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Background imageLiterature Collection: Bronte Sisters by Patrick Branwell Bronte

Bronte Sisters by Patrick Branwell Bronte
circa 1834: English writers Anne, Emily and Charlotte Bronte. Original Artwork: Painting by their brother, Patrick Branwell Bronte who painted himself among his sisters

Background imageLiterature Collection: Dylan Thomas Drinking & Smoking

Dylan Thomas Drinking & Smoking
Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (1914 - 1953) drinking a glass of beer and smoking while seated at a desk with stacks of his books of poetry, New York City, c. 1950. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageLiterature Collection: Iris Murdoch

Iris Murdoch
Anglo-Irish prize winning novelist, playwright and philosopher, Iris Murdoch (1919 - 1999). (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Background imageLiterature Collection: Dylan Thomas

Dylan Thomas
10th August 1946: Welsh poet and playwright Dylan Thomas (1914 - 1953), relaxing outside. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4156 - Nest Of Singing Birds - pub

Background imageLiterature Collection: Alice and the Jabberwocky Knight engraving 1899

Alice and the Jabberwocky Knight engraving 1899
Thought the Looking-Glass and What Alice found there

Background imageLiterature Collection: Rime of the Ancient Mariner - I shot Albatross

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - I shot Albatross
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, With my crossbow I shot the Albatross. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is the longest major poem by the English poet

Background imageLiterature Collection: Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie
circa 1925: English novelist Agatha Christie (1891 - 1976). (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Background imageLiterature Collection: Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell
English novelist and biographer of Charlotte Bronte, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, nee Stevenson, (1810 - 1865). Original Artwork: Drawing by George Richmond. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageLiterature Collection: The Hunchback of Notre Dame engraving 1888

The Hunchback of Notre Dame engraving 1888
The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Background imageLiterature Collection: Charlotte Bronte

Charlotte Bronte
circa 1840: English novelist Charlotte Bronte (1816 - 1855). Original Artwork: Portrait by Thompson. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageLiterature Collection: Graham Greene

Graham Greene
14th August 1954: English novelist and playwright Graham Greene (1904-1991). Original Publication: Picture Post - 7239 - Graham Greene - pub. 1954 (Photo by Kurt Hutton/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imageLiterature Collection: Quasimodo

Quasimodo, the hunchback of Notre Dame from the book by Victor Hugo. Original Artwork: Illustrator - Antoine Wiertz of Brussels (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageLiterature Collection: Canterbury Tales - The Wife of Bath

Canterbury Tales - The Wife of Bath
The Wife of Bath, a character in " The Canterbury Tales", a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century

Background imageLiterature Collection: Rime of the Ancient Mariner - The Ghost Ship

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - The Ghost Ship
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is the longest major poem by the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Background imageLiterature Collection: Scene From Last Of The Mohicans

Scene From Last Of The Mohicans
Illustration of a scene from James Fenimore Coopers 1826 novel Last of the Mohicans: a Narrative of 1757 shows two men on horseback in European clothes

Background imageLiterature Collection: George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw
30th July 1949: 93-year-old Irish dramatist George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) sitting in his neighbours garden in Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire

Background imageLiterature Collection: Fox And Hounds

Fox And Hounds
November 1851: A Victorian hunting party from The life of the late John Mylton (1608 - 1674) by Charles Apperley or Nimrod

Background imageLiterature Collection: Robert the Bruce

Robert the Bruce at the altar of enemy

Background imageLiterature Collection: Walden Pond

Walden Pond
Illustration of Walden Pond, Concord, Massachusetts, 19th Century (Engraving by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageLiterature Collection: Burns Cottage

Burns Cottage
1759: Burns Cottage in Alloway, South Ayrshire, Scotland, the birthplace of Scottish poet Robert Burns in 1759. Engraving by G. Cook after a drawing by J. O. Brown from an old engraving

Background imageLiterature Collection: Tennessee Williams

Tennessee Williams
23rd March 1965: Tennessee Williams, born Thomas Lanier (1911 - 1983), American playwright, in London to attend the first night of Night Of The Iguana at the Savoy Theatre

Background imageLiterature Collection: Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo
4th March 1868: French poet, author and leader of the French Romantic movement Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885). (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Background imageLiterature Collection: W Somerset Maugham

W Somerset Maugham
William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), English author and master of short stories. (Photo by Sasha/Getty Images)

Background imageLiterature Collection: Maugham Plays Bridge

Maugham Plays Bridge
27th November 1953: English novelist William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965), the guest of honour at a bridge party at Crockfords Club, contemplates his hand

Background imageLiterature Collection: Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Water Snakes

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Water Snakes
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water snakes

Background imageLiterature Collection: Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Game is done

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Game is done
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, The Game is done ! I ve won I ve won ! Quoth she, and whistles thrice

Background imageLiterature Collection: Bleak House

Bleak House
Vintage engraving from the works of Charles Dickens. From Bleak House. I m Fly, says Jo. But Fen larksm you know. Stow hooking it!

