All posts tagged "fiction"
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11.6K2Arts and LeisureThe Real People Behind Little Women
A century and a half after Little Women first reached the bookstore shelves, the story of four sisters and their mother still...
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8.2K1MassachusettsHarriet Jacobs, Enslaved, Tells of Her #MeToo Moments. No One Believes Her.
Harriet Jacobs, held in slavery, wrote a book about her sexual oppression that people didn’t believe for more than a century. Then...
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10.8KArts and LeisureWorld War I Inspires Doctor Dolittle
Hugh Lofting, the man who created the children’s book character Doctor Dolittle, was an MIT trained civil engineer who spent much of...
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9.9KArts and LeisureJ.P. Marquand Razzes the Proper Bostonians
J.P. Marquand mastered two literary genres. As author of a 1930s detective series centering on the international crime-solving detective Mr. Moto, he...
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4.6K3Today's History Highlights ArchiveSeven of the Best New England Hoaxes
The worst thing about the many hoaxes played upon New Englanders throughout history? How many people fell for them. Though many hoaxes...
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11.2K10ConnecticutSix Amazing Indian Women From New England
Indian women faced double discrimination since the first European colonists arrived in the Americas. Many fought back against the prejudice that destroyed...
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