• “I wonder what it would be like to live in a world where it was always June.”

    L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

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Omphale: A Rococo Story
Omphale: A Rococo Story

In this winking confection of fantasy and satire, Théophile Gautier drapes libertine nostalgia in silk and shadow, conjuring a tale where tapestry becomes temptress and the past refuses to stay framed. Beneath the powdered frivolity lies a meditation on art, desire, and the dangers of sleeping too close to beauty.

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The Most Wonderful Things Have Happened
The Most Wonderful Things Have Happened

A delirious crescendo of Victorian adventure, this chapter finds scientific skepticism collapsing under the weight of living prehistory, where pterodactyls circle like omens and the jungle teems with impossible life. What begins as a quest for proof turns into something stranger—a revelation that the world’s deepest secrets may lie not in fossils, but in the unguarded awe of those who behold them.

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Hawaiian Legends Resembling Old Testament History
Hawaiian Legends Resembling Old Testament History

Hyde’s account, filtered through missionary eyes, draws parallels between Hawaiian origin stories and biblical narratives—not to elevate the former, but to domesticate them. Yet beneath the comparisons, the legends pulse with their own elemental power: floods, brothers in conflict, sacred taboos—echoes not of borrowed faith, but of a cosmology shaped by island, ocean, and fire.

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The Three Gifts
The Three Gifts

In this sweeping fairy tale of enchantment, envy, and redemption, kindness is rewarded not just with beauty but with power, and cruelty is undone by its own ambition. The Three Gifts is a vivid parable where tears become pearls, love withstands sorcery, and truth—however long suppressed—breaks through like a flame in a midnight church.

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Colonial Life
Colonial Life

A kaleidoscopic glimpse into early American life, this chapter shifts the lens from battlefields and charters to the rhythms of ordinary existence: muddy roads, mismatched bread, amateur diplomacy, and deer crashing through parlor mirrors. In the voices of Franklin, Byrd, and Knight, colonial America emerges not as a mythic Eden or a theater of heroic suffering, but as a sprawling, uneven experiment in self-reliance, satire, and stubborn improvisation.

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Curiosities of Bats
Curiosities of Bats

A meticulous, meandering survey of bats—from medieval mistrust to anatomical marvels, vampire legends, and affectionate insectivores—this 19th-century piece stitches natural history with myth, showing how bats have flitted between folklore and science, often misunderstood, always fascinating.

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All England & Green Grass

A celebration of white-clad elegance, spirited competition, and the thrill of the match. The crack of rackets, the scent of strawberries and cream, and the hum of conversation — it’s Wimbledon. Whether on the lawn or in front of the screen, the game is on, and so is the party.

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    By the Sea

    A meditation on coastal life: vintage maps, seashells, and the subtle elegance of lighthouses. This collection evokes the quiet majesty of the shore, where the past lingers in the salt-kissed air and the rhythms of the tide.

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    The Lemon House

    Striped awnings cast soft shadows, linen curtains breathe in the salt air, and bowls of lemons glow on tiled counters. Here, the world smells faintly of rind and rosemary, sugar and stone. A study in brightness — unrushed, golden, and quietly abundant.

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    Saison Goods

    A companion collection of everyday objects designed for utility and charm. Totes, textiles, paper goods, and thoughtful ephemera, all rooted in the seasonal spirit. Made to be carried, worn, scribbled on, kept close.

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    Camp Almanac

    A collection of pine air, canvas tents, and the rustle of field guides in knapsacks. Inspired by summer camps of the past—stitched patches, bugle calls, pressed leaves, and the hush of late-night fireside stories. A tribute to the quiet rituals of the woods.

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