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British novelist Charles Dickens (1812-1870) sat in his study in Gads Hill near Rochester, Kent circa 1860. He wrote one of the best first lines in literature. Great opening lines to books set the ...

In a recent interview with Interview magazine, influencer Alix Earle admitted that she has never read a book. Speaking for myself and the collective reaction in the Lit Hub Slack, this was ...

Inside View: Ignore the haters pushing a revisionist history, and recognize the American experiment for the success that it is. One joy of summer is reading for pleasure. At my age, when the thought ...

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