Tag: classic literature

Literary and Cultural References in “Here Comes the Sun!”

August 2, 2025

I wondered if Emilie Baker Loring’s second novel would have as many literary and cultural references as her first. Ha! Of course it did! The opening pages averaged two per page, and my paperback copy has 167 pages. Better make a full pot of tea for this one! Here Comes the Sun! begins with two … More Literary and Cultural References in “Here Comes the Sun!”

From Inspiring Books Come Worthy Thoughts

May 9, 2016

Graduation time is near, a natural time of reflection and appreciation.  Mary Ellen Chase of Blue Hill, Maine wrote that she—and Emilie Loring—belonged to “the last of the many generations who will have studied the classics as a matter of course.” And this, mind you, was in grammar school. Beyond grammar school, they learned languages, … More From Inspiring Books Come Worthy Thoughts