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Jules Amedee Barbey d Aurevilly, French novelist and short story writer, 1889. Barbey d Aurevillys (1808-1889) novels and stories, set in his native Cotentin
Alexandre Dumas the Younger, French playwright and novelist, 1884. Dumass (1824-1895) novel La dame aux camelias (The Lady of the Camellias)
Victor Hugo, French author, 1872. Born in Besancon, Victor Hugo (1802-1885) was a central figure in the French Romantic movement
Alphonse Daudet, French novelist, 1869. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1850-1900, 2nd album, Editions MD, Paris
Georges Ohnet, French novelist, 1883. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1865-1905, 4th album, Editions MD, Paris
Collette, French novelist. Colette was the pen-name of Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (1873-1954), who is best known for her novel Gigi (1944)
Maurice Barres, French journalist, novelist and politician, 1914. An anti-semitic nationalist, Barres (1862-1923) was a supporter of General Georges Boulanger
Marcel Proust, French author, 1922. Proust (1871-1922) is best remembered for his A la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time) a seven volume work spanning some 3200 pages
Leon Bloy, French novelist, essayist and poet, 1895. A photograph from Album de Photographies, Dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1850-1950, Editions MD, 22 Rue de L Arcade, Paris 8, 1850-1950
Theophile Gautier, French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and literary critic, c1857. Gautier (1811-1872) became a leader of the Parnassian group of poets, and influenced Baudelaire
Princes Street and the Scott Monument, Edinburgh, Scotland, c late 19th century. Artist: Underwood & UnderwoodPrinces Street and the Scott Monument, Edinburgh, Scotland, c late 19th century. The 200 foot high Victorian Gothic monument to Sir Walter Scott in Edinburghs Princes Street Gardens was designed by
Arsene Houssaye, French novelist and poet, 1861. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1865-1905, 4th album, Editions MD, Paris
Paul Hervieu and Marcel Prevost, French authors and dramatists, 1905. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1855-1915, 7th album, Editions MD, Paris
Jules Claretie, French literary figure, 1885. Claretie (1840-1913) was a journalist, novelist and playwright who served as director of the Theatre Francaise
Paul Bourget, French novelist and critic, 1928. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1925, 9th album, Editions MD, Paris
Joris-Karl Huysmans, French novelist, 1900. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1925, 9th album, Editions MD, Paris
Hans Christian Andersen, Danish poet and author of fairy tales, 1875. Although also a poet and novelist, Andersen (1805-1875) is particularly remembered for his famous fairy tales
Emile Zola (1840-1902), French novellist, 1868. Artist: Edouard ManetEmile Zola (1840-1902), French novellist, 1868. Found in the collection of the Musee d Orsay, Paris, France. Plate taken from Manet, text by Hermann Jedding, published by The Hyperion Press (Milan)
Mr Pickwick, from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens, 1912. Illustration used in an advertisment for the book, sold by the Nelson Library, 1912
Advertisment for The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens, sold by the Nelson Library, 1912. The Pickwick Papers, Dickens first novel, was first published in 1839
Facsimile of the inscription in a copy of The Pickwick Papers, 1839 (1912). Facsimile of the inscription in a copy of Charles Dickens first novel
Charles Dickens giving a reading, 1859 (1912). Artist: Herbert WatkinsCharles Dickens giving a reading, 1859 (1912). A print from The Bookman, February 1912
Charles Dickens presiding at the Newsvendors Dinner, 5th April 1870 (1912). From Fun, 23rd April 1870, reproduced as a print in The Bookman, February 1912
Charles Dickens, British novelist, in 1840 (1912). Dickens portrayed at the time when he was writing The Old Curiosity Shop. A print from The Bookman, February 1912
The hall of Abbotsford Hall, near Melrose, Scotland, 1924-1926. Artist: WA MansellThe hall of Abbotsford Hall, near Melrose, Scotland, 1924-1926. Abbotsford is the house built and lived in by Sir Walter Scott
Captain Frederick Marryat (1792-1848), English novelist, 19th century (1908). A contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens, Marryat is noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story
Gads Hill Place, the residence of Charles Dickens, Higham, Kent, late 19th century. Dickens lived at Gads Hill Place from 1845 until his death in 1870
Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855), English novelist, 1908-1909. Bronte was the author of Jane Eyre, Shirley, and Villette. The Bronte family of Haworth in Yorkshire was a literary family; Charlottes
The death of Leo Tolstoy, Russian author and philosopher, 1910. Tolstoy (1828-1910) is widely regarded as one of the greatest of all novelists
Keble Howard (1875-1928), English novelist, early 20th century
Jeffery Farnol (1878-1952), English author, early 20th century. Farnol, along with Georgette Heyer, was responsible for the Regency romantic genre of novel writing
L. M. Nesbitt, writer, early 20th centuryL.M. Nesbitt, writer, early 20th century
Gene Fowler (1890-1960), American journalist and author, early 20th century
Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne (1889-1928), Irish author, early 20th century
Guy Pocock, English writer and journalist, early 20th century
Alfred Sheppard, writer, early 20th century
George W. Gough, novelist, early 20th centuryGeorge W.Gough, novelist, early 20th century
Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge (1851-1940), English physicist and writer, early 20th century. Lodge was involved in the development of the wireless telegraph
Denis George Mackail (1892-1971), English novelist and short story writer, early 20th century
Frank Arthur Swinnerton (1884-1982), English critic and novelist, early 20th century
Ethel Edith Mannin (1900-1984), British novelist and travel writer, early 20th century
Alfred Edward Woodley Mason (1865-1948), British author, early 20th century
Rosa Nouchette Carey (1840-1909), English novelist, early 20th century
William Babington Maxwell (1866-1938), British novelist, early 20th century
Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893), French writer, early 20th century. Maupassant is one of the fathers of the modern short story
Halliwell Sutcliffe (1870-1932), English novelist, early 20th century
John Galsworthy (1867-1933), English novelist and playwright, early 20th century
Rene Francois Nicolas Marie Bazin (1853-1932), French novelist, early 20th century