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Valentine’s Day cards too sugary sweet for you? Return to the 19th-century custom of the spicy ‘vinegar valentine’
7 of the Most Scandalous Romantic Plot Twists in Classic Literature
By Paul Anthony Jones
https://www.mentalfloss.com/literature/books/romantic-plot-twists-in-classic-literature
They are all available at PG:
Bleak House
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1023
Ethan Frome
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4517
Far From the Madding Crowd
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/107
Jane Eyre
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1260
Sense and Sensibility
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/161
The Return of the Native
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/122
Twelfth Night
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1526
Subverting hell
In their visions of the underworld Dante and Milton were truly subversive, incorporating predecessors into their own repudiation
by Charlie Ericson
Dante and Milton at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/507
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/17
Why Do We Keep Telling the Same Stories? Archetypes in Pop Culture
"Archetypes aren't just storytelling tools—they're reflections of us. We keep retelling them because they help us feel understood."
https://www.thecollector.com/archetypes-pop-culture/
Books by Jung at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/44679
Odysseus und Nausicaa
Forget flowers: lovers in 18th- and 19th-century Ireland exchanged hair
by Leanne Calvert
Saint Valentine at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=saint+valentine
Inside Switzerland's extraordinary medieval library
By Mike MacEacheran
The Abbey Library of St Gallen is a Baroque hall of globes, manuscripts and curiosities that has survived, improbably, for 1,300 years.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/travel/article/20260202-inside-switzerlands-extraordinary-medieval-library
Medieval library at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=medieval+library
Ten Medieval Discoveries That Shaped How We Understand Sleep
"When we think about the history of sleep science, the story is often told as a leap from ancient Greek philosophy to modern medicine. But a new study shows that medieval physicians made several profound and interesting discoveries when it came to how we sleep."
https://www.medievalists.net/2026/01/medieval-discoveries-sleep/
Books about sleep at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=sleep
Rediscovered photograph sheds light on Jeanne Duval – Manet’s Lady with a Fan
by Maria C. Scott
Manet (as illustrator) at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/6624
A White Historian Claimed That Black People ‘Had No History.’ This Trailblazing Scholar Dedicated His Life to Proving Otherwise
Carter G. Woodson, the “father of Black history,” founded the celebration now known as Black History Month in 1926. A prolific writer and activist, he viewed his efforts to educate the public as a “life-and-death struggle”
by Meilan Solly
Carter G. Woodson at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/3835
Samuel Green Freed Himself and Others From Slavery. Then He Was Imprisoned Over Owning a Book
"After buying his own liberty, the Marylander covertly assisted conductors on the Underground Railroad, including Harriet Tubman. But his possession of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” turned him into an abolitionist hero"
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" at PG:
