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 and Philosophy References
- George, Lord Byron (18)
- Cicero (22)
- Bible, Genesis 19: 26, story of Lot's wife (25)
- Bible, Genesis 2 and 3, story of Adam and Eve (52)
- Jonathan Edwards, Freedom of the Will (95)
- Joseph Priestley (95)
- Bible, Book of Job (129)
Historical References
- John Jacob Astor (2)
- Petra (51)
- Marius at Carthage (51)
- 1841 murder of Samuel Adams by John Colt (92)
- The Tombs Prison (117)
- Monroe Edwards (125)
- Sing-Sing Prison (125)