The determined-looking Henrik Ibsen, one of my favourite playwrights, was born on 20 March 1828.
Henrik Ibsen, circa 1870
QUOTE: “It is the very mark of the spirit of rebellion to crave for happiness in this life.”
SOME WORKS: Peer Gynt; A Doll’s House; Ghosts; The Wild Duck; The Lady from the Sea; Hedda Gabler.
A KEEPSAKE:
Henrik Ibsen quote mug by Marthe Pinaire. $12.00
Here’s part two, just for you and you and you. Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
James Joyce quote leather bookmark by Mesa Dreams. $20.00
George Moore print by Edouard Manet at Hilo Books. $5.00
…and walked out with only 3 books!
Silent Movies
I’ve wanted this book since it first hit shelves 5 years ago. Continue reading
Enjoy these Irish writer-themed goodies in preparation for St. Patrick’s Day!
Samuel Beckett Tea Towel by Miss Fruitfly. $10.00
William Butler Yeats Canvas Tote Bag by Nice Day Designs. $6.71
Vita Sackville-West was born on 9 March 1892.
Birthday girl Vita Sackville-West in 1916.
QUOTE: “I worshipped dead men for their strength, forgetting I was strong.”
SOME WORKS: Sissinghurst; Solitude; The Edwardians; All Passion Spent; The Dark Island; No Signposts in the Sea.
A KEEPSAKE:
The Edwardians by Vita-Sackville West at Eager for Word. $12.34.
Louisa May Alcott died on 6 March 1888. Here she is, at the quarter-century mark, looking utterly captivating.
Louisa May Alcott
QUOTE: “Do the things you know, and you shall learn the truth you need to know.”
SOME WORKS: Hospital Sketches; Little Women; Little Men; Eight Cousins; Under the Lilacs.
A KEEPSAKE:
Louisa May Alcott Quote Typography Print at Jane and Company Design. $20.00
Henry James died on 28 February 1916. He wasn’t always a humourless looking middle-aged man. Briefly, a long time ago, he was a humourless looking yet dapper young man.
Young Henry James
QUOTE: “It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process.”
SOME WORKS: Roderick Hudson; Washington Square; The Portrait of a Lady; The Bostonians; What Maisie Knew; The Wings of the Dove; The Golden Bowl; Daisy Miller; The Aspern Papers; The Turn of the Screw.
A KEEPSAKE:
Daisy Miller by Henry James at Free Parking. $10.00
“My mission in life is to make everybody as uneasy as possible. I think we should all be as uneasy as possible, because that’s what the world is like.”-Edward Gorey
The Gashlycrumb Tinies Metal Lunch Box at The Vint Edge. $34.99
Edward Gorey Necklace by Dark White Arts. $14.00
Edna St. Vincent Millay was born on 22 February 1892, with looks as timeless as the poems she grew up to write.
Edna St. Vincent Millay
QUOTE: “Life must go on; I forget just why.”
SOME WORKS: Renascence, and Other Poems; A Few Figs from Thistles: Poems and Four Sonnets; The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver; Fatal Interview; The Murder of Lidice.
A KEEPSAKE:
Edna St. Vincent Millay Quote Canvas Shopper Bag by Cloudshaped. $25.81
Dog Card with James Thurber Quote by i heart dogs studio. $4.25
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