Welcome To Arts & Literature where we try to answer questions of a scholarly nature.
If you are looking for information about books then head to Books & Authors. The Arts section covers all sorts of topics like theatre, exhibitions, paintings and much more.
Is anyone else a fan of the Orphan X series? I found them when the second one was just out, and I have devoured them on issue from then until now. I am part way through re-reading from the first... ...
I've been downloading ebooks from the public libraries for years and when I first started the vast majority of books were available for immediate download. A book that has taken my fancy is out for... ...
Noticed that the results of the Hidden Books Game are in if anyone interested - quite a lot of interest at the time. https://caboodle.nationalbooktokens.com/hidden-books-game-2023-answers ...
Over Xmas I read Dickens Christmas Carol, and wondered if anyone could tell me why the chapters are called staves. I have not come across this in any other literature. Thanks.
before you throw the books away? Have you got any of these? https://oxbridgehomelearning.uk/blog/the-10-classic-books-you-might-own-that-are-worth-thousands/ Do let us know if you have:-) ...
I read my first Stephen King novel decades ago, and I have read around thirty of them since. Like any prolific author, not everything is as good as everything else, but I have to say, having... ...
I am reading a novel and was jarred by a reference to this painting because the author refers to the subject as a woman. I see a man in the painting. What do you think?
Anyone read her books? I very much enjoy her Piercy novels and her Roget series. My wife gets engrossed in them, too. I am going to start the Martha Gunn series soon. Will I be... ...
A famous artist once painted the view from his lounge window. A friend dropped by, saw the picture and remarked that the painter had omitted a tree on the lawn. The artist went outside and... ...
'I know what they put in the sauce tartare, the sauce tartare in the restaurant car'. And as a result he couldn't be charged -- whether for his meal or with murder I do not know. But can anyone... ...
There is a book written by Neville Shute about a nan successfully treated in a local hospital who then revives the local shipbuilding industry, it's one I read many years ago and would like to... ...
I was cleaning out my books and decided to re read the Cat Who series by Lilian Jackson Braun, light reading for those who know how intelligent their fur babies are. The final two in the series... ...