If Famous Writers Sent Valentines [courtesy BuzzFeed]
A big thanks goes out to Michelle of MamaMickTerry for showing me this funny literary post.
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Images of Renowned Authors as Children, Part Two
Everyone was a child once, even serious wordsmiths. Let’s get started:
A poised Gertrude Stein:
Gertrude Stein at three
An uncomfortable looking Franz Kafka:
Franz Kafka
[Book Nerd Art] Captain Jinks, Hero by Ernest Crosby
Captain Jinks, Hero by Ernest Crosby. 1902. Illustrated by Daniel Carter Beard.
Another Year Has Passed and You Still Look Like This
When you died on 11 February 1963, my mom was nine years old. My grandmother was your age: thirty. She’s eighty-one now, but to all of the world you still look like this:
Sylvia Plath.
How sad.
“The silence depressed me. It wasn’t the silence of silence. It was my own silence.”-Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar
Congratulations, Sir John Suckling, You Have One of the Best Writer Names of All Time. Also, Happy Birthday!
Sir John Suckling, poet and inventor of cribbage, was born on 10 February 1609.
Sir John Suckling by Anthony van Dyck, 17th century.
“I prithee send me back my heart,/Since I cannot have thine;/For if from yours you will not part,/Why, then, shouldst thou have mine?”
Books in Art: Louise Tiffany, Reading by Louis Comfort Tiffany
Louise Tiffany, Reading by Louis Comfort Tiffany (1888).
Louise Tiffany, Reading by Louis Comfort Tiffany (1888).
Calling All Brontë Sisters Fans…
You’ll want to read this.
Biographical Notes on the Pseudonymous Bells by Charlotte Brontë [courtesy Project Gutenberg]
It is a quick and interesting read.
The Brontë Sisters by Branwell Brontë.
[Alternative Muses] A Tip-Top Birthday Trio: Dickens, Ingalls Wilder, Lewis
The literary Gods certainly favoured the 7th of February, at least during the 19th century. Charles Dickens, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and Sinclair Lewis were born on that day. Impressive, right?
Charles Dickens and His Characters by William Holbrook Beard. Birth year: 1812.
“A loving heart is the truest wisdom.”
Laura Ingalls Wilder. Birth year: 1867.
“The real things haven’t changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong.”
Sinclair Lewis, 1914. Birth year: 1885.
“Every man is a king so long as he has someone to look down on.”
The International Exhibition of Sherlock Holmes
The International Exhibition of Sherlock Holmes
The Center of Science and Industry [COSI] in my hometown of Columbus is the second stop for this fabulous interactive Holmes experience. It runs 8 February-1 September.
Does this look amazing or does this look amazing? Your call. I am going next month. I’ll be sure to do a follow-up post!
A Study in Scarlet by A. Conan Doyle, with artwork by David Henry Friston. Beeton’s Christmas Annual, December 1887.
A Reading List a Mile Long: Daedalus Books New Arrivals Winter 2014
- Sorry! The English and Their Manners by Henry Hitchings. $17.95.
- Death and the Dolce Vita: The Dark Side of Rome in the 1950s by Stephen Gundle. $5.98.
- The Giant of the French Revolution: Danton, A Life by David Lawday. $4.98.
- Margaret Sanger: A Life of Passion by Jean H. Baker. $5.98.
- O Pioneers! by Willa Cather. $5.98.
- Nell Gwynn: Mistress to a King by Charles Beauclerk. $6.98.
- A Brief History of Robin Hood: The True History Behind the Legend by Nigel Cawthorne. $4.98. Continue reading
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