Professor Of Literature Pillows

Thomas Hardy

Friedrich von Schiller

"To torture an insect or not to torture an insect, that is the question."

'I'm reading aloud, Jeremy - My lips are SUPPOSED to be moving!'

Blue Stockings - Woman revealing herself as author

Ed Flanders, Deconstruction Worker

Thought for today: "All the world's a stage." - Shakespeare. And boy, are there a lot of drama critics.

"You're going to hate yourself."

'If you were disturbed by any issues raised, please call your mum.'

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

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Victor Hugo

"Russ had a novel published two hours ago and has a children's book coming out in 20 minutes."

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

Captain Ahab searched for a vaccine.

'Hamlet'

1599: Shakespeare's Agent knew what the public wanted

"Once upon a midnight dreary / while I pondered weak and weary."

Shakespeare does stand-up comedy in the round.

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

'Assuming their porridge was poured at the same time, how could it then be too hot, too cold and just right?'

"Now Playing: One of those Jane Austen movies."

Gone With the Wind: The Beach Blanket

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

"‘Extra vile old ox’? No, sir – it stands for ‘extra virgin olive oil.’"

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

The Demise of Tinkerbell

William Shakespeare sitting at a desk

Shakespeare was bisexual

The First Draft. . . Moby Duck.

'So Captain Ahab, I put it to you that you were deliberately stalking my client!'

'This has all the makings of a fable. But first lets take lots of tests.'

The ghosts of Christmas yet to come.

"I'm in a catch-23 situation."

Don Quixote