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Category Archives: Dead Writers
The Splendiferously Bearded Writers Social Club: Jules Vallès
- Name: Jules Vallès
- D/O/B: 10 June 1832
- Member Since: 1872
- Status: Charter Member
- Important Role: Community liaison
- Hobbies: Agitating; engaging in politics; walking his talk
Portrait of Jules Vallès by Gustave Courbet (19th century)
Writers in Art: Eleanor Anne Porden
Eleanor Anne Porden by Mary Ann Flaxman
Writers in Art: Charles Dickens in his Study by William Powell Frith, 1859
Charles Dickens in his Study
Those Eyebrows! That Beard! Yes, it is Definitely George Bernard Shaw.
Amazing Caricature of George Bernard Shaw by Edmund Valtman, 1964
[Shopping for the Bookworm] Literary Lovers #4: Virginia Woolf and Leonard Woolf
In anticipation of Saint Valentine’s Day, we are sharing a few wee love-themed shopping guides.
Some legendary literary love affairs were more successful than others, but who are we to judge? At any rate, we’ll save such musings for another day.
Today’s couple: Leonard Woolf and Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf Food Print by Mike Medaglia. $14.87.
Leonard Woolf Gardening Card by Amanda White Art. $4.09.
[Shopping for the Bookworm] Literary Lovers #3: Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley
In anticipation of Saint Valentine’s Day, we are sharing a few wee love-themed shopping guides.
Some legendary literary love affairs were more successful than others, but who are we to judge? At any rate, we’ll save such musings for another day.
Today’s couple: Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Mary Shelley Frankenstein Mug by Pen Endeavors. $16.00.
Hey, Dickens! It’s Your Birthday!
Ye Olde Charles Dickens was born on 7 February 1812:
Charles Dickens
“A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.”-Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
Writers in Art: Octave Uzanne
Portrait of French writer Octave Uzanne:
Portrait of Octave Uzanne
[Shopping for the Bookworm] Literary Lovers #1: Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning
In anticipation of Saint Valentine’s Day, we are sharing a few wee love-themed shopping guides.
Some legendary literary love affairs were more successful than others, but who are we to judge? At any rate, we’ll save such musings for another day.
Up first: Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning! Continue reading
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