"You can spend the night--and cook up a storm--at Julia Child's charming French cottage," Mental Floss noted.
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Merriam-Webster provided a handy guide to "ruffians, rapscallions, cads & more--22 charming words for nasty people."
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"An alleged lock of Emily Dickinson's hair is selling for $450,000.... But was it stolen?" Lit Hub wondered.
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"Tove Jansson, beloved creator of the Moomins, illustrates The Hobbit." (Via Open Culture)
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Guardian illustrator Tom Gauld "on the power of the biography to shatter myths."