May the fourth be with you! Alright, that may not be the most original statement to say on this particular date. (And if you’re reading this on a different day, …
Anonymous Notebook Found From 17th-Century Shakespeare Scholar
An expert in antique books and manuscripts was left trembling after one find during Antique Roadshow. The item was a 17th-century notebook titled Shakespeare: Comedies and Tragedies. The author of …
Jane Austen Married Her Book Characters…Kinda, Anyway
Jane Austen is considered to be one of the greatest authors of all time. While her works often revolve around love, some recently discovered documents suggest she had quite a …
Second Chance Classics: 5 Reasons To Add ‘A Room With A View’ (Back) To Your TBR
Amongst a sea of classic authors that we are all told that we must read, E. M. Forster is one that too often seems to be forgotten, in favor of …
For Carson McCullers, The Heart Was A Lonely Hunter
Carson McCullers would have turned 100 this year. But McCullers, one of the 20th century’s greatest writers, was never destined to see old age. For much of her short life she …
The Fabulous Fitzgeralds: 8 Books About The Jazz Age Darlings Who Still Fascinate Us
Z: The Beginning of Everything, a mini-series about F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, is currently gracing our screens, and there are two major film projects about the couple in the works. …
VIDEO: Orson Welles Speaks On Ernest Hemingway
YouTube Channel: Text und Bühne Actor, director, and writer Orson Welles speaks about his unique relationship with classic writer Ernest Hemingway in a 1974 interview with Michael Parkinson. Featured image …
VIDEO: Sylvia Plath Reads ‘Ariel’
YouTube Channel: mishima1970 Classic author and poet Sylvia Plath reads her poem, Ariel, from The Collected Poems which was released two years following her death in February 1963. Featured image …
VIDEO: Mini BIO – Ernest Hemingway
YouTube Channel: BIO From the Description: Watch a short video biography about Ernest Hemingway’s life and work, including his service as an ambulance driver during WWI, his novels A Farewell …
VIDEO: Anne Sexton At Home Reading ‘Wanting to Die’
YouTube Channel: Noodlehorn Among the many masters of prose of our literary history, Anne Sexton remains one of the most mysterious and striking poets nearly 42 years following her death. In …
VIDEO: Rare Sylvia Plath Interview
YouTube Channel: nagusd Here’s a rare interview with The Bell Jar author Sylvia Plath that was recorded in 1962. Have you read any of Plath’s collections of poetry? Featured image via …
A Facsimile Manuscript Of Jane Eyre Is Going To Be Published!
In December, a facsimile of an early Charlotte Brontë manuscript of Jane Eyre will be published by Éditions des Saints Pères. The manuscript, written in Charlotte Brontë’s own flowing script, …
The Real Reason Jane Austen Never Married
It is a truth universally acknowledged that Jane Austen is one of the most beloved writers in the English literary canon. Nonetheless, while her heroines may have found true love, …
The Origin Story Of The Psychological Thriller
The movie adaptation of Paula Hawkins’s The Girl On The Train has been one of the most anticipated films of this year- in part because everyone loves a good psychological thriller. …
Famous Last Words: Can You Guess The Writer From Their Epitaph?
Most, if not all, writers must surely hope that their words will live on after they have shuffled off this mortal coil. To add value to their poetry and prose, …
What The Dickens? 10 Things You (Probably) Didn’t Know About Charles Dickens
The mind behind David Copperfield, The Pickwick Papers, Little Dorrit, and a few dozen more, Charles Dickens was a fascinating man as well as a fascinating author. One might find …
Major Old School Jams: A Walt Whitman, Yes, Walt Whitman, Music Video
If Whitman were alive today, how would he contradict himself? Perhaps he would pause in a tea shop to pound out a text on his flip phone. This video, featuring …
VIDEO: The Recorded Voice Of Virginia Woolf
YouTube Channel: Atthis83 From the Description: This is the only surviving recording of Virginia Woolf’s voice. It is part of a BBC radio broadcast from April 29th, 1937. The talk was …
VIDEO: What Defines A Classic Novel?
YouTube Channel: AbeBooks.com From the Description: “If you wish to live long in the memory of men, you should not write for them at all. You should write what their children …
Hello Old Sport! Here Are 15 Unforgettable Quotes From ‘The Great Gatsby’
The Great Gatsby is one of my all-time favorite novels. Not because it has fallen into the wings of being a true classic, not due to the fantastic 2013 recreation …
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