​ ​ " Let us start our grand tour of the year, my little friend. It will be a voyage of discovery." ​ {A Countryman's Winter Notebook} ​...

" To begin with, let us take the following motto... Literature is Love. Now we can continue." {Vladimir Nabokov} 2025.... a year to let...

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" Flames have always been at the heart of it all. Flames to sit around and read, a place for conversation. A fire is a magical thing. The...