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.
Literary and Philosophical References
- Sappho (7.4)
- Shakespeare (7.4)
- Herbert Spencer (10.2)
- "Over the Hills" by Will Carleton (16.11)
- Moulding a Maiden by Albert Ross (32.93)
- Dora Thorne by Charlotte Brame (32.100)
- Epictetus (33.9)
- Lazarus (34.1)
- King Lear by William Shakespeare (34.92)
- Père Goriot by Honoré de Balzac (47.58)
Pop Culture References
- The Hole in the Ground (5.47)—a comedic play by Charles Hoyt
- The Mikado (8.31)—an operetta by Gilbert and Sullivan
- Under the Gaslight (16.15)—play by Augustin Daly
- The Old Homestead (26.78)—play by Denman Thompson
- "What Right Has He on Broadway" (31.54)—song by Nat Mann and Harry Dillon
- A Gold Mine (32.14)—a play by Brander Matthews and George H. Jessop
- Lord Chumley (32.54)—play by David Belasco and Henry Churchill DeMille
- Sarah Bernhardt (37.14)—French actress
- The Queen's Mate (39.26)—opera by Henry Paulton