- Edith Wharton was born on 1/24/1862. “Beware of monotony; it’s the mother of all the deadly sins.”
- Vicki Baum was born on 1/24/1888. Her novel, ‘Menschen im Hotel’ supplied the basis for the 1932 Hollywood film, ‘Grand Hotel’. Starring John and Lionel Barrymore, Greta Garbo and Joan Crawford (along with many others), it was one of the first big budget all-star productions.
- Robert Burns was born on 1/25/1759. “Dare to be honest and fear no labor.”
- W. Somerset Maugham was born on 1/25/1874. “Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.”
- Virginia Woolf was born on 1/25/1882. “A good essay must have this permanent quality about it; it must draw its curtain round us, but it must be a curtain that shuts us in not out.”
- Ouida died on 1/25/1908. Her novel ‘Under Two Flags’ has been adapted for the screen 5 times, the 1936 version starring Ronald Colman and Claudette Colbert being the most famous.
- Lewis Carroll was born on 1/27/1832. “Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end. Then stop.”
The Dead Writers Round-Up: 24th-27th January
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