Anne Bronte ~ January 17, 1820

Today we celebrate the birthday of Anne Bronte, January 17, 1820 - May 28,  1849, youngest of the Bronte sisters.  Author of the novels Agnes Grey (1847) and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), published under the name of “Acton Bell;”  poems for the Gondal saga with Emily Bronte; and over twenty of her poems  published in [...]

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A Few Words on Wilkie Collins

Today [January 8, 1824 - September 23, 1889] is the birthday of one of my favorite writers, Wilkie Collins.  Longtime friend of Dickens, Collins is most known for being the first writer of full-length detective stories. The Woman in White [1860]  and The Moonstone [1868] are considered his best works, and though I personally love those [...]

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