P. G. Wodehouse was born on 15 October 1881:
P.G. Wodehouse, circa 1904.
I love this sheet music from The Riviera Girl, a play written by P.G. Wodehouse and Guy Bolton:
The Riviera Girl, 1917.
Happy Birthday, Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse!
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Category Archives: Art
Virginia Woolf: A Few Words on A Writer’s Diary (with More to Come Later)
“Odd how the creative power at once brings the whole universe to order.”-Virginia Woolf, A Writer’s Diary
Portrait of Virginia Woolf by Roger Fry. Circa 1917.
There isn’t a better book to read in October than Virginia Woolf’s A Writer’s Diary. Oh, it is extraordinary (in the full pulse of the word)!
“There’s no doubt in my mind that I have found out how to begin (at 40) to say something in my own voice; and that interests me so that I feel I can go ahead without praise.”-Virginia Woolf, A Writer’s Diary
The struggle to harness one’s creativity is universal and timeless. It’s a constant fight. Battle on, friends!
Literature in Art: Robin Hood by Charlotte Harding
Robin Hood by Charlotte Harding, circa 1903.
Literature in Art: Ophelia by John William Waterhouse, 1910
Ophelia by John William Waterhouse, 1910.
[Alternative Muses] Going and Coming Mashup: William Morris/Thomas Wolfe
La Belle Iseult by William Morris (died 3 October 1896). 1858.
“I have to see a thing a thousand times before I see it once.”-Thomas Wolfe (born 3 October 1900), You Can’t Go Home Again
[Book Nerd Links] The Map of Literary Genres Every Book Nerd Needs
The Map of Literary Genres Every Book Nerd Needs [HUFFPOST BOOKS]
These are glorious!
[Book Nerd Art] Launcelot and Guinevere
“He rode his way with the Queen unto Joyous Gard.”
N.C. Wyeth illustration of Launcelot and Guinevere from The Boy’s King Arthur. 1922.
| The Boy’s King Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory’s History of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table, Edited for Boys by Sidney Lanier (New York, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1922.) |
Celebrate Miguel de Cervantes’ Birthday with This Google Doodle
Miguel de Cervantes is believed to have been born on this day in 1547.
Miguel de Cervantes Google Doodle
Books in Art: Portrait of a Nobleman
Portrait of a Nobleman, 18th century. Unknown painter.
Oh, Hey There Autumn! Let Me Greet You with a Beautiful Cliché!
Autumn by Alfons Mucha, 1896
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