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Series
Publisher
White Lion Publishing, an imprint of The Quarto Group
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Explore the landscapes and places that inspired great novels! Each of the 25 essays in the book briefly introduces you to the location, the era, and the history behind the story. Accompanied by a color drawing of the location, these destinations become characters in their own rights, rising up from behind the scenes to take center stage. -- adapted from introduction
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This incredibly wide-ranging collection of maps -- all inspired by literary classics -- offers readers a new way of looking at their favorite fictional worlds. Andrew DeGraff's stunningly detailed artwork takes readers deep into the landscapes from The Odyssey, Hamlet, Pride and Prejudice, Invisible Man, Lord of the Flies, A Wrinkle in Time, Watership Down, The Handmaid's Tale, and more. Sure to reignite a love for old favorites and spark fresh interest...
Author
Series
Publisher
H. Milford
Pub. Date
[1924]
Language
English
Description
This 1902 collection of papers is described by its author as having unique subjects, away from "the glitter and bustle of the more-frequented promenades of letters." Included are "Dr. Johnson's Haunts and Habitations," "Titled Authors of the Eighteenth Century," "A Walk from Fulham to Chiswick," and "'Vader Cats,'" among others.
Author
Publisher
Dzanc Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In The City at Three PM, award-winning fiction writer Peter LaSalle offers 11 startlingly original personal essays dealing with his longtime quest for world travel of the literary sort. The range of offbeat experiences is wide from driving recklessly across the county when young to seek out Saul Bellow in Chicago, to settling in for long evenings at a pub in Dublin with Christy Brown, the celebrated Irish author afflicted with cerebral palsy who typed...
11) Lives of houses
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A group of notable writers - including UK poet laureate Simon Armitage, Julian Barnes, Margaret MacMillan, and Jenny Uglow - celebrate our fascination with the houses of famous literary figures, artists, composers, and politicians of the past What can a house tell us about the person who lives there? Do we shape the buildings we live in, or are we formed by the places we call home? And why are we especially fascinated by the houses of the famous and...
Author
Publisher
Cico Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Sometimes the setting of a novel is as important as the story-where would Dickens be without London, or Edith Wharton without New York? Who can Jamaica Inn and not want to visit Bodmin Moor, or enjoy Alexander McCall Smith's The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency without wondering whether perhaps Botswana should be on your bucket list? Whether you have already decided on a destination and want to get a feel for the place and its history, or you are just...
