Category Archives: Writers
Elif Shafak
Elif Shafak was born in Strasbourg. When she was only one her parents divorced and her mother, who became a diplomat, took her to Turkey and raised her with the help of Shafak’s grandmother. Shafak has also resided in the … Continue reading
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Tagged 50 Year Project, Authors, Black Milk, Blogging, Books, Elif Shafak, England, Honour, Life, London, London Book Fair, Photography, Photos, Turkey, Turkish language, Turkish Writers, Writers
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A Thoughtful Reminder for the Weekend
One of my favorite quotes by Mark Twain is “Be good and you will be lonesome.” Actually I have this quote on one of my pint glasses, which means that I adhere to his advice. Have a wonderful and safe … Continue reading
Middlemarch by George Eliot
The last novel I completed for the Victorian Reading Challenge was Middlemarch by George Eliot. This was the second book by Eliot that I read for this challenge. The first was Silas Marner. I mentioned in my review of Silas … Continue reading
Travel Photo of the Day (Dec. 1)
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s house in Hartford, Connecticut. She’s the author of the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
Travel Photo of the Day (Nov. 23)
Mark Twain’s house in Hartford, Connecticut.
Posted in Travel, Writers
Tagged 50 Year Blog, American history, American Literature, American Writers, Connecticut, Hartford, History, Mark Twain, Photography, Travel, Travel Photos
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My summer project
Now that I have completed the Once Upon a Time book challenge I am starting two new challenges. I’m pretty excited to join the Gothic and Victorian challenges. For each of these challenges I will read 5 novels for a total of … Continue reading
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Tagged Ann Radcliffe, Books, Bram Stoker, Catcher in the Rye, Charlotte Bronte, Dracula, Dune, Emily Bronte, Frankenstein, George Eliot, Gothic Literature, Horace Walpole, Jane Eyre, Joseph Conrad, Mary Shelley, Middlemarch, Photography, Reading, Reading Challenges, Silas Marner, Summer, The Castle of Otranto, The Heart of Darkness, The Mysteries of Udolpho, The Return of the Native, Thomas Hardy, Victorian Literature, Wuthering Heights
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Aesop’s Fables
Aesop’s Fables is the 14th book that I have completed from my 1001 list. The work is a collection of fables that were told by a Greek slave named Aesop. He lived in Ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BCE. Aesop’s life … Continue reading
The Odyssey
The third work that I read for the Once Upon a Time Challenge V falls into the mythology category and it is not on my 1001 list. The Odyssey by Homer is an epic that revolves around Odysseus, the Greek king of … Continue reading
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Tagged Athena, Books, Classics, Cyclops, Epic, Greek Mythology, Homer, Ithaca, Literature, Mount Olympus, Odysseus, Penelope, Poseidon, Telemachus, The Odyssey, Writers, Zeus
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The Little Prince
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, is a delightful story about a pilot who is stranded in the Sahara. Here he met the prince who asked him to draw a sheep. As the story continues, you learn that the … Continue reading
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Tagged Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Authors, Books, Children’s Literature, French, The Little Prince
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The House of the Seven Gables
Another stop I made while spending the day in Salem was The House of the Seven Gables. Some of you may recognize this name. In 1851 Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote and published a novel with the same title. The house was … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, American Literature, American Writers, Architecture, Caroline Emmerton, Clifford Pyncheon, Gables, Hepzibah Pyncheon, John Turner, John Turner III, Joseph Everett Chandler, Massachusetts, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Salem, Samuel Ingersoll, Susanna Ingersoll, The House of the Seven Gables
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50 Year Project 