Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was born on 29 June 1900.
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Category Archives: Reading
[Book Nerd Links] Interesting Reads for a Lazy Sunday
- 30 Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes For Your Next Existential Crisis [courtesy Flavorwire]
- 5 of the Best Literary Frenemy Pairings [courtesy Flavorwire]
- Pablo Neruda poems ‘of extraordinary quality’ discovered [courtesy The Guardian]
- Robert Frost Was Neither Light Nor Dark [courtesy New Republic]
Bookish Cinema: Greed (1924)
A beautiful and provocative poster for Erich von Stroheim’s 1924 production of Greed, which was adapted from Frank Norris’ turn-of-the-century novel, McTeague:
Greed (1924)
The book was previously brought to the screen in 1916, under its original name. That version is lost. Von Stroheim’s famously beleaguered masterwork is the stuff of modern legend. His fight with MGM for control of the final product–particularly the editing–was painfully operatic. Although the film does not fully match the great auteur’s ambitious blue print, what we have been left with is brutally and strikingly epic.
Books (and Writers) in Art: Portrait of Edmond Duranty by Edgar Degas
Portrait of Edmond Duranty by Edgar Degas, 1879
Portrait of Edmond Duranty by Edgar Degas, 1879. The Burrell Collection.
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Behind the Scenes of a Blending Class at Churchill’s Fine Teas, Wherein I Confess That the Delightful Drink is My Soul Mate
Oh, tea! You are my special chum. How I love thee in every possible cliched way. Is there a writer, alive or distantly dead, who has never savored your goodness? The ghosts of your famous lovers must be everywhere. Oh, tea! Piping, steaming, swirling with heat. Homey: a silent, sympathetic witness to innumerable sorrows and hopes. Out of dainty cups, chipped cups, disposable cups, any cups at hand. Sweet or plain. Oh, tea! You are always by my side as I write or read. This, this is adoration. Please bask in that love while I tell my patient readers a story.
Tea in the Bedsitter by Harold Gilman, 1916
Every time the blonde child walked into the kitchen, she asked, aloud, the same question. “Is there anything, world, more beautiful than a brightly coloured tea tin?” It was, to be sure, a frankly odd thing for a six-year-old to think about, but think about it she did. The answer, internal rather than vocal, always echoed from her heart with happy assurance: “No! No! No!”
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[Book Nerd Links] Interesting Reads for a Hot June Evening
- Writers Writing About Writers: 9 Great Books About Authors [courtesy Flavorwire]
- Hilarious Victorian-Era Caricatures of Famous Intellectuals [courtesy Flavorwire]
- 10 Highbrow Books to Read on the Beach (and What Each Says About You) [courtesy Flavorwire]
- c. 1892: The Holloway reading stand and dictionary holder [courtesy Retronaut]
- The 9 Most Fashionable Literary Characters [courtesy Huff Post Books] *
- 10 Super-Cool Books from Reading Rainbow [courtesy Book Riot]
- The 25 Most-Hated Books (By Book Riot Readers) [courtesy Book Riot]
*I think this list is weird.
Bookish Cinema: Far from the Madding Crowd (1915)
A 1916 advert for the 1915 adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s first successful novel, Far from the Madding Crowd:
Far from the Madding Crowd Advert
It featured early film favourite, Florence Turner. She was a wildly popular star who first came to public notice as, simply, The Vitagraph Girl. By the time she acted in Far from the Madding Crowd (which was made for her own production company), she had well over 100 screen credits to her name. No copy of this film is known to be extant.
“Misfortune is a fine opiate to personal terror.”-Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd
Writers in Art: Thomas Hardy
Happy 174th birthday, Thomas Hardy!
Here’s a nice little caricature:
Thomas Hardy in Vanity Fair, 4 June 1892.
[Alternative Muses] Coming and Going: Marilyn Monroe/Helen Keller Mashup
Marilyn Monroe (born 1 June 1926) by Andre de Dienes.
“One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.”-Helen Keller (died 1 June 1968)
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