Background imageLiterature Collection: Alice and the mirror engraving 1899

Alice and the mirror engraving 1899
Thought the Looking-Glass and What Alice found there

Background imageLiterature Collection: A Scene From Evangeline

A Scene From Evangeline
A scene of Acadians (French settlers of the Canadian Maritime Provinces) as they dance and frolic to a fiddlers tune while a clergyman looks on in an illustration (after F.O.C)

Background imageLiterature Collection: Conan Doyle

Conan Doyle
circa 1895: British writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930), creator of fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. Doyle studied medicine at Edinburgh University

Background imageLiterature Collection: The Grange

The Grange at North End in Fulham, circa 1900. It was here, in the mid-eighteenth century, that English novelist Samuel Richardson wrote his famous works, Pamela

Background imageLiterature Collection: Sophocles

Sophocles ( circa 496a'406 bc ), Greek playwright. His seven surviving plays are notable for their complexity of plot and depth of characterization

Background imageLiterature Collection: St. George of merry England

St. George of merry England
Vintage engraving of a verse from Spensers Faerie Queene, with an image of Saint George and the Dragon. 1892

Background imageLiterature Collection: Holmess Creator

Holmess Creator
circa 1930: Scottish novelist Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLiterature Collection: Dylan Thomas

Dylan Thomas
10th August 1946: Welsh poet and playwright Dylan Thomas (1914 - 1953), relaxing outside. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4156 - Nest Of Singing Birds - pub

Background imageLiterature Collection: WB Yeats

WB Yeats
Irish poet William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939), circa 1910. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageLiterature Collection: Weller At The White hart

Weller At The White hart
Samuel Pickwick (right) meets Sam Weller (left) for the first time, at the White Hart Inn, in a scene from Charles Dickenss first novel The Pickwick Papers, published as a serial from 1836 to 1837

Background imageLiterature Collection: Monck Masons Airship

Monck Masons Airship
The Victoria, an early airship built by English aviator Thomas Monck Mason, 1843. American author Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849)

Background imageLiterature Collection: La Fontaines Fables - Fox and the Goat

La Fontaines Fables - Fox and the Goat
Vintage engraving from La Fontaines Fables, Illustraed by Gustave Dore. The Fox and the Goat

Background imageLiterature Collection: Alice and the Cheshire cat engraving 1898

Alice and the Cheshire cat engraving 1898
Alices Adventures in Wonderland

Background imageLiterature Collection: For Your Eyes Only

For Your Eyes Only
English author Ian Fleming (1908 - 1964) in his study with a copy of For Your Eyes Only, one of the series of James Bond novels that he wrote. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Background imageLiterature Collection: Tennessee Williams

Tennessee Williams
US playwright Tennessee Williams (1911 - 1983) reclining with a glass. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Background imageLiterature Collection: Cartland In Dress

Cartland In Dress
1930: Mrs A G McCorquodale, aka English romantic novelist Barbara Cartland (1901 - 2000), wearing an evening dress. (Photo by Sasha/Getty Images)

Background imageLiterature Collection: Graham Greene

Graham Greene
14th August 1954: English novelist and playwright Graham Greene (1904-1991). Original Publication: Picture Post - 7239 - Graham Greene - pub. 1954 (Photo by Kurt Hutton/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imageLiterature Collection: Canterbury Tales - The Friar

Canterbury Tales - The Friar
The Friar, a character in " The Canterbury Tales", a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century

Background imageLiterature Collection: Canterbury Tales - The Prioress

Canterbury Tales - The Prioress
The Prioress, a character in " The Canterbury Tales", a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century

Background imageLiterature Collection: Canterbury Tales - The Merchant

Canterbury Tales - The Merchant
The Merchant, a character in " The Canterbury Tales", a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century

Background imageLiterature Collection: Canterbury Tales - The Squire

Canterbury Tales - The Squire
The Squire, a character in " The Canterbury Tales", a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century

Background imageLiterature Collection: Canterbury Tales - The Summoner

Canterbury Tales - The Summoner
The Summoner - who appears to be delivering a summons from an ecclesiastical court - a character in " The Canterbury Tales"

Background imageLiterature Collection: Canterbury Tales - The Reeve

Canterbury Tales - The Reeve
The Reeve, a character in " The Canterbury Tales", a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century

Background imageLiterature Collection: Canterbury Tales - Geoffrey Chaucer as a pilgrim on horseback

Canterbury Tales - Geoffrey Chaucer as a pilgrim on horseback
Geoffrey Chaucer depicted as a pilgrim on horseback. He was the writer of " The Canterbury Tales", a collection of stories written at the end of the 14th century

Background imageLiterature Collection: Hydrogen balloon airship above the clouds

Hydrogen balloon airship above the clouds
Digital restored 19th century engraving from the literary magazine Le Voleur Illustre 1889-90 Paris, France

Background imageLiterature Collection: Rime of the Ancient Mariner The ice was all around

Rime of the Ancient Mariner The ice was all around
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, The ice was here, the ice was there, the ice was all around

