Nancy Drew Pocket Mirror by Fussy Gussy. $6.00
Shopping for the Bookworm: Nancy Drew Edition
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Tag Archives: Fiction
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
A Reading List a Mile Long: Daedalus Books New Arrivals Midsummer 2014
“It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.”-Oscar Wilde
- Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression by Morris Dickstein. $6.98. (Can you say, up my alley?)
- The Great War: A World War I Historical Collection by Robert J. Dalessandro & Erin R. Mahan. $9.98/The Great War in 3D: 1914-1918 by Jean-Pierre Verney. $19.95. (Hard to believe it has been one hundred years since the start of The Great War.)
- The Annotated Peter Pan: The Centennial Edition by J.M. Barrie. Maria Tatar, ed. $9.98. (Doesn’t this sound and look scrumptious?)
Shopping for the Bookworm: Flannery O’Connor Print
This print, like all of Amanda Atkins’ work, is fantastic:
Flannery O’Connor 8×10 Print by Amanda Atkins. $18.00
[Book Nerd Links] The Teeny Tiny Brontë Books
The teeny tiny Brontë books [courtesy Los Angeles Times]
Daily Diversion #210: Road Read-It’s In His Kiss
I’ll be posting a review sometime in the next few weeks. Until then, you can check out Vickie’s lovely blog.
It’s In His Kiss by Vickie Lester accompanied me on my recent road trip to Savannah.
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.
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.
Shopping for the Bookworm: A Literary Road Trip #4-Lost Generation, Found
In case you are just joining us: A Literary Road Trip #1-A Dream of Travel, A Literary Road Trip #2-The Beat Travels On, and A Literary Road Trip #3-Poetic Travels, Classic American-Style
LOST GENERATION, FOUND
“Never go on trips with anyone you do not love.”-Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast
This week, we are again turning to the past. Our eyes are in the rear view mirror, looking back at the 1920s. The Lost Generation is our starting point, but let’s not take it too seriously. Enjoy!
“You should only read what is truly good or what is frankly bad.”-Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast
Tote Bag: 1922 Life Magazine Cover, The Flapper, by Whimsy Bags. $12.00+.
The Selected Works of Djuna Barnes at Pipi Pompon. $16.00.
A Small Press Life: Books. Art. Writing. Life. Tea. 