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<p>Yay! <a href="/tags/virtualjanecon/" rel="tag">#VirtualJaneCon</a> is here! If you don't want to hang out with me for 30 minutes talking about Austen merch, I provided a quick bullet point of my presentation. </p><p>Read more here 👉🏻 <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/excessivelydiverting/p/austen-brontes-issue-33-virtual-jane-con?r=1ep55&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOn#virtualjane" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="open.substack.com/pub/excessivelydiverting/p/austen-brontes-issue-33-virtual-jane-con?r=1ep55&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOn#virtualjane"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/excessiv</span><span class="invisible">elydiverting/p/austen-brontes-issue-33-virtual-jane-con?r=1ep55&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOn#virtualjane</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/amreading/" rel="tag">#AmReading</a> <a href="/tags/amwriting/" rel="tag">#AmWriting</a> @bookstodon <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#ReadingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/regency/" rel="tag">#Regency</a> <a href="/tags/georgian/" rel="tag">#Georgian</a> <a href="/tags/janeausten/" rel="tag">#JaneAusten</a> @romancelandia</p>
<p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/biography/" rel="tag">#biography</a> 5 of 5 stars for Audrey Hepburn: A Life of Beautiful Uncertainty by Tom Santopietro. A wonderful view of an amazing talent and advocate for children everywhere. Audrey turned the adversity of her early life into showing the world what a full life could be. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/137454776-audrey-hepburn?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=2YRZu31jaI&rank=1" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.goodreads.com/book/show/137454776-audrey-hepburn?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=2YRZu31jaI&rank=1"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.goodreads.com/book/show/13</span><span class="invisible">7454776-audrey-hepburn?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=2YRZu31jaI&rank=1</span></a></p>
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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1856 playwright George Bernard Shaw was born.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Bernard_Shaw" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Bernard_Shaw"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_B</span><span class="invisible">ernard_Shaw</span></a></p><p>George Bernard Shaw books at PG</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/467" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/467"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/467</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/plays/" rel="tag">#plays</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>
<p>Here is a list of upcoming <a href="/tags/janeausten/" rel="tag">#JaneAusten</a> and the Brontës virtual events scheduled for the next few months. There is a lot here from book clubs to movie nights and everything in between. Check the event websites for more information, including time, cost, and registration details.</p><p>👉🏻 <a href="https://excessivelydiverting.substack.com/p/austen-bronte-issue-34-upcoming-virtual-events-for-summer-fall-2025" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="excessivelydiverting.substack.com/p/austen-bronte-issue-34-upcoming-virtual-events-for-summer-fall-2025"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">excessivelydiverting.substack.</span><span class="invisible">com/p/austen-bronte-issue-34-upcoming-virtual-events-for-summer-fall-2025</span></a></p><p> <a href="/tags/amreading/" rel="tag">#AmReading</a> <a href="/tags/amwriting/" rel="tag">#AmWriting</a> @bookstodon <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <br><a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#ReadingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/regency/" rel="tag">#Regency</a> <a href="/tags/georgian/" rel="tag">#Georgian</a> <a href="/tags/emilybronte/" rel="tag">#EmilyBronte</a> <a href="/tags/charlottebronte/" rel="tag">#CharlotteBronte</a> <a href="/tags/annebronte/" rel="tag">#AnneBronte</a> @romancelandia</p>
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<p>finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&q=https://reviewdb.app/book/7XJROmBNujm2wzcedzSCdv" rel="nofollow">Sleeping Giants</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑 <br>by Sylvain Neuval.</p><p>An alien artifact triggers a race to harness its immense power. Told mostly via interview transcripts, which kinda works (I liked how the interviewer gradually becomes more of a protagonist, and more invested in the interviewees) but doesn't do justice to the action sequences. Smoking Man X-Files vibes.</p><p><a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#SFF</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#SciFi</a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://aus.social/@wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>WildWoila</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://wyrms.de/user/wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wildwoila@wyrms.de</span></a></span><br></p>
<p>Queer Romance Club July selection - Don’t Want You Like a Best Friend by Emma Alban</p><p>Aka More Than a Best Friend.</p><p>***</p><p>A swoon-worthy debut queer Victorian romance in which two debutantes distract themselves from having to seek husbands by setting up their widowed parents, and instead find their perfect match in each other—the lesbian Bridgerton you never knew you needed!</p><p>***</p><p>QRC is open to all, read at your own pace over the month and post about it under the <a href="/tags/queerromanceclub/" rel="tag">#QueerRomanceClub</a> and @queerromanceclub tags.</p><p>No rules: let’s hear reactions, theories, reviews, favourite quotes etc, any time throughout the month or indeed whenever you happen to read it 😊 CW for spoilers appreciated.</p><p>More about the club here:<br><a href="https://mastodon.au/@wendypalmer/113144943004145104" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.au/@wendypalmer/113144943004145104"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.au/@wendypalmer/11314</span><span class="invisible">4943004145104</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> @lgbtqbookstodon <a href="/tags/lesbianromance/" rel="tag">#LesbianRomance</a> <a href="/tags/historical/" rel="tag">#historical</a></p>
<p>What Is an Artist According to Sigmund Freud?</p><p>According to Freud, artists have a unique quality of sublimating their desires into creative fantasies and sharing them with their audience.</p><p>by Anastasiia Kirpalov</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/what-is-artist-according-sigmund-freud/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/what-is-artist-according-sigmund-freud/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/what-is-a</span><span class="invisible">rtist-according-sigmund-freud/</span></a></p><p>Books about Freud -- Views on art at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/10788" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/10788"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/10788</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#Art</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a></p>
<p>Strings Attached: Helen Haiman Joseph’s A Book of Marionettes (1920)</p><p><a href="https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/book-of-marionettes/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="publicdomainreview.org/collection/book-of-marionettes/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">publicdomainreview.org/collect</span><span class="invisible">ion/book-of-marionettes/</span></a></p><p>"A Book of Marionettes" at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66391" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66391</a></p><p>Dryad and Two Fauns from the book</p><p><a href="/tags/marionette/" rel="tag">#marionette</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>
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<p>To celebrate Jane Austen's 250th, Austen Connection is hosting an Austen read-along all year long. They are currently in the midst of “Mansfield Park!” For the full schedule, go to <a href="https://austenconnection.substack.com/p/the-great-jane-austen-read-along" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="austenconnection.substack.com/p/the-great-jane-austen-read-along"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">austenconnection.substack.com/</span><span class="invisible">p/the-great-jane-austen-read-along</span></a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/amreading/" rel="tag">#AmReading</a> <a href="/tags/amwriting/" rel="tag">#AmWriting</a> @bookstodon <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#ReadingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/regency/" rel="tag">#Regency</a> <a href="/tags/georgian/" rel="tag">#Georgian</a> <a href="/tags/janeausten/" rel="tag">#JaneAusten</a> @romancelandia</p>
<p>From scattered traces</p><p>How the ideas circulating among one noblewoman’s coterie in 16th-century Dubrovnik anticipated modern feminist thought</p><p>By Luka Boršić</p><p><a href="https://aeon.co/essays/meet-the-proto-feminist-thinkers-of-16th-century-dubrovnik?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=b5e9ca5cd0-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_07_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="aeon.co/essays/meet-the-proto-feminist-thinkers-of-16th-century-dubrovnik?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=b5e9ca5cd0-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_07_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aeon.co/essays/meet-the-proto-</span><span class="invisible">feminist-thinkers-of-16th-century-dubrovnik?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=b5e9ca5cd0-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_07_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972</span></a></p><p>Croatian literature at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=croatian+literature" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=croatian+literