Literature

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has mounted the most comprehensive exhibition possible of Delacroix on this side of the Atlantic. The retrospective, aptly titled “Delacroix,” follows its Paris debut this past summer. In solid collaboration with the Louvre, practically every major work by the French artist that was not too massive, too precious, or simply impossible (his murals) to transport can be seen at The Met until Jan. 6, 2019.

For $6,000 you can own an exclusive book detailing unprecedented insights into the story of Ferrari, including hundreds of newly released photographs and documents from private collections and Ferrari’s archives—all edited by longtime sports journalist Pino Allievi. Enzo Ferrari’s eponymous brand really needs no introduction. The Ferrari name is synonymous with excellence in automotive design […]

This drama of reading is beautifully conveyed in Percy Shelley's short lyric, taken from his play Prometheus Unbound.

For a lecture course I teach at Brown University called “Love Stories,” we begin at the beginning, with love at first sight. To its detractors, love at first sight must be an illusion—the wrong term for what is simply infatuation, or a way to sugarcoat lust. Buy into it, they say, and you’re a fool. […]

In the beginning was the Word. Or should that be Music? In Dryden's song, it is the power of a “tuneful voice” that plucks life and delight from primal chaos.

In the Qing Dynasty, there was a person who lived in Chiayi State of Taiwan. His name was Lin Dengzhang, and he was very kind and honest. But unfortunately, he was falsely accused and imprisoned. His wife sold all their property and even their son in order to have enough money to get her husband […]

At the time of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a man called Zhong Mou. He became an orphan when he was young and worked very hard in the fields to support his brother. He liked to read when he had spare time. When he grew up, he received a commendation for being a person […]