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Shelley frequently wrote stories to accompany prepared illustrations for gift books, such as this one, which accompanied "Transformation" in the 1830 The Keepsake. [ 222 ] In the 1820s and 1830s, Mary Shelley frequently wrote short stories for gift books or annuals, including sixteen for The Keepsake , which was aimed at middle-class women and bound in silk, with gilt -edged pages. [ 223 ]
Herman Melville (born Melvill; [a] August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851); Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia; and Billy Budd, Sailor, a posthumously published novella.
1 day ago · Madison was in good company: primatologist Jane Goodall is also affected to a lesser degree, and yes that includes difficulty recognizing chimps by their faces. Famed neurologist Oliver Sacks wrote about Goodall for The New Yorker and confessed to his own face blindness, which he held responsible for his shyness.
Aug 24, 2017 · Here are 50 nuggets of writing wisdom from some of the greatest authors of all time: “You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups ...
Dec 7, 2015 · Mary Ann Evans, who wrote under the pen name George Eliot, was born in Nuneaton, Warwickshire in 1819 (Credit: Pictorial Press Ltd/Alamy Stock Photo) Still, many great novels do that. This one has ...
4 days ago · News •. Walt Whitman, gay love and a posthumous novel • Oct. 13, 2024, 2:28 AM ET (NPR) ... Walt Whitman (born May 31, 1819, West Hills, Long Island, New York, U.S.—died March 26, 1892, Camden, New Jersey) was an American poet, journalist, and essayist whose verse collection Leaves of Grass, first published in 1855, is a landmark in the ...
May 23, 2023 · Greco is author of the novel Now and Yesterday (Kensington, 2014). His most recent novel, Such Good Friends, based on the friendship of Truman Capote and Lee Radziwill, published by Kensington in May, 2023. For the stage, Greco has written Peter and the Wolf in Hollywood, an orchestral-theatrical work from Giants Are Small, the partnership of ...
