Kreutzer Sonata
by Leo Tolstoy
He Knew He Was Right
by Anthony Trollope
The Vehement Flame
by Margaret Deland
Griffith Gaunt or Jealousy
by Charles Reade
Othello
by William Shakespeare
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Friday, February 25, 2011
Vasari's Lives of the Artists - Andrea Tafi
Vasari's Lives of the Artists
Andrea Tafi, Painter of Florence
(1213-1294)
London: Henry Bohn & Co., 1850, Volume 1, page 77
Andrea Tafi, Painter of Florence
(1213-1294)
London: Henry Bohn & Co., 1850, Volume 1, page 77
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Vasari's Lives of the Artists - Niccolo and Giovanni of Pisa
Vasari's Lives of the Artists
Niccolo and Giovanni, Sculptors and Architects of Pisa
(Niccolo born c. 1205, died 1278) (Giovanni born __, died 1320)
London: Henry Bohn & Co., 1850, Volume 1, page 60
Niccolo and Giovanni, Sculptors and Architects of Pisa
(Niccolo born c. 1205, died 1278) (Giovanni born __, died 1320)
London: Henry Bohn & Co., 1850, Volume 1, page 60
Monday, February 21, 2011
Vasari's Lives of the Artists - Arnolfo di Lapo
Vasari's Lives of the Artists
Arnolfo di Lapo, Architect of Florence
(1232-1310)
In the translation by Mrs. Jonathan Foster
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1850
Arnolfo di Lapo, Architect of Florence
(1232-1310)
In the translation by Mrs. Jonathan Foster
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1850
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Vasari's Lives of the Artists - Cimabue
Vasari's Lives of the Artists
Giovanni Cimabue, Florentine Painter
(Born 1240 - Died 1303)
In the translation by Mrs. Jonathan Foster
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1850
Giovanni Cimabue, Florentine Painter
(Born 1240 - Died 1303)
In the translation by Mrs. Jonathan Foster
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1850
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Fictional portrait of Tolstoy's sister
Faust - A Story in Nine Letters
by Ivan Turgenev
In A Lear of the Steppes and Other Stories
New York: Macmillan and Co., 1898
First published in 1855, the character Vera in Ivan Turgenev's Faust is said to be a fictional portrait of Leo Tolstoy's sister, Mariya Nikolayevna Tolstaya. The story is said to have infuriated Tolstoy. The relationship between Mariya Nikolayevna and Turgenev was in part to blame for the rift between Tolstoy and Turgenev.
by Ivan Turgenev
In A Lear of the Steppes and Other Stories
New York: Macmillan and Co., 1898
First published in 1855, the character Vera in Ivan Turgenev's Faust is said to be a fictional portrait of Leo Tolstoy's sister, Mariya Nikolayevna Tolstaya. The story is said to have infuriated Tolstoy. The relationship between Mariya Nikolayevna and Turgenev was in part to blame for the rift between Tolstoy and Turgenev.
Friday, February 18, 2011
Tolstoy's last days as related by his sister
Reminiscences of Tolstoy
by his son, Ilya Lvovich Tolstoy
Translated by George Calderon
New York: The Century Co., 1914
Letter from Mariya Nikolayevna Tolstaya to Sofia (aka Sonya) Tolstaya. Page 388.
On April 22, 1911, Tolstoy's sister, Mariya Nikolayevna Tolstaya (aka Masha), wrote to Tolstoy's wife, Sonya. She was responding to a letter from Sonya. Mariya relates her thoughts on Tolstoy's flight from home in October 1910, his visit to her at Shamardino, his reasons for leaving home, and on his death. The letter is full of compassion for Sonya while, at the same time, acknowledging that something must have been wrong for Tolstoy have come to the decision to leave his beloved Yasnaya Polyana.
by his son, Ilya Lvovich Tolstoy
Translated by George Calderon
New York: The Century Co., 1914
Letter from Mariya Nikolayevna Tolstaya to Sofia (aka Sonya) Tolstaya. Page 388.
On April 22, 1911, Tolstoy's sister, Mariya Nikolayevna Tolstaya (aka Masha), wrote to Tolstoy's wife, Sonya. She was responding to a letter from Sonya. Mariya relates her thoughts on Tolstoy's flight from home in October 1910, his visit to her at Shamardino, his reasons for leaving home, and on his death. The letter is full of compassion for Sonya while, at the same time, acknowledging that something must have been wrong for Tolstoy have come to the decision to leave his beloved Yasnaya Polyana.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
The Decembrists by Leo Tolstoy
The Decembrists - A Fragment
by Leo Tolstoy
As published in Volume 12 of the Complete Works of Count Lev N. Tolstoy
Translated and edited by Leo Wiener
Boston: Dana Estes & Company, 1904
An unfinished novel by Leo Tolstoy. Natasha and Pierre, of War and Peace fame, appear in this fragment as an older couple.
by Leo Tolstoy
As published in Volume 12 of the Complete Works of Count Lev N. Tolstoy
Translated and edited by Leo Wiener
Boston: Dana Estes & Company, 1904
An unfinished novel by Leo Tolstoy. Natasha and Pierre, of War and Peace fame, appear in this fragment as an older couple.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Mrs. Henry Wood - by Adeline Sergeant
Mrs. Henry Wood
by Adeline Sergeant
From Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign
London: Hurst & Blackett, Limited, 1897
by Adeline Sergeant
From Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign
London: Hurst & Blackett, Limited, 1897
David Garth - by Mrs Henry Wood
First published in Argosy, Volume VIII, December 1869, page 444:
David Garth's Night-Watch
First published in Argosy, Volume XI, January 1871, page 36:
David Garth's Ghost
by Mrs. Henry Wood
Two of Mrs. Wood's supernatural tales from the Johnny Ludlow series.
David Garth's Night-Watch
First published in Argosy, Volume XI, January 1871, page 36:
David Garth's Ghost
by Mrs. Henry Wood
Two of Mrs. Wood's supernatural tales from the Johnny Ludlow series.
Friday, February 11, 2011
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Reminiscences of Charlotte Bronte by Ellen Nussey
Reminiscences of Charlotte Bronte
by Ellen Nussey
As reprinted in Transactions and Publications of the Bronte Society
Volume 2, 1906
by Ellen Nussey
As reprinted in Transactions and Publications of the Bronte Society
Volume 2, 1906
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