Josephine Turpin Washington. What a fascinating, mostly forgotten woman.
Josephine Turpin Washington, 1891, by Irving Garland Penn.
Writers in Art: Josephine Turpin Washington
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Tag Archives: Dead Writers
[Book Nerd Links] 100 Actual Titles of Real Eighteenth-Century Novels
100 Actual Titles of Real Eighteenth-Century Novels [courtesy The Toast]*
Do hurry back and share your favourite(s) in the comments section.
*Eighteenth-Century novels are the best.
[Alternative Muses] Coming and Going: Billie Burke/Rabindranath Tagore Mashup
Billie Burke (born 7 August 1884) in Overland Monthly, February 1909
“Reach high, for stars lie hidden in you. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.”-Rabindranath Tagore (died 7 August 1941)
Writing Wisdom from Knut Hamsun
Knut Hamsun Quote
Knut Hamsun, circa 1890
Happy Birthday, Mr. Shelley!
Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet and beloved of Mary, was born on 4 August 1792:
Portrait of Percy Bysshe Shelley by Amelia Curran, 1819
“Our sweetest songs are those of saddest thought.”-Percy Bysshe Shelley
Writers in Art: The Cremation of Percy Bysshe Shelley by Louis Édouard Fournier
The Cremation of Percy Bysshe Shelley by Louis Édouard Fournier:
The Cremation of Percy Bysshe Shelley by Louis Édouard Fournier
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Eudora Welty Quote
Daily Diversion #220: New Pillow for My Reading Chair
“How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.”-Henry David Thoreau
Quirky Owls
[Alternative Muses] Happy Birthday, Emily!
Brontë, of course!
The weird sister was born on 30 July 1818.
“You know that I could as soon forget you as my existence!”-Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights Catherine and Heathcliff ACEO Portraits by Mrs Peggotty Arts. $49.44
Daily Diversion #219: My Book Family Keeps Growing, One Old Volume at a Time
Please welcome the newest member of my book family. A Western with a lovely cover, it’s at least mildly appropriate that I bought it at the State Fair. Note: The Antique Barn is next to the building where they display chickens, ducks, turkeys, and rabbits.
The Winning of Barbara Worth by Harold Bell Wright. It was first published in 1911.
Fifteen years later, it was turned into a silent film starring Vilma Banky, Ronald Colman, and a fresh upstart named Gary Cooper in his first substantive role (but more on that another day).
“Not a line of Jefferson Worth’s countenance changed as the tall surveyor, pushing his way through the crowd about the new arrivals, greeted him. But Abe Lee felt the man from behind his gray mask reaching out to grasp his innermost thoughts and emotions.”-The Winning of Barbara Worth, Harold Bell Wright
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