You can stay in F. Scott Fitzgerald's Alabama home

Posted on 09/25/2020 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Yesterday was Great Gatsby author F. Scott Fitzgerald’s birthday, and so it was the perfect occasion for fans to dig...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Literary tourism

Which famous author also taught Ruth Bader Ginsburg?

Posted on 09/21/2020 at 03:56 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It’s certainly not news that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away on Friday. What might be news to...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, History, Politics

HBO show star will play the lead in "Persuasion" adaptation

Posted on 09/16/2020 at 02:21 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Sarah Snook, star of HBO’s Succession, will take the lead in another single-word-titled production. Snook will play heroine Anne Elliot...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Movie adaptation, Pop culture, Women in literature

Group wants French poets Rimbaud and Verlaine in the Pantheon

Posted on 09/10/2020 at 10:12 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The next time you visit Paris, there may be some new faces (so to speak) in the Pantheon. Agence France-Presse...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Literary tourism, Poetry

Watch "Rebecca" and "Dune" trailers, and learn about the Bard's return to TV

Posted on 09/09/2020 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Our Facebook fans probably aren’t excited about this, but the trailers for the latest adaptations of two beloved novels are...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Movie adaptation, Science fiction, TV adaptation

T.S. Eliot estate sends a large donation to the Brontë Parsonage Museum

Posted on 09/08/2020 at 01:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Brontë Parsonage Museum launched a crowdfunding campaign in July in hopes of closing a forecasted year-end deficit of £100,000...

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Tagged As: Charity, Classic literature, coronavirus / COVID-19, Literary tourism, Poetry, The Guardian

Reaction to the Reclaim Her Name book campaign is somewhat mixed

Posted on 08/17/2020 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Women’s Prize for Fiction and its sponsor have hit the headlines in multiple ways — good and bad. The...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, The Guardian, Women in literature

Scholars: Hundreds of typos in Hemingway's works aren't his fault

Posted on 08/14/2020 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It’s a copy editor’s nightmare (or one of them): adding an error, rather than fixing one, in a manuscript. And...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, The Guardian

One of Wordsworth's homes will become a Buddhist retreat

Posted on 07/31/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Another William Wordsworth home has hit the literary headlines. This time it’s not his Cumbrian cottage, but rather a Somerset...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Literary tourism

Check out Capote's major revisions to "Breakfast at Tiffany's"

Posted on 07/24/2020 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A typewritten and hand-edited copy of Truman Capote’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s is going up for auction, offering fun insights into...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, The Guardian