Literature Obsessions

Do you know how many times Chekhov mentioned cherries, crocodiles and cabbage soup? Michael Pennington does. But he would hate you to think he was obsessed.
· Anton [Guardian]

Every year on Edgar Allen Poe's birthday, a woman sneaks into a cemetary and like a character from one of Poe's dark tales, the woman then vanishes, leaving behind a half-empty bottle of cognac, three roses and an occasional note — but not a clue as to who she is.
· Man-woman [Famulus via BookSlut]