Wondering what to read for the next few months of winter [despite what Punxsutawney Phil has to say about it!] – Penguin has just released their New 10 Essential Penguin Classics, the follow-up to last year’s 10 Essential Classics compiled by Penguin. This year’s list is compiled by readers, a.k.a. you, the reading masses. Good [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Shakespeare’
A Winter Reading List ~ Penguin Style
Posted in Books, Jane Austen, Literature, Reading Lists, tagged Penguin, Pride & Prejudice, Reading Lists, Shakespeare on February 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
On the Block ~ Byron’s Hair, etc…
Posted in Antiquarian Books, Children's Literature, Literature, tagged Auctions, Beatrix Potter, Byron, English Literature, Keats, Milton, Shakespeare, Sothebys on December 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Sothebys has just published the results of today’s auction [December 17, 2008, Sale L08411, London] of English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations, with a final take of 901,913 GBP! Literature by the likes of Shakespeare, Byron, Milton, Dickens, and Beatrix Potter seems to be alive and well. Here are a few of the results: Lot 26. [...]
