Known primarily as a playwright, Lillian Hellman (1905 – 1984) also wrote memoirs – An Unfinished Woman (1969), Pentimento: A Book of Portraits (1973) and Scoundrel Time (1976). And a novel – Maybe: A Story (1980).
Humans see patterns in everything, whether patterns are actually there or not. So, if you tend to read a bunch of books at once, like I do sometimes, patterns will emerge. You’ll start to see trends, conversations, and threads through some of the different books you’re reading. Sometimes pulling at these threads can reveal real substance, interesting connections between disparate works. Sometimes, well, sometimes we see the face of Jesus in a piece of toast.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s (1859 – 1930) fictional detective Sherlock Holmes first appeared in 1887 in the novel A Study in Scarlet. In total he wrote four novels and 56 short stories. It didn’t take long for movie producers to find the Sherlock Holmes stories perfect for adaptation to the silver screen.
Edith Newbold Jones Wharton (1862 – 1937) was born in New York City to a wealthy and socially prominent American family. Her mother Lucretia Rhinelander was the great-granddaughter of the heroic Revolutionary War General Ebenezer Stevens and her father’s cousin was Caroline Schermerhorn Astor, who was simply knows as THE Mrs. Astor and whose son John Jacob Astor IV perished on the Titanic (1912).
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If you've been on the internet, and especially if you follow a lot of book people on Twitter, you've probably seen the phrase "October is the New December" or #IndiesEarly or read a thread asking you to do your holiday shopping as early as possible this year.
Hello Bibliophiles.
