Ink and Bone (The Great Library, #1)

by Rachel Caine

Pharaoh has also heard your words regarding the unaccompanied admission of females to this sacred space of the Serapeum, and in his divine wisdom refuses this argument, for women must be instructed by the more developed minds of men to ensure they do not wrongly interpret the riches that the Library offers.

Really, again with this?

“Don’t sir me. I’m not your father, and you’re not under my command.”

He didn't say sir, I'm confused.

“Remember, losing one pint of blood’s an accident. Losing two is carelessness.”

Ha! An allusion to Oscar Wilde's Te Importance of Being Earnest. Have I been missing other literary allusions all aong?