Background imageLiterature Collection: Canterbury Tales - The Miller

Canterbury Tales - The Miller
The Miller, a character in " The Canterbury Tales", a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century

Background imageLiterature Collection: Canterbury Tales - The Parson

Canterbury Tales - The Parson
The Parson, a character in " The Canterbury Tales", a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century

Background imageLiterature Collection: Canterbury Tales - The Monk and his Greyhounds

Canterbury Tales - The Monk and his Greyhounds
The Monk (with his greyhounds), a character in " The Canterbury Tales", a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century

Background imageLiterature Collection: Canterbury Tales - The Canons Yeoman

Canterbury Tales - The Canons Yeoman
The Canons Yeoman, a character in " The Canterbury Tales", a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century

Background imageLiterature Collection: Canterbury Tales - The Second Nun

Canterbury Tales - The Second Nun
The Second Nun, a character in " The Canterbury Tales", a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century

Background imageLiterature Collection: Canterbury Tales - The Sergeant-at-Law

Canterbury Tales - The Sergeant-at-Law
The Sergeant-at-Law, a character in " The Canterbury Tales", a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century

Background imageLiterature Collection: Canterbury Tales - The Knight

Canterbury Tales - The Knight
The Knight, a character in " The Canterbury Tales", a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century

Background imageLiterature Collection: Canterbury Tales - The Franklin

Canterbury Tales - The Franklin
The Franklin, a character in " The Canterbury Tales", a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century

Background imageLiterature Collection: Canterbury Tales - The Shipman

Canterbury Tales - The Shipman
The Shipman, a character in " The Canterbury Tales", a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century

Background imageLiterature Collection: Canterbury Tales - The Pardoner

Canterbury Tales - The Pardoner
The Pardoner, a character in " The Canterbury Tales", a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century

Background imageLiterature Collection: Canterbury Tales - Geoffrey Chaucer

Canterbury Tales - Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer, writer of " The Canterbury Tales", a collection of stories written at the end of the 14th century

Background imageLiterature Collection: Canterbury Tales - The Manciple

Canterbury Tales - The Manciple
The Manciple, a character in " The Canterbury Tales", a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century

Background imageLiterature Collection: Canterbury Tales - The Nuns Priest

Canterbury Tales - The Nuns Priest
The Nuns Priest, a character in " The Canterbury Tales", a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century

Background imageLiterature Collection: Canterbury Tales - The Clerk

Canterbury Tales - The Clerk
The Clerk, a character in " The Canterbury Tales", a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century

Background imageLiterature Collection: Shakespeare, Othello, Engraving

Shakespeare, Othello, Engraving
The Works of Shakespeare - 3 Volumes

Background imageLiterature Collection: Shakespeare, Hamlet, Engraving

Shakespeare, Hamlet, Engraving
The Works of Shakespeare - 3 Volumes

Background imageLiterature Collection: The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
1845: Open here I flung the shutter, when with many a flirt and flutter, In there stepped a stately raven of the saintly days of yore....... From The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

Background imageLiterature Collection: Don Quixote in bed engravings

Don Quixote in bed engravings
Of the Diverting and Important Scrutiny which the Curate and The Barber made in the Library of our Ingenious GENTLEMAN

Background imageLiterature Collection: Don Quixote and the young goatherd

Don Quixote and the young goatherd

Background imageLiterature Collection: Don Quixote in the black mountain

Don Quixote in the black mountain
Don Quixote in (sierra morena) the black mountain

Background imageLiterature Collection: Don Quixote wonderful adventure

Don Quixote wonderful adventure

Background imageLiterature Collection: Don Quixote and the shepherds verse

Don Quixote and the shepherds verse
Don Quixote and the unfortunate shepherds verse

Background imageLiterature Collection: Don Quixote engraving

Don Quixote engraving
Don Quixote, Sancho and the princess Dorotea

Background imageLiterature Collection: Don Quixote finds a horse corpse

Don Quixote finds a horse corpse

Background imageLiterature Collection: Don Quixote dreaming engraving

Don Quixote dreaming engraving
Don Quixote dreaming about dragons and battles engraving

Background imageLiterature Collection: Don Quixote and the Brave Biscayan

Don Quixote and the Brave Biscayan
The combat between Don Quixote and the Brave Biscayan

Background imageLiterature Collection: Don Quixote head over heels

Don Quixote head over heels
How Don Diego Garcia defended the passage of a bridge against a great army

Background imageLiterature Collection: Don Quixote Felixmarte

Don Quixote Felixmarte
Felixmarte cut off five giants by the middle

Background imageLiterature Collection: Baron Munchausen bust engraving

Baron Munchausen bust engraving
Baron Munchausen bust Gustave Dore

Background imageLiterature Collection: Puss in Boots engraving

Puss in Boots engraving by Gustave Dore

Background imageLiterature Collection: Little Thumb and the giant engraving

Little Thumb and the giant engraving
Little Thumb and the giant of the seven miles boots engraving by Gustave Dore



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