Museum unveils Bronte’s teeny tiny early work
A manuscript by British author Charlotte Brontë that fits comfortably into the palm of a hand that fetched 691,000 pounds ($1.1 million) at a Sotheby’s auction in December, more than twice the upper estimate, went on display this week.
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Modernist author Katherine Mansfield.
I found out about this woman when I read her review, “E. M. Forster never gets any further than warming the teapot. He’s a rare fine hand at that. Feel this teapot. Is it not beautifully warm? Yes, but there ain’t going to be no tea.”
I mean, who wouldn’t be interested in a woman who uses the phrase “there ain’t going to be no tea” in a piece of literary criticism?
I can just imagine her thinking about E. M. Forster and his teapot in this picture.
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Sarah Bernhardt in Racine’s Athalie.
Sorry for the gross watermarks, but I had to post this amazing picture. I’ve been rather interested in this play as of late (often called the best work of French drama, and called the highest achievement of the human mind by Voltaire) simply because it’s the first place I’ve seen my grandmother’s name.
I just find it strange that this name (refering to an old testament Athaliah) made its way into the minds of rural farmers in 1920’s Texas, because I highly doubt they were reading plays by Jean Racine.
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Katherine Mansfield (2nd from right) with her siblings in their production of Tom Thumb.
NEW ZEALAND BABIES!!! That sassy one at the bottom looks like their going to club someone though…
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Sarah Bernhardt as Cleopatra (c. 1891) by Napoleon Sarony
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French Actress Sarah Bernhardt.
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So, TheVictorianLady/Courtney made this picture for me of my face on Auguste Vacquerie’s face. Is it just fantastic?~
I love the picture because it makes me look like 1) I’m Bros with Hugo and 2) I’m doing the “Hugo” pose.
That he literally does in almost every photo he is in.Anyway, enjoy my face.
Yep, I totally made this. With all these beastly photoshop skills I should really go into graphic design. LOLZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.
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