"I felt myself mysteriously drawn towards him.... I'll try a pagan friend since Christian kindness has proved but hollow courtesy.... [He asked] whether we were again to be bedfellows. I told him yes, whereat I thought he looked pleased."
This week's #poetry post presents Thomas Wentworth Higginson's 'The February Hush'. It includes a simple vocabulary exercise intended for English language learners.
@Faefyx Thoreau built his cabin at Walden on Emerson's land? If not that one perhaps: Thoreau read Emerson in college; Emerson gave the eulogy at Thoreau's funeral; or my favorite, that Thoreau lived in Emerson's home and helped care for his kids when he traveled to Europe.
Just in time for the holidays, my latest ebook release is "The Silver Hen", a lovely 19th century Christmas story written by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman. The ebook comes with vocabulary notes for English language learners and some vocabulary exercises.
Our selected edition of Letters from an American Farmer is just one of many teaching editions featuring material drawn from the acclaimed Broadview Anthology of American Literature!
This short, accessible edition combines a selection of the most important and engaging sections of Crèvecoeur’s work with a focused selection of background contextual material.