Cover of The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1922.

The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1922
Cover of The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1922.

The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1922
A Visual History of the Evolution of the Penguin Paperback [courtesy New Republic]
My love of all things Penguin is well-known, but this is an interesting tour of its history.
Repeat after me: Zelda Fitzgerald was a writer. Zelda Fitzgerald was a writer. Zelda Fitzgerald was a writer. What is more, she was good. Not just every day good, either, but envy-inducing good. The real deal.
She was born 113 years ago today. Help celebrate her legacy by getting your hands on a copy of her 1932 novel, Save Me the Waltz.

Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, 1922.
Jane Austen died on 7/18/1817.

Jane Austen
“Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.”-Jane Austen
Clifford Odets was born on 7/18/1906.

Clifford Odets, 1936
“Life shouldn’t be printed on dollar bills.”-Clifford Odets
“Fashions fade, style is eternal.”-Yves Saint Laurent
Françoise Sagan was the ultimate cool girl writer. If you believe that style should be effortless and detached, then she is your muse. Even today, a wardrobe like hers can take you almost anywhere, and anywhere it can’t you probably don’t want to go.

The writer looking brilliantly modern. Oh, that skirt! That shirt! That hair!
Her uncomplicated look remains fresh more than five decades later. Who needs nail varnish and lipstick when you can look like this? She is proof that decadent lives do not need visible gilding. Continue reading
Cheese Reads: Ten Amazing Cheeses and Their Literary Counterparts [courtesy The Airship]
This is…different, and mouth-watering. Thoughts?
Ian Fleming on naming James Bond.
10 Great Books Starring Cats [courtesy Flavorwire]
Did your favourite literary cat make the cut?
Anne Brontë, the forgotten sister, died on 28 May 1849. She was 29. Her novels are quite entertaining, so there is really no excuse for the shadowy, reclusive life of her fame.

The Sisters Brontë by their brother Branwell Brontë. Anne is on the left.
QUOTE: “My heart is too thoroughly dried to be broken in a hurry, and I mean to live as long as I can.”-Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
WORKS: Agnes Grey; The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
A KEEPSAKE:

Anne Brontë Doll Miniature by Uneek Doll Designs. $41.00
*I was too busy yesterday to compose this post. At around 10:00 P.M. I thought of rushing it out, but then decided that publishing it a day late would be all too appropriate.

Yevgeny Zamyatin by Boris Kustodiev, 1923.