Literary Landmarks
Posts tagged europe
Blundeston Church, Suffolk by Cameron Self on Flickr.Via Flickr:
‘I was born at Blunderstone, in Suffolk, or “thereby” as they say in Scotland. I was a posthumous child. My father’s eyes had closed upon the light of this world six months when mine opened on it. There is something strange to me even now, in the reflection that he never saw me; and something stranger yet is the shadowy remembrance that I have of my first childish associations with his white grave-stone in the churchyard, and the indefinable compassion I used to feel for it lying out alone there in the dark night, when our little parlour was warm and bright with fire and candle, and the doors of our house - were almost cruelly, it seemed to me sometimes - bolted and locked against it.’
‘David Copperfield’ by Charles Dickens

Blundeston Church, Suffolk by Cameron Self on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
‘I was born at Blunderstone, in Suffolk, or “thereby” as they say in Scotland. I was a posthumous child. My father’s eyes had closed upon the light of this world six months when mine opened on it. There is something strange to me even now, in the reflection that he never saw me; and something stranger yet is the shadowy remembrance that I have of my first childish associations with his white grave-stone in the churchyard, and the indefinable compassion I used to feel for it lying out alone there in the dark night, when our little parlour was warm and bright with fire and candle, and the doors of our house - were almost cruelly, it seemed to me sometimes - bolted and locked against it.’

‘David Copperfield’ by Charles Dickens

Permalink | 8 notes | August 30, 2011 | #blunderston | #blunderstone | #suffolk | #literary suffolk | #david copperfield | #charles dickens | #novel | #english literature | #british literature | #literary landmarks | #europe 
untitled by kellymayphoto on Flickr.The statue of Juliet in the courtyard of the Casa di Giulietta. It is said to be good luck of you place your hand on her breast!

untitled by kellymayphoto on Flickr.

The statue of Juliet in the courtyard of the Casa di Giulietta. It is said to be good luck of you place your hand on her breast!

Permalink | 16 notes | August 15, 2011 | #italy | #verona | #europe | #romeo and juliet | #juliet capulet | #romeo montague | #shakespeare | #william shakespeare | #literature | #english literature | #plays | #literary landmarks 
Love in Verona, Italy by kellymayphoto on Flickr.Lover’s graffiti on the walls of the Casa di Giulietta in Verona, Italy.

Love in Verona, Italy by kellymayphoto on Flickr.

Lover’s graffiti on the walls of the Casa di Giulietta in Verona, Italy.

Permalink | 5 notes | August 15, 2011 | #italy | #verona | #europe | #romeo and juliet | #william shakespeare | #shakespeare | #literature | #plays | #playwrights | #english literature | #classic literature | #literary landmarks | #travel | #europe 
Juliet’s Balcony, Verona by spencer77 on Flickr.
Juliet’s balcony in Verona, Italy.

Juliet’s Balcony, Verona by spencer77 on Flickr.

Juliet’s balcony in Verona, Italy.

Permalink | 13 notes | August 15, 2011 | #verona | #italy | #romeo and juliet | #english literature | #literature | #shakespeare | #literary landmarks | #juliet capulet | #romeo montague | #literary landmarks | #places to visit | #europe | #uk | #william shakespeare 
Bran (Dracula’s) Castle by P•A•U•L | Photography on Flickr.Bran Castle, infamous for being the home of Dracula! Just be sure to go there when it’s sunny.

Bran (Dracula’s) Castle by P•A•U•L | Photography on Flickr.

Bran Castle, infamous for being the home of Dracula! Just be sure to go there when it’s sunny.

Permalink | 50 notes | August 12, 2011 | #bran castle | #dracula | #literature | #famous literature | #classic literature | #dracula's castle | #literary landmarks | #landmarks | #castles | #europe | #eastern europe | #romania | #romanian castles 
Helsingore Castle - Elsinore Castle - Helsingor Denmark - Hamlets Castle - Kronberg Castle by litlesam on Flickr.Castle Elsinore. Watch out for Hamlet’s ghost!

Helsingore Castle - Elsinore Castle - Helsingor Denmark - Hamlets Castle - Kronberg Castle by litlesam on Flickr.

Castle Elsinore. Watch out for Hamlet’s ghost!

Permalink | 26 notes | August 8, 2011 | #castle elsinore | #elsinore | #denmark | #copenhagen | #hamlet | #shakespeare | #william shakespeare | #literature | #english literature | #british literature | #great literature | #uk | #great britain | #europe | #western europe | #castles 
Verona at Night.
Verona di sera by ste.it on Flickr.

Verona at Night.

Verona di sera by ste.it on Flickr.

Permalink | 5 notes | July 25, 2011 | #literature, | #adige river | #europe | #italy | #landscapes | #river adige | #rivers | #romeo and juliet | #shakespeare | #verona | #western europe | #english literature 
Maienfeld, Switzerland, home to Johanna Spyri’s Heidi.
Photo from Wikipedia.

Maienfeld, Switzerland, home to Johanna Spyri’s Heidi.

Photo from Wikipedia.

Permalink | 22 notes | July 20, 2011 | #heidi | #children's books | #childrens literature | #childhood | #kids | #europe | #literature | #books | #switzerland | #maienfeld | #tourist destinations | #travel | #landscapes | #landscape 
The River Liffey in Dublin, Ireland. Mentioned in many works, most notably James Joyce’s Ulysses and Finnegan’s Wake.

The River Liffey in Dublin, Ireland. Mentioned in many works, most notably James Joyce’s Ulysses and Finnegan’s Wake.

Permalink | 10 notes | July 12, 2011 | #british literature | #dublin | #europe | #finnegans wake | #ireland | #irish literature | #james joyce | #liffey river | #literature | #river liffey | #ulysses | #western europe | #rivers | #water | #bridges 
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene.

In fair Verona, where we lay our scene.

Permalink | 10 notes | July 7, 2011 | #romeo and juliet | #romeo | #juliet | #shakespeare | #italy | #verona | #europe | #western europe