When Do We Eat?

Word World assignment, Week 4: Dining Options!

Conveniently located throughout the park, Library Carts let you grab a quick bite as you're dashing from your spin on The Metanarrative to the Darcy-Heathcliff fencing duel at the Literature Land Arena (10:30, 2:15, 5:00, daily except Mondays). Be sure to try Lit Land's signature snack, the book pop - like an ice cream sandwich, but with an extra strip of cake down one edge. Get it?

Ever read a dinner scene from a book and wished that you could share the meal? No, me neither, but I'm sure someone has. At Page 69, the largest dining establishment in Literature Land, you can order any meal featured in your favorite piece of literary fiction. Clarissa Dalloway's dinner party? Perfect. Italian mess hall fare from A Farewell to Arms? Sure. Jean Valjean's stolen bread? Easy. Boiled eggs - Big-endian or Little-endian? Oliver's gruel? Well...if you insist.

Pick out a book when you order your sandwich at L'Etranger, a cozy cafe conveniently located on the border of Literature Land and Plato's Academy. All tables are single-occupancy only, so read something! Beret optional.

What would have happened if William Faulkner, Anthony Trollope, Louisa May Alcott and Sancho Panza all met at a dinner party hosted by Norman Mailer? Well, you can find out at The Athenaeum, Lit Land's most exclusive eatery. Interspersed among the guest tables are groups of character players portraying the great personalities - real and fictional - of the literary universe. Reservations required; eavesdropping is encouraged.