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On Liberty, Unto This Last, The Communist Manifesto: Episode 1.6, Robert says "You should see what [Branson] reads. It's all Marx and Ruskin and John Stuart Mill." (See also The Subjection of Women, by John Stuart Mill).
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The Time Machine: Episode 1.7, Violet says "First electricity, now telephones. Sometimes I feel as if I were living in a--an H.G. Wells novel."
Bible: Episode 1.6, Mary says "Papa prefers the servants to read the bible and letters from home."
Episode 3.6, the servants discuss Mary Magdalene washing Jesus' feet (Luke 7:38).
The Lost World: Episode 2.1, Violet says that Cora's floral arrangement "Looks like a creature from the Lost World."
Elizabeth and Her German Garden: Episode 2.2, Molesley gives a copy to Anna in an effort to spend more time with her.
The Wind in the Willows: Episode 2.2 Violet says to Edith, "You're not Toad of Toad Hall!," after Edith announces that she has volunteered to operate a tractor at a nearby farm.
England Since Waterloo: Episode 2.3, Edith says "I'm not sure about Marriott," after handing a book to a convalescent officer.
Saint George for England: Episode 2.3, Edith says "I know we've got lots of G.A. Henty," to a convalescent officer.
Just So Stories: Episode 2.6, Matthew quotes one of the short stories in this collection "I am the cat that walks by himself and all places are alike to me."
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall: 2011 Christmas Special, Part One, Mary acts out this book title while playing The Game.
The Scarlet Letter: Episode 3.7, Mrs. Hughes says "Ethel has far more chance of happiness, than in re-enacting her own version of The Scarlet Letter in Downton."
Debrett's Baronetage of England: Episode 3.6, Cora says "not everyone chooses their religion to satisfy ‘Debrett’s'." (Debrett's also published etiquette guides, but it's unclear whether these etiquette guides would have been published prior to this episode.)
The Prince: Episode 3.6, Cora asks Robert (of Violet), "Is she really so Machiavellian?"
Reader's Digest Family Songbook: Episode 2.4. This songbook includes sheet music for the song Edith and Mary performed for the convalescent soldiers (If You Were the Only Girl). The song was sung, ahistorically, in waltz (3/4) time. The version in this songbook sounds like the version performed on the show.
Inferno: Episode 3.8, Matthew says, "This is like the outer circle from Dante's Inferno."
The Importance of Being Earnest: Episode 3.8, Mrs. Hughes says "Well, I am surprised to find you're a fan of Mr. Oscar Wilde."
Henry IV, Part 2: Episode 3.9, Carson quotes "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown."
Ivanhoe: Episode 3.9, Matthew says "We're not in a novel by Walter Scott."
Gunga Din: Episode 3.9, Isobel says "Are you thinking of getting married, Dr. Clarkson? Because if you are, you're a better man than I am, Gunga Din."
The Warden: Episode 1.3, Evelyn Napier describes the hunt as "something out of a Trollope novel."
Oliver Twist: Episode 4.1, Mrs. Hughes says "And in case you're wondering, it's as bad as if we were reading about it in a novel by Dickens."
Lord Kilgobbin: Episode 4.1, Mrs. Patmore says, "Well then on your own head be it!" I believe this phrase was first published in Lord Kilgobbin.
Wow. What a great list -- who knew that Violet was reading HG Wells?
The Importance of Being Earnest: Episode 4.2, "Not everyone can be Oscar Wilde."
The Lady of Shalott: Episode 4.2, Isobel says, "She's not The Lady of Shalott."
Bible: Episode 4.2, Cora says "Heavens, a Damascene conversion!" (Acts 9, 22, 26)
“I’m Tess of the d’Urbervilles to your Angel Clare!” - Lady Mary to Matthew Crawley in the Season 2 finale
Most Ardently wrote: "“I’m Tess of the d’Urbervilles to your Angel Clare!” - Lady Mary to Matthew Crawley in the Season 2 finale"Good find! :)
Episode 5.1, Lady Shackleton says, "A single peer with a good estate won't be lonely long if he doesn't want to be," and Violet responds, "You sound like Mrs. Bennet."
Episode 5.3, Mary says "But I think my judgement was rather clouded by…" and the Branson interrupts: "By what Miss Elinor Glyn likes to write about in her novels."
Episode 5.5, Rose asks if anyone has heard of "Atticus Aldridge," and Lady Rosamund reponds "Sounds like the hero of a novel by Mrs Humphry Ward."
Episode 5.6, Molesley lends Volume 5 of the Cambridge Modern History to Daisy.
Season 1, Episode 2, Robert tells Carson that he should not be so melodramtic as he is not "playing Sydney Carton." Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities is already on the list, currently at #21.
Thanks! I haven't gone through the last Season yet -- I watched it, but I need to re-watch it and take notes! :)
Courtney wrote: "Season 1, Episode 2, Robert tells Carson that he should not be so melodramtic as he is not "playing Sydney Carton." Tale of Two Cities"I think Courtney is the one who added it there! :) I had missed that one!
Season 4, Episode 1: Virginia Woolf ( A Room of One's Own et al) has a background cameo at Michael Gregson's party; Edith mentions having met her in 5x01
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