Quote of the day
We must have religion for religion's sake, morality for morality's sake, as with art for art's sake…the beautiful cannot be the way to what is useful, or to what is good, or to what is holy; it leads only to itself.
Matthew Pearl

Born: October 2, 1975 (age 50)
Bio: Matthew Pearl is an American novelist and educator. His novels include The Dante Club, The Poe Shadow, The Last Dickens, The Technologists, and The Last Bookaneer. Editions have been published in more than 40 countries.
Known for:
- The Dante Club (2003)
- The Poe Shadow (2006)
- The Last Dickens (2009)
- The Technologists (2012)
- The Last Bookaneer (2014)







