

Jared Spears
Joined: Jan 21, 2015


Germinal, Floréal, Prairial: The Re-Imagined Spring of the French Revolutionary Calendar

5 Facts About the Wild Life of Call of the Wild Author Jack London

How Poe's French Translator Made "The Raven" Even Spookier
12 Words from Ulysses to Help You Celebrate Bloomsday
Illuminate your otherwise-ordinary Bloomsday observances by citing from among Joyce’s apt yet archaic trove of word choices.
11 Delightful Words From Washington Irving’s Autumn Stories
Try spicing your fall with a few of these rustic charmers, drawn from the pages of Washington Irving.
10 of Voltaire's Favorite Bon Mots for Bastille Day
Celebrate Bastille Day by sprinkling a few of Voltaire's choicest bon mots into your conversations.
14 Scots Words from the Works of Robert Burns
Polish up on this list of words and phrases from Robert Burns’s complete works. Highlighting the imagination of his Scots language, they are ripe for revival by Robbie revelers old and new.