?"

'You have to Marvell eh - 'annihalating all that's made to a green thought in a green shade.''

A Footnote - Self Portrait of Beardsley, Bound to the God of Nature

What would Charlotte Bronte do, she thought to herself.

It was the best of times, it was the wasrtn blanfil trmsl... It was the bnarfy foodel pook. Arghh! Darn reader's block.

BOOKSHOP, 'We're pushing our do-it-yourself kit today, sir -- a ream of paper and a dozen pencils.'

Treasure Island Book.

'Amount of white out used while writing, Moby Dick, an issue of The National Enquirer, and 101 Uses for a Dead Cat.'

"It's felt to be his most thought provoking work."

Moby Dick

'The pile of unread books by the bed looks bigger than the futon...'

"The moral of the story, honey, is that being a celebrity does not make you a credible children’s book author."

"Barb's such a fast reader."