British libraries and museums have a chance to save Brontë collection

Posted on 06/17/2021 at 08:19 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Hold those bids — the collection of extremely rare and long-hidden Brontë manuscripts won’t head to auction just yet. Sotheby’s...

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

Admire the Brontë artifacts up for auction

Posted on 06/07/2021 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Chances are, very few people reading this newswire have the means to purchase the recently rediscovered collection of long-hidden Brontë...

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Tagged As: Memorabilia, The New York Times, Women in literature

Pressure is on to save the Brontës' papers and Oscar Wilde's jail

Posted on 06/01/2021 at 04:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

News services are putting the spotlight on efforts to save literary treasures for public enjoyment. The New York Times circled...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Literary tourism, Memorabilia, The Guardian, The New York Times

Professor says he's identified a book from Shakespeare's library

Posted on 05/26/2021 at 09:45 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A Canadian professor thinks he has identified William Shakespeare’s copy of Horace’s Odes. The Globe and Mail reports that Robert...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Memorabilia

Collection of long-hidden Brontë items is headed to auction

Posted on 05/25/2021 at 10:05 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A private collection of manuscripts, letters, rare first editions, and other literary artifacts is headed to auction — and has...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Memorabilia, The New York Times, Women in literature

Roald Dahl's response to a fan letter is going up for auction

Posted on 05/19/2021 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The response that Roald Dahl sent to a fan inquiring about his storytelling secrets is going up for auction. Librarian...

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Tagged As: Children's literature, Memorabilia

See the lockets that Charles Dickens and his sister-in-law exchanged

Posted on 05/10/2021 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

London’s Charles Dickens Museum is unveiling some of its recently acquired — and never before displayed — artifacts in a...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Literary tourism, Memorabilia, The Guardian

Fan mail from Tennessee Williams to Eugene O’Neill has been found

Posted on 05/07/2021 at 01:56 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

If you’ve heard it exists and can’t find it, you should probably just go straight to Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Memorabilia

Estates of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and his wife have made up

Posted on 05/06/2021 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s aristocratic family didn’t care for his decision to marry a Salvadoran artist. And she was well aware...

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Tagged As: Literature in translation, Memorabilia

Robert Frost's copy of one of his poems is up for auction

Posted on 04/26/2021 at 10:05 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Days before the auction even begins, a handwritten copy of a Robert Frost poem has blown past bid estimates. Literary...

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Tagged As: Literary Hub, Memorabilia, Poetry