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19th century

Revised History

by Jeff Madrick,

Last month, Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States, the documentary series the director made with historian Peter Kuznick, completed its ten-episode run on Showtime. Those who unthinkingly dismiss…

Madame and the Masters

by John Crowley,

Blavatsky’s cosmic soap opera

The Worst of Spines

by Charles Dickens,

From an 1851 “list of imitation book-backs” sent by Charles Dickens to a London bookbinder, who fabricated mock books with the fake titles. The New York Public Library re-created part…