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awritersruminations: Joseph Conrad

awritersruminations:

Joseph Conrad

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poboh: Walt Whitman, 1875, Thomas Wilmer Dewing. American Tonalist Painter, (1851-1938)

poboh:

Walt Whitman, 1875, Thomas Wilmer Dewing. American Tonalist Painter, (1851-1938)

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inneroptics: Alexandre Dumas by Nadar

inneroptics:

Alexandre Dumas by Nadar

bookoasis: Happy Birthday, Alfred, Lord Tennyson. (August 6, 1809 - October 6, 1892) “I hold it true, whate’er befall;I feel it, when I sorrow most;‘Tis better to have loved and lostThan never to have loved at all.” —  Alfred, Lord Tennyson, from “In Memoriam A.H.H.”

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Happy Birthday, Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

(August 6, 1809 - October 6, 1892)

“I hold it true, whate’er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
‘Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.”

—  Alfred, Lord Tennyson, from “In Memoriam A.H.H.”




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aperfectcommotion: Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s study in St Petersburg.

aperfectcommotion:

Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s study in St Petersburg.

Happy Birthday Herman Melville Born: August 01, 1819 in New York City, New York Died: September 28, 1891Genre: Literature & Fiction, Poetry, Short StoriesHerman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. His first two books gained much attention, though they were not bestsellers, and his popularity declined precipitously only a few years later. By the time of his death he had been almost completely forgotten, but his longest novel, Moby-Dick — largely considered a failure during his lifetime, and most responsible for Melville’s fall from favor with the reading public — was rediscovered in the 20th century as one of the chief literary masterpieces of both American and world literature.

Happy Birthday Herman Melville

Born: August 01, 1819 in New York City, New York
Died: September 28, 1891
Genre: Literature & Fiction, Poetry, Short Stories

Herman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. His first two books gained much attention, though they were not bestsellers, and his popularity declined precipitously only a few years later. By the time of his death he had been almost completely forgotten, but his longest novel, Moby-Dick — largely considered a failure during his lifetime, and most responsible for Melville’s fall from favor with the reading public — was rediscovered in the 20th century as one of the chief literary masterpieces of both American and world literature.

e e cummings

e e cummings

writersatwork: Kurt Vonnegut

writersatwork:

Kurt Vonnegut

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I love Francine Prose’s work. If you have never had the chance to read her novels, then I would recommend them all. Cheers!

He knew that terrible things had been done to him there and he had always believed that he did not want to know about it but he did want to know. He lay in the dark thinking of all the things he did not know about his father and he realized that the father he knew was all the father he would ever know. He would not think about Alejandra because he didnt know what was coming or how bad it would be and he thought she was something he’d better save. So he thought about pretty horses and they were always the right thing to think about.
Cormac McCarthy; All The Pretty Horses
The joy of reading [Faulkner]

The joy of reading [Faulkner]

How happy is the blameless vestal’s lot!
The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!
Each pray’r accepted, and each wish resign’d;
Labour and rest, that equal periods keep;
“Obedient slumbers that can wake and weep;”
Desires compos’d, affections ever ev’n,
Tears that delight, and sighs that waft to Heav’n.
Grace shines around her with serenest beams,
And whisp’ring angels prompt her golden dreams.
For her th’ unfading rose of Eden blooms,
And wings of seraphs shed divine perfumes,
For her the Spouse prepares the bridal ring,
For her white virgins hymeneals sing,
To sounds of heav’nly harps she dies away,
And melts in visions of eternal day.
Alexander Pope; from a portion of Eloisa to Abelard
This past June 11 was the 75th anniversary of Robert E. Howard’s death.

This past June 11 was the 75th anniversary of Robert E. Howard’s death.