Your Groundhog Day Reading List
February 2nd is a very important national holiday of using outdated traditions to determine future weather patterns; otherwise known as Groundhog Day. To commemorate such an occasion, we've got some great recommended reading.
1. A Tale of Two Groundhogs by Charles Dickens
This classic Dickensian novel chronicles the life of two groundhogs in Paris and London before, during and after the French Revolution.
2. Fear and Groundhogs in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
A countercultural classic of journalism in the groundhog-infested Las Vegas of the 1970s.
3. A Midsummer Night’s Groundhog by William Shakespeare
Four lovers wander into a fairy wood, only to be unexpectedly transformed into groundhogs by a mischievous Puck. Shenanigans ensue.
4. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Groundhog by James Joyce
This work traces the life of Stephen Daedalus, an intelligent young groundhog. through his religious and intellectual development.
5. Brave New Groundhog by Aldous Huxley
A dystopian future in which humans are kept in complacent happiness by their groundhog overlords.
6. The Groundhog and the Fury by William Faulkner
This stream of consciousness novel was Faulkner's first success, following the tragedy of the Groundhog family.
7. Call of the Groundhog by Jack London
Buck, half St. Bernard and half groundhog, finds himself fighting to survive, torn between his domesticated past and his wild instincts.
8. The Groundhog Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway's memorable account of World War I includes a startling and innovative use of groundhogs as metaphor.
9. The Scarlet Groundhog by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Condemned for adultery, Hester Prynne must carry a scarlet groundhog at all times to symbolize her disgrace.
10. The Picture of Dorian Groundhog by Oscar Wilde
A dissolute young groundhog finds himself lured into the world of vice and art by the charismatic Lord Henry Wotton.