When authors give shout outs to other great works, people, and events, it's usually not accidental. Put on your super-sleuth hat and figure out why.
Real-World Literary and Historical References
- Queen Victoria (1.18)
- Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist (1.19)
- John William Draper (1.19)
- Samuel Morse (1.19)
- William the Conqueror (2.9; 4.5)
- John Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress (4.28)
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "Kubla Khan" (8.116)
- The Bible (8.116)
- William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice (8.116)