When authors refer to other great works, people, and events, it’s usually not accidental. Put on your super-sleuth hat and figure out why.
Literature, Philosophy, and Mythology
- The Bible (All over the place in this novel)
- Miguel de Cervantes: Don Quixote (3.4)
- John Bunyan: The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come (17.58)
- Thomas Kibble Hervey: Friendship's Offering, and Winter's Wreath (17.58)
- William Shakespeare (20.14, 21.12)
- William Shakespeare: Richard III (20.16, 20.24, 21.2, 12.11, 21.12)
- William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet (20.16, 20.21, 21.1, 21.12)
- William Shakespeare: Hamlet (21.7, 21.8, 21.9, 21.11, 21.12)
- William Shakespeare: King Lear (24.2)
- William Shakespeare: Macbeth (21.11)
Historical References
- Henry Clay (17.58)
- Louis XVII of France (19.48)
- Louis XVI of France (19.48, 40.42)
- Marie Antoinette (19.48)
- Charlemagne (19.49)
- Christopher Columbus (21.16)
- Henry VIII (23.24)
- Charles II of England (23.24)
- Louis XIV of France (23.24, 38.18)
- Louis XV of France (23.24)
- James II of England (23.24)
- Edward II of England (23.24)
- Richard III of England (23.24)
- William IV of England (26.29)
- William the Conqueror (37.49)
- The Mayflower (37.49)
- Lady Jane Gray (38.2)
- Lord Gilford Dudley (38.2)