Literary Soiree Lover Gifts

Frontispiece to the first volume of 'Master Humphrey's Clock'

"Are you insane?!" The Velveteen Skunk

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

Blue Stockings - Woman revealing herself as author

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

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

'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?"

Sloaney Pony.

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

The DaVinci Code

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

Thomas Mann.

'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.'

Victor Hugo

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

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

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

Television Readers.

Jean-Paul Sartre

"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....

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

Horti-Culture

Shakespeare was bisexual

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

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

'Mysteries' section of bookshop reveals secret door.

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

Robinson decided to name him 'Casual Friday'.

Distractions Of The Great