George Bernard Shaw Shuffled Off This Mortal Coil 63 Years Ago Today

George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw

“I deal with all periods; but I never study any period but the present, which I have not yet mastered and never shall; and as a dramatist I have no clue to any historical or other personage save that part of him which is also myself…The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and all time.”-Preface to The Sanity of Art (1907), George Bernard Shaw

Counting Down to Halloween with Edgar Allan Poe, Day 1: The Masque of the Read Death

The Masque of the Red Death by Harry Clarke, 1919

The Masque of the Red Death by Harry Clarke, 1919

“The “Red Death” had long devastated the country. No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous.”-The Masque of the Red Death, Edgar Allan Poe

Counting Down to Halloween with Edgar Allan Poe, Day 2: The Fall of the House of Usher (Clarke)

The Fall of the House of Usher by Harry Clarke, 1919

The Fall of the House of Usher by Harry Clarke, 1919

“While I gazed, this fissure rapidly widened-there came a fierce breath of the whirlwind-the entire orb of the satellite burst at once upon my sight-my brain reeled as I saw the mighty walls rushing asunder-there was a long tumultuous shouting sound like the voice of a thousand waters-and the deep and dank tarn at my feet closed sullenly and silently over the fragments of the “HOUSE of USHER.”-The Fall of the House of Usher, Edgar Allan Poe

Counting Down to Halloween with Edgar Allan Poe, Day 3: The Pit and the Pendulum

The Pit and the Pendulum by Harry Clarke, 1919

The Pit and the Pendulum by Harry Clarke, 1919

“I was sick-sick unto death with that long agony; and when they at length unbound me, and I was permitted to sit, I felt that my senses were leaving me.”-The Pit and the Pendulum, Edgar Allan Poe

Shopping for the Bookworm: A Literary Halloween Edition

Frankenstein's Monster Quote Poster by Hairbrained Schemes

Frankenstein’s Monster Quote Poster by Hairbrained Schemes. $15.00

Frankenstein Quote Scarf by Thornfield Hall Designs

Frankenstein Quote Scarf by Thornfield Hall Designs. $30.00

Mary Shelley Pendant by Roseblood and Mothdust

Mary Shelley Pendant by Roseblood and Mothdust. $43.00

Mary Shelley Desktop Sign by Real Wood Crafts

Mary Shelley Desktop Sign by Real Wood Crafts. $12.00

Bram Stoker's Dracula Iron On Patch by Totally Personal by Gerri

Bram Stoker’s Dracula Iron On Patch by Totally Personal by Gerri. $10.00

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Ubiquitous Sylvia Plath Birthday Post!

Sylvia Plath was born on 27 October 1932.

Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath.

It is cold and blustery, today, but the sun shines with extra force. How appropriate.

“Eternity bores me, I never wanted it.”-Sylvia Plath, Ariel: The Restored Edition

Counting Down to Halloween with Edgar Allan Poe, Day 5: The Premature Burial

The Premature Burial by Harry Clarke, 1919

The Premature Burial by Harry Clarke, 1919.

“THERE are certain themes of which the interest is all-absorbing, but which are too entirely horrible for the purposes of legitimate fiction.”-The Premature Burial, Edgar Allan Poe

Counting Down to Halloween with Edgar Allan Poe, Day 6: Ligeia

Ligeia by Harry Clarke, 1919

Ligeia by Harry Clarke, 1919.

“I cannot, for my soul, remember how, when, or even precisely where, I first became acquainted with the lady Ligeia.”-Ligeia, Edgar Allan Poe