Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born on this day in 1859. In addition to being a physician and wildly famous author, he was quite the fashion plate.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1890.
QUOTE: “I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.”
SOME WORKS: The Sherlock Holmes books; The Stark Munro Letters; The Maracot Deep; The Lost World; dozens of short stories.
A KEEPSAKE:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle print by Pemberley Pond. $19.92
Writer-painter August Strindberg died on 14 May 1912. Here he is, looking suitably bohemian…
August Strindberg, self-portrait. Circa 1891.
QUOTE: “I dream, therefore I exist.”
SOME WORKS: Master Olof; The Free Thinker; The Outlaw; The Father; The Dance of Death; A Dream Play; The Great Highway; The Son of a Servant.
A KEEPSAKE:
August Strindberg Pinback Button by BuyTheLightoftheMoon. $1.50
Ain’t no party like a Gatsby party T-shirt [courtesy Skreened]
Ain’t no party like a Gatsby party T-shirt. $24.99. Image courtesy Skreened.
Copper plaque with Thoreau quote by Hardwear Designs. $54.00
Thoreau quote card collection by Poetic Madness. $10.00
Thoreau quote art print by Hairbrained Schemes. $15.00
Simone de Beauvoir quote throw pillow by Wednesday’s Child Is. $22.00
Simone de Beauvoir Earrings by Cats Brass. $24.95
Jean-Paul Sartre quote card by being and everythingness. $4.74
Hell is other people bumper sticker by Bookish Stickers. $3.00
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Algernon Charles Swinburne died on 10 April 1909. In addition to being ever-ready for a good close-up…
…he was quite an accomplished and well-rounded writer.
QUOTE: “For winter’s rains and ruins are over,/And all the season of snows and sins;/The days dividing lover and lover,/The light that loses, the night that wins.”
SOME WORKS: Mary Stuart; The Sisters; Atalanta in Calydon; Songs of Two Nations; A Century of Roundels; A Study of Shakespeare.
A KEEPSAKE:
A Swinburne Poetry Selection at Professor Booknoodle. $25.00
A small chart [courtesy Rena Maguire]
Book Chart Rena Maguire
Zelda Fitzgerald Quote Print by 3 Lambs Illustration. $12.50
Zelda Fitzgerald Ring by Quoted Art. $9.00
My husband is a huge fan of The Smiths. I know he will adore these. Do you?
All four prints are available as a set from Standard Designs. They are also sold individually. This is my favourite.
Strangeways, Here We Come book poster print at Standard Designs. $19.49
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