Literary Character Lovers Gifts

'Tarzan of the Kangaroos'

Hairy Potter

"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."

Blue Stockings - Woman revealing herself as author

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

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

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

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

The Ray Bradbury classic, 'The Car Alarm.'

Thomas Mann.

Victor Hugo

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

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

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.'

Television Readers.

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

Jean-Paul Sartre

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

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

"My novel is not a doorstop!"

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

William Shakespeare a.k.a. Francis Bacon, Earl of Essex....

Robinson decided to name him 'Casual Friday'.

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

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

Shakespeare was bisexual

Horti-Culture

"Your usually vicious sarcasm is weak. Go pump some irony."

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

Distractions Of The Great

'Mysteries' section of bookshop reveals secret door.