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.
Historical References
- Marie Antoinette (1.12, 6.102-103)
- Charles George Gordon (2.6)
- Sir Henry Havelock (2.6)
- Admiral Horatio Nelson (2.6)
Classical References
Literary References
- Joseph Addison (5.127)
- Dante Alighieri (4.96)
- Emily Brontë (6.97)
- Robert Herrick (4.163)
- Richard Lovelace (4.163)
- John Milton (6.41, 6.45)
- William Morris (1.12)
- Alexander Pope (5.127)
- William Shakespeare (4.41, 4.66, 4.96, 4.78, 4.79, 4.88, 5.98, 5.133, 5.140, 6.70)
- Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra (4.88)
- Shakespeare’s Othello (1.15, 6.87)
- Percy Bysshe Shelley (1.12)
Science References
- Charles Darwin (4.41, 6.63)
- Thomas Henry Huxley (4.69)
- John Tyndall (4.69)
Music References
- Johann Sebastian Bach (6.42)
- Johannes Brahms (6.76)