Literature Lover's Getaway Gifts

"You usually don't see the classics wash up on the beach these days."

"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."

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

The Ray Bradbury classic, 'The Car Alarm.'

Victor Hugo

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

Couple looking at the statue of Eros by moonlight.

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

The DaVinci Code

"I think I need an extra pillow."

'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.'

Thomas Mann.

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

Jean-Paul Sartre

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

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

Television Readers.

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

"My novel is not a doorstop!"

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

Romantic Violinist.

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.

'Mysteries' section of bookshop reveals secret door.

Distractions Of The Great

Shakespeare was bisexual

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

Horti-Culture

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