Miles Franklin’s other brilliant career

Miles Franklin is famous for her book ‘My Brilliant Career’, but what is less well-known is the fact she went undercover for a year as a domestic servant to investigate the working and living conditions of domestic staff. #literature

https://www.openforum.com.au/miles-franklins-other-brilliant-career/

Miles Franklin’s other brilliant career

Miles Franklin is famous for her book ‘My Brilliant Career’, but what is less well-known is the fact she went undercover for a year as a domestic servant to investigate the working and living conditions of domestic staff. #literature

https://www.openforum.com.au/miles-franklins-other-brilliant-career/

Flesh of the Orchid by James Hadley Chase (EPUB)
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#Literature

Trusted Like the Fox by James Hadley Chase (EPUB)
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DUNAKER. A stealer of cows and calves.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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#books #literature #dictionaries #history #society #language #slang @histodons

Ayn Rand accused libertarians of plagiarizing ideas related to her own philosophy of Objectivism and yet viciously attacking other aspects of it.
#literature #libertarianism

The Visionaries: Arendt, Beauvior, Rand, Weil, and the Power of Philosophy in Dark Times by Wolfram Eilenberger #books #literature #dedication

Mallory by James Hadley Chase (EPUB)
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Ok, hear me out on this one.
Dragons hoarding gold to sleep on it.

We assumed dragons are greedy bastards like us Humans.
BUT

When you're a creature with a mass of thousands of tons you need a bit more than memory foam to sleep comfortably don't you think?

Gold is a soft, ductile material, a good heat conductor (keeps you cool) and stays untarnished (perfect for century-long naps).
Nothing to do with greed, dragons just want a good mattress!

A New York Times Best Of 2021: “When We Cease To Understand The World” ; Benjamín Labatut (Translator: Adrian Nathan West)

https://www.freenovelsonline.top/2025/01/literature-pot-26-memepic-dump.html

LAY HER AMONG THE LILIES by James Hadley Chase (EPUB)
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Historical Fiction Novels With Actually Once-Living Heroines: “The Forbidden Queen” ; Anne O’Brien

https://www.thirstyspittoon.top/2025/03/literature-box-43-memepic-dump.html

Georgi Gospodinov - Time Shelter

#europe #bulgaria #fiction #literature #books

https://www.orionbooks.co.uk/titles/georgi-gospodinov/time-shelter/9781474623070/

Figure It Out For Yourself by James Hadley Chase (EPUB)
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Why Pick on Me? by James Hadley Chase (EPUB)
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In a Vain Shadow by James Hadley Chase (EPUB)
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You're Lonely When You're Dead by James Hadley CHASE (EPUB)
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JULIET: But old folks, many feign as they were dead;

Unwieldy, slow, heavy and pale as lead.

— Romeo and Juliet, II, v

Strictly for cash by James Hadley CHASE (EPUB)
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But a Short Time to Live by James Hadley Chase (EPUB)
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