wrecktangled: Plaque on the Anderson Memorial Bridge over the Charles River in MA dedicated to Quentin Compson from The Sound and the Fury.
“QUENTIN COMPSON
Drowned in the odour of honeysuckle.
1891-1910”
wrecktangled: Plaque on the Anderson Memorial Bridge over the Charles River in MA dedicated to Quentin Compson from The Sound and the Fury.
“QUENTIN COMPSON
Drowned in the odour of honeysuckle.
1891-1910”
Café Tortoni, a coffeehouse in Buenos Aires, Argentina located at Avenida de Mayo 825. It was opened in 1858 by a French immigrant and named Tortoni after a Parisian cafe with the same name. Its decor was inspired by fin de siecle cafes and has been named one of the most beautiful cafes in the world. It was a popular haunt for Jorge Luis Borges and has been visited by Frederico Garcia Lorca as well.
Phone: 54-11-4342-4238 | Website
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Wilde’s House, Chelsea by avrenim_acceber on Flickr.
34 Tite Street, Oscar Wilde’s family home in Chelsea, London from 1884 until his arrest in 1895. When Wilde lived here, it was No. 16- the houses have since been renumbered.
Dr Johnson’s House - 17 Gough Square, City of London by ell brown on Flickr.
The home of Dr. Samuel Johnson. Johnson lived and worked here from 1748 to 1759, paying £30 for rent. It is also where he wrote A Dictionary of the English Language.
The house currently features exhibitions about Johnson’s life and work and a collection of period furniture, prints and portraits. It featured prominently in the 1946 Sherlock Holmes film Dressed to Kill.
Dr. Samuel Johnson’s house is open Monday through Saturday 11am- 5pm from October to April and Monday through Saturday 11am - 5.30pm from May to September. It is closed on Sundays and Bank Holidays.
Ernest Hemingway birthplace home (built 1890), 339 N. Oak Park Avenue, Oak Park, IL by lumierefl on Flickr.
The Ernest Hemingway Birthplace and Museum is open Sunday through Friday from 1pm-5pm and on Saturday from 10am-5pm.
Hungry for a literary snack? Why not stroll down to the Bourgeois Pig Cafe in Chicago? Easily accessibly by both car and public transportation from the Fullerton El Stop, the Bourgeois Pig Cafe offers delicious sandwiches named after great works of literature ranging from Shakespeare to Walt Whitman. Signature sandwiches include The Great Gatsby and The Sun Also Rises, which was named one of the “Top 104 Dishes in the City” by Chicago Magazine in Nov. 2007.
Photos courtesy of the Bourgeois Pig.
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Herman Melville in Albany by Literary Tourist on Flickr.
