How Charles Dickens ended up being buried in Westminster Abbey

Posted on 02/06/2020 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Charles Dickens didn’t actually want to be buried in Westminster Abbey. The author of Great Expectations, A Christmas Carol, A...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, History, Literary tourism

Award-winning author Marlon James launches a literary podcast

Posted on 01/27/2020 at 04:32 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Marlon James, a Man Booker Prize-winning and internationally bestselling author, has launched a podcast today. Marlon and Jake Read Dead...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Podcast

Final descendant of James Joyce has died

Posted on 01/27/2020 at 01:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Another high-profile literary executor has passed away: Stephen Joyce, the grandson and last direct descendant of James Joyce. The Guardian...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Obituary, The Guardian

Nancy Drew's death in new comic series stirs up controversy

Posted on 01/27/2020 at 10:52 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The creators of an upcoming comic strip in which Nancy Drew dies are urging fans of the sleuth to give...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Graphic novel, Women in literature

D.C. writers hope to revive E.D.E.N. Southworth's fame

Posted on 01/12/2020 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Fun fact: The woman who encouraged Harriet Beecher Stowe to write Uncle Tom’s Cabin was, in fact, also an author...

Tagged As: Classic literature, Women in literature

The similarities between J.R.R. Tolkien and Ian McKellen

Posted on 01/03/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Happy birthday, J.R.R. Tolkien! The author famous for the Lord of the Rings trilogy was born on this day in...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Fantasy, Just for fun, Literary Hub, Movie adaptation

A first glance at poet T.S. Eliot's letters to his muse

Posted on 01/03/2020 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

T.S. Eliot’s unsealed letters to Emily Hale have not disappointed the literary world. Hale was known as Eliot’s muse, so...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Memorabilia, Poetry, The Guardian

Princeton University unseals T.S. Eliot's letters to his muse

Posted on 01/02/2020 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Fans of classic literature have another reason to celebrate the new year. When 2019 ended, so too did the embargo...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Memorabilia, Poetry, The Guardian

Librarian who found half of "Huckleberry Finn" draft has died

Posted on 12/31/2019 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Need help finding something? Ask a librarian. That’s what scholars searching for half of an early draft of Mark Twain’s...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Memorabilia, Obituary, The New York Times

How "1919" by John Dos Passos describes 2019

Posted on 12/30/2019 at 07:59 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Perhaps you’ve encountered the articles, typical in late December, that compare predictions from the past for how the year actually...

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Tagged As: Classic literature