Literature Collection (page 5)

Menander (ca. 342-ca. 292 BC). Portrait
Menander (ca.342-ca.292 BC). Greek dramatist, representative of the athenian New Comedy. Roman copy of a Greek original. Glyptothek. Munich. Germany

Homer (c. 8th century). Greek epic poet. Bust. Copy of an ori
Homer (c.8th century). Greek epic poet. Bust. Copy of an original from 2nd century BC. Capitoline Museums, Rome, Italy. Rome. Italy

Satires by Juvenal
Juvenal (Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis). 1st - 2nd centuries AD. Roman poet. Satires. Start of the First Satire. Leyden, 1532

Fernando de Rojas (1465-1541). Spanish writer. Tragicomedy of Calisto and Melibea or La Celestina. Engraving. Burgos, 1531

John Masefield, English poet and writer
John Masefield (1878-1967), English poet and writer, seen here in uniform during the First World War. He was Poet Laureate from 1930 to 1967. 1917

James Joyce, Irish novelist and poet
James Joyce (1882-1941), Irish novelist and poet. 1921

Illustration, The Cat and Mouse in Partnership -- The Cat stole away behind the city walls to the church. Date: 1909

Illustration, A Song of the English, Thames Embankment
Illustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine)

John Ridd meets Lorna Doone
A scene from the novel set in 17th century Exmoor by R. D. Blackmore. Lorna, from the notorious Doone clan, meets John Ridd, destined to be her lifelong love. Date: 1937

JUNGLE BOOK, 1903. Akela the lone wolf. Illustration by Edward and Maurice Detmold for The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, 1903

A Scene From Evangeline
A scene of Acadians (French settlers of the Canadian Maritime Provinces) as they dance and frolic to a fiddlers tune while a clergyman looks on in an illustration (after F.O.C)

AUSTEN: EMMA, 1896. He stopped to look the question. Illustration by Hugh Thomson for an 1896 edition of Jane Austens Emma, first published in 1815

IRVING: SLEEPY HOLLOW, 1820. Illustration of Ichabod Crane from Washington Irving s
IRVING: SLEEPY HOLLOW, 1820. Illustration of Ichabod Crane from Washington Irvings The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, first published in 1820. Etching by Felix O.C. Darley, 1849

PRIDE & PREJUDICE, 1894. She wanted to compose her own feelings and to make herself agreeable to all. Elizabeth Bennet entertaining Mr. Darcy, his sister, and Mr. Bingley

Victor Hugo
4th March 1868: French poet, author and leader of the French Romantic movement Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885). (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Conan Doyle
circa 1895: British writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930), creator of fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. Doyle studied medicine at Edinburgh University

The Grange at North End in Fulham, circa 1900. It was here, in the mid-eighteenth century, that English novelist Samuel Richardson wrote his famous works, Pamela

Charlotte Bronte
circa 1840: English novelist Charlotte Bronte (1816 - 1855). Original Artwork: Portrait by Thompson. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

The Ghost of Christmas Present appearing to Scrooge. Illustration by John Leech (1817-64) for Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol, London 1843-1834

Ilya Repin Russian artist. (1884-1930) Sadko. 1876. Oil on canvas. Sadko (hero of a Russian fairy-tale), There is an opera on the subject by Rimsky-Korsakov (1896)

A TALE OF TWO CITIES. Cover of volume one, 1859, of the serial edition of Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities, illustrated by Hablot Knight Browne, Phiz

THREE MUSKETEERS. D Artagnan, Athos, Aramis, and Porthos. Illustration from a late 19th century edition, by Alexander Dumas pere

MILTON: PARADISE LOST. Having entered Paradise, Satan, standing on the Tree of Life, looks out over the beautfiul landscape around him (Book 4, line 247). Wood engraving after Gustave Dor

ANDERSEN: THE SNOW QUEEN. The Hobgoblin laughed till his sides ached. Drawing by Henry J. Ford for the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen

Anton Chekhov
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860 - 1904), Russian writer of short stories and plays. He was also a physician

Violet Keppel Trefusis
VIOLET TREFUSIS Writer and lover of Vita Sackville-West

Detail of interior of the tomb of the Persian poet Hafiz, Shiraz, Iran, Middle East

Return of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza
The return of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza -- Sancho kneels and raises his arms, no doubt relieved to be back home

Paul Verlaine, French poet associated with the Symbolist movement. Seen here in a full-length photograph, wearing top hat, overcoat and scarf, and leaning on a walking stick

La Fontaines Fables - Fox and the Goat
Vintage engraving from La Fontaines Fables, Illustraed by Gustave Dore. The Fox and the Goat

Baron Munchhausen sails to the moon
The Baron sails to the Moon. Date: First published: 1785

In The Orchard. Illustration By Lucy Kemp Welch From The Book Black Beauty By A. Sewell Published 1915

London Trade Card - Francis Nobles Circulating Library, Otways Head, King Street, Covent Garden. 18th century

Workshop handmade candles. 18th century. Engraving in Encyclopedie by Diderot et d Alembert. Engraving

Mark Twains Study, Elmira, New York State, USA. The octagonal summer house where the American author wrote many of his books. He spent many summers in Elmira, and is buried there. Date: circa 1930

Twelfth Night, Act II Scene iv, by William Heath Robinson
Scene from the Shakespeare comedy, Twelfth Night, Act II Scene iv, illustration by William Heath Robinson. Showing a banquet at Orsinos house, with the clown Feste singing a sad love song

Illustration, A Song of the English, Lighthouse
Illustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine)

Alice in Wonderland, Alice and the pack of cards, as the courtroom scene disintegrates at the end of the story. Date: early 20th century

Sand, George, pseudonym of Aurore Dupin (Paris, 1804-Nohant, 1876). French novelist
George Sand, pseudonym of Aurore Dupin (Paris, 1804-Nohant, 1876). French novelist. Colored engraving

JUNGLE BOOK, 1903. Mowgli leaving the jungle. Illustration by Edward and Maurice Detmold for The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, 1903

Sophocles ( circa 496a'406 bc ), Greek playwright. His seven surviving plays are notable for their complexity of plot and depth of characterization

St. George of merry England
Vintage engraving of a verse from Spensers Faerie Queene, with an image of Saint George and the Dragon. 1892

DODGSON: LOOKING GLASS. Alice found the glass was beginning to melt away. After the design by Sir John Tenniel for the first edition, 1872, of Lewis Carrolls Through the Looking Glass

Tennessee Williams
23rd March 1965: Tennessee Williams, born Thomas Lanier (1911 - 1983), American playwright, in London to attend the first night of Night Of The Iguana at the Savoy Theatre

Holmess Creator
circa 1930: Scottish novelist Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

THE NATIVITY. Illumination from a Flemish Book of Hours, late 15th century

AUSTEN: PRIDE & PREJUDICE. Mary Bennet entertaining the party at Netherfield. Illustration by Hugh Thomson for an 1894 edition of Jane Austens novel Pride and Prejudice, first published in 1813

HARRIS: UNCLE REMUS, 1895. Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox. Pen-and-ink drawing by Arthur Burdett Frost for the 1895 second edition of the African American folktale by Joel Chandler Harris

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