The Percy Jackson Series

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The Odyssey  &  The Iliad 

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Ella Enchanted

by Gail Carson Levine 

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Cinderella; three hundred and forty-five variants of Cinderella, Catskin, and cap o’rushes, abstracted and tabulated, with a discussion of mediaeval analogues, and notes

by Marian Roalfe Cox, 1893.

Forward by A. Lang

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Kajong and Halœk (Vietnam, 1887)

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Cinderella - The Brothers Grimm Version

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Cinderella - The Charles Perrault Version

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Sickles at Gettysburg: The Controversial Civil War General Who Committed Murder, Abandoned Little Round Top, and Declared Himself the Hero of Gettysburg

by James A. Hessler

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Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

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THE SEAGULL by Anton Chekhov

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THE THREE SISTERS, THE CHERRY ORCHARD, and more One-Acts by Anton Chekhov

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UNCLE VANYA​ by Anton Chekhov

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Chekhov's Short Stories

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More of Chekhov's Short Stories

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Stupid F*cking Bird by Aaron Posner

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Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliet

 

Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare? by James Shapiro

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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon

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Wondrous Beauty: Betsy Bonaparte, the Belle of Baltimore who Married Napoleon’s Brother by Carol Berkin

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Links to Work by Edgar Allan Poe

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Frankenstein (1831 text)

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The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors By Dan Jones

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Richard III Brother Protector King By Chris Skidmore

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The History of King Richard III By Thomas More

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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte 

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Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay

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The Secret of Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay 

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Seven Little Australians by Ethel Turner

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A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

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Monster Theory: Reading Culture by Jeffrey Jerome Cohen, Ed.

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Double Indemnity by James M. Cain

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The Story of Film by Mark Cousins

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The Epic of Gilgamesh English version by N K Sanders (1960) 

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The Epic of Gilgamesh translation by Andrew George (1999)

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Ella Enchanted (2004), Movie 

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A Cinderella Story: A Christmas Wish (2019)

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A Cinderella Story (2004)

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Little Women (1949)

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Little Women (1994)

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Little Women (2017)

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Little Women (2018)

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Little Women (2019)

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The Seagull (2018)

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Ken Burns’ Baseball (1994)

 

Anonymous (2011)

 

The Crown (2016 - )

 

Glorious Betsy (1928)

 

Hearts Divided (1936)

 

Hornblower: Duty (2003)

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Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive (2017)

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A Horror Film (2018)

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Frankenstein (1931 film)

Young Frankenstein (1974)

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Game of Thrones (2011-2019)
 

The White Queen (2013)

 

The Hallow Crown  Season 2 Episode 3 (2016)

 

Jane Eyre (2006)

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Jane Eyre (2011)

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The Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)

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The Picnic at Hanging Rock (2018)

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The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)

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The Curse of La Llorona (2019) 

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La Llorona (2019)

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Double Indemnity (1944)

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“Join Playbill March 20 for a Movie Night With Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella Starring Lesley Ann Warren”

BY PLAYBILL STAFF

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“A Girl, A Shoe, A Prince: The Endlessly Evolving Cinderella”

By Linda Holmes

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“Ample Justification for the Deed”: Public Interest in the “Sickles Tragedy” as Gender Performance

By Sarah A. Adler

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“10 Little Facts About Louisa May Alcott”

By Suzanne Raga

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“The Lie of Little Women: Peering into the secrets of Louisa May Alcott’s real-life sheds light on her treasured coming-of-age tale.”

By Sophie Gilbert

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Love in the Time of Numbness; or, Doctor Chekhov, Writer, By S. Mukherjee

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Squeezing out the Slave Drop by Drop: Examining the Good Dr. Chekhov, part 3, by Mark Perry

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Guide to Realism in Theatre

  

The Definitive Guide to the Stanislavsky Acting Technique

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“How much individual talent was on each Giants World Series team?” By Brady Klopfer

 

“The Strange Dynasty Of The San Francisco Giants Is Over. (Yes, It Was A Dynasty.)” By Neil Paine

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SF Giants player Jaylin Davis discusses his experience with racism:

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Pittsburgh Pirates field the first all-Black-and-Latino lineup in 1971:

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Women in the Negro Leagues

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Effa Manley, the First Woman Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame:

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“Musical.ly Speaking: How TikTok is Keeping On-Track with Music and Copyright” by Liam O’dell

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“Coronavirus drove a boom in virtual content; to protect artists, copyright law must catch up” by EDWARD KLARIS

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“Shakespeare and copyright” by KEVIN SMITH, J.D.

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“Finally, An Actor With Autism Is Starring In ‘Curious Incident’”

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“Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time pulled from children's reading list” by Alison Flood

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“When Popular Novels Perpetuate Negative Stereotypes: Mark Haddon, Asperger’s and Irresponsible Fiction” by Greg Olear

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“Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte, Napoleon’s American Sister-in-Law” by Shannon Selin

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Sykesville History, Downtown Sykesville Connection

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“The (Still) Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe” by Natasha Geiling

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“Poe’s book corrects falsehoods, explores spiritual development of Edgar Allan Poe” by Tenn. Jackson

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“Poe’s Character Under Attack,” Edgar Allan Poe Historic Site

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“The Danger of Sympathy: Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘Hop-Frog’ and the Abolitionist Rhetoric of Pathos” by Paul Christian Jones

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“On Edgar Allan Poe’s Women” by Dave Rosenthal

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Top 10 Most Haunted Colleges in America, College Consensus
 

Drew University, Haunted Places feature 

 

“5 of the Most Haunted College Campuses” IvyWise

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15 Surprising Facts That Prove Mary Shelley Was The Queen Of Goth

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Full Biography of Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein at 200 – why hasn't Mary Shelley been given the respect she deserves?

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THE HORROR STORY THAT HAUNTS SCIENCE

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“Were the ‘Princes in the Tower’ Murdered?” by Isolde Wigram

“The Princes in the Tower: What happened to Edward and his younger brother Richard?” The Tower of London

The Battle of Bosworth

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“Game of Thrones v Rose of the Roses” By Luke Blaylock

 

The Discovery of Richard III, University of Leicester

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“Reading Jane Eyre while Black: The Privilege of Escapism is Not Allowed for me” by Tyrese L. Coleman 

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“Jane Eyre and the 19th-century woman” by Sally Shuttleworth

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“Jane Eyre: Bertha Mason” The British Library 

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Report on the Treatment of Mental Illness, 1844

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“19th Century Mental Health” 

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“The Mental Health Crisis Facing Women in Prison” by Manuel Villa

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“Queer and Vow: the Radical, Revelatory Queerness of ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’” by Dylan Sweetwood

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“The Mysterious Girls of Picnic at Hanging Rock” by Sophie Gilbert

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“Must Miranda Go?” By Kathrin Bartha

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“Ghosts in a Christmas Carol” by John Mullan

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“The Muppet Christmas Carol is the greatest film ever made” by Amelia Tait

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“Why The Muppet Christmas Carol set the gold standard for Dickens adaptations” by Ed Power

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“A Plea to Resurrect the Christmas Tradition of Telling Ghost Stories” by Colin Dickey

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“Why ghosts haunt Britain at Christmas but steer clear of America” by Derek Johnston

"The Economic Consequences of Major Tax Cuts for the Rich" by David Hope and Julian Limberg, The London School of Economics and Political Science

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“The legend of La Llorona still impacts Hispanic Culture” by Luke Lyons

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“La Llorona: The Terrible Truth About Mexico’s Weeping Woman” by Robert Lopez

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“La Llorona as a Social Symbol” by Michael Kearney 

 

“The La Llorona legend equality meaning” from CHST 404 - Chicana Feminisms

 

“La Llorona-- Weeping Woman of the Southwest” from Legends of America

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“10 Fascinating Facts About Double Indemnity” by Matthew Jackson

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“An Analysis of Billy Wilder’s ‘Double Indemnity’” by Katherine Blakeney 

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"The Seductive Power of the Femme Fatale” by Angela Morrison

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"Uruk,"  Khan Academy 

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Myths From Mesopotamia translation by Stephanie Dalley (1989)

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Mesopotamia The invention of the city by Gwendolyn Leick (2001)

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“Back to the Cedar Forest: The beginning and end of Tablet V of the Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgameš” by Farouk N H Al-Rawi and Andrew George