Literature Collection (page 20)

Comic postcard, Girl reading a French novel Date: 20th century

Wilmcote, Mary Ardens Farm, Warwickshire, England
Wilmcote, Mary Ardens House or Farm, Wilmcote, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. Date: circa 1920s

Beerbohm Tree in Resurrection by Tolstoy
Beerbohm Tree as Prince Dmitry Nehludof in Resurrection by Tolstoy, a production at His Majestys Theatre, London Date: 1903

The Way of an Eagle, by Ethel M Dell, published by Fisher Unwin, London Date: early 20th century

Trompe-La-Mort, after a story by Honore de Balzac, interpreted by M Arquilliere of the Theatre de la Renaissance, Director Charles Krauss. Date: 1914

Bjornstjerne Bjornson
A portrait of Bjornstjerne Bjornson (1832-1910). A Norwegian writer and winner of the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry

Japanese women picnicing in a field, Tokyo, 18th century
Japanese women picnicing in a field outside Tokyo, 18th century. Women smoking a tobacco pipe while waiting for a soba-shop woman to bring a kettle and tray of noodles

Cartoon, The Ancient Mariner in the City (financiers)
Cartoon, The Ancient Mariner in the City -- a satirical comment on the difficulties financiers in the City of London were facing at the time, in a parody of Coleridges long narrative poem: Money

Cover design, W M Thackeray, The Newcomes
Part-work cover design, William Makepeace Thackerays serialised novel, The Newcomes, Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family, designed by Richard Doyle. 1858

Sunnyside, Tarrytown, New York, USA, home of the writer Washington Irving. 19th century

Man dressed as Charles Dickens character Mr Micawber
Studio photo, man dressed as Charles Dickens character Mr Micawber (from David Copperfield). circa 1860

Jonathan Swift at Christening Supper, London
Jonathan Swift at the Christening Supper in the St Jamess Coffee House, London. He wrote in his Journal to Stella: " This evening I christened our coffee-man Elliots child; when the rogue had a

Johnson and Boswell in Bolt Court, London
Dr Samuel Johnson and his friend James Boswell in Bolt Court, Fleet Street, London. 18th century

Cover design, Harry Coverdales Courtship
Part-work cover design, Harry Coverdales Courtship and all that came of it, by Frank E Smedley, illustrated by Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne), Part 1, Price one shilling. 1854

Robinson Crusoe on the beach
Robinson Crusoe walking with his dog on the beach of his desert island

Toby Weller, Pickwick Papers
Charles Dickens Characters by Frank Reynolds for Buchanans Whisky - Toby Weller, Pickwick Papers. 1912

Samuel Weller, Pickwick Papers
Charles Dickens Characters by Frank Reynolds for Buchanans Whisky - Samuel Weller, Pickwick Papers. 1912

Mr Micawber, David Copperfield
Charles Dickens Characters by Frank Reynolds for Buchanans Whisky - Mr Micawber, David Copperfield. 1912

Gabriel Varden, Barnaby Rudge
Charles Dickens Characters by Frank Reynolds for Buchanans Whisky - Gabriel Varden, Barnaby Rudge. 1912

Dolly Varden, Barnaby Rudge
Charles Dickens Characters by Frank Reynolds for Buchanans Whisky - Dolly Varden, Barnaby Rudge. 1912

Captain Cuttle, Dombey and Son
Charles Dickens Characters by Frank Reynolds for Buchanans Whisky - Captain Cuttle, Dombey and Son. 1912

Little Women - Jo and Fritz reunited under an umbrella
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - Jo and Fritz (Professor Bhaer) reunited under an umbrella. 1880

Little Women - Jo in the garret, feeling lonely
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - Jo in the garret, feeling lonely and reading her old notebooks, which remind her of her old friend the Professor. 1880

Little Women - Amys attempts at Art
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - Amys attempts at Art. 1880

Little Women - Jos table at Mrs Chesters fair
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - Jos table at Mrs Chesters fair, where she is selling flowers supplied from Lauries garden. 1880

Little Women - Jo writing her novel in special costume
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - Jo writing her novel in a special costume which she calls her scribbling suit. 1880

Little Women - a lobster for a special lunch
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - a lobster for a special lunch. 1880

Little Women - Lauries felt hat and rattle
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - Lauries felt hat and watchmans rattle. 1880

Little Women - Mrs March and Jo read a letter
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - Mrs March and Jo read a letter, purporting to be a love letter to Meg from John Brooke, but actually a practical joke and forgery. 1880

Little Women - Laurie witnessing Amys will
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - Laurie witnessing Amys will. 1880

Little Women - Mop the dog lying on his back
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - Mop the dog lying on his back, a sign that he is in need of food. 1880

Little Women - Beth winding up the grandfather clock
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - Beth winding up the grandfather clock. 1880

Little Women - Beth checking the postbox
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - Beth checking the postbox, her daily helpful task. 1880

Little Women - Meg and three young men at a party
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - Meg sitting in a chair at a dance party, surrounded by three young men (Laurie, Ned Moffat and Fisher)

Little Women - Jo and Laurie boating on the river
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - Jo and Laurie boating on the river during the summer holidays. 1880

Little Women - Mr Laurence and Beth
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - Mr Laurence and Beth. He has just offered the sisters the free use of the piano in his house, and Beth in particular is interested. 1880

Little Women - Christmas entertainments
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - Christmas entertainments, in which the friends and family dress up and act out scenes from a romantic melodrama

Illustration, Wendy sewing on Peter Pans shadow. Date: 1950s

Dr Samuel Johnson at the Mitre Tavern, London
Dr Samuel Johnson chatting with friends at the Mitre Tavern, London. Date: 18th century

Peace of reading a book
Fatma GÖKMEN

John Milton, English poet, writer and civil servant
John Milton (1608 - 1674), English poet, writer and civil servant. Portrait with associated locations -- Ludlow Castle (top left), Chalfont (top right), Christs College Cambridge (lower left)

Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- Knight and Squire
Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- the Knight and the Squire. Date: 14th century

Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- Canons Yeomans Tale
Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- The Canons Yeomans Tale, a two-part story about alchemists. Showing the Canon announcing his secret to the Priest, the Canon stirring the crucible

Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- The Nuns Priests Tale, a mock heroic story about a cockerel named Chanticleer (Chauntecleer), his wife Pertelote, and a wily fox. Date: 1845

Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- The Franklins Tale, a romantic story set in Brittany, about a couple, Dorigen and Arveragus, who decide that their marriage will be an equal one

Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- The Squires Tale, an unfinished (interrupted) story in the form of an epic romance about Genghis Khan (named here Cambuscan or Cambyuscan)

Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- The Friars Tale, showing the corrupt Summoner, the Devil and the Widow. Date: 1845

Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- The Wife of Baths Tale (left). Also including the Knight solving the riddle (centre) and the Knight on his travels (right). Date: 14th century

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