There are also many books mentioned in The Secret Life of Bees. Lily loves to read, and knows of many authors and titles which come up at some point in the novel. When Lily gets to the pink house, she also finds that August is very intelligent and well read.
When Lily works out on the in peach stand, she mentions reading Lost Horizon (a book by James Hilton). T Ray does not approve of her reading, and she can’t even sneak books out to the peach stand after a neighbor mentions that she’s reading out there.
Lily also makes reference to Ralph Waldo Emerson, who she reads in school, and afterwards is inspired to write her own philosophy of life.
Even T. Ray makes reference to a few authors, probably because Lily has read them. T. Ray, who is against reading, mistakenly calls William Shakespeare “Julius Shakespeare” and Lily knows enough not to correct him because he’ll be mad. He also refers to Emily Dickinson as “Miss Emily-Big-Head-Diction.”
In August’s room, Lily comes across a collection of titles that are mostly about beekeeping, The Advanced Language of Beekeeping, Apiary Science, Bee Pollination, Bulfinch’s Age of Fable, The Myths of Greece, The Cultivation of Honey, Bee Legends Around the World, and Mary Through the Ages.
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