The book by Daniel Defoe that is usually referred to with the shortened name Robinson Crusoe became a bestseller soon after it was first published on April 25, 1719. The…
Category: Quotes from Literature
“No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.”
James Boswell’s The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., often referred to as Boswell’s Life of Johnson, is one of the most famous biographies ever written and the best known source…
AUGUST 25 – The man behind the curtain
“Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.” On August 25, 1939, moviegoers throughout the U.S. heard that line for the first time, when the film version of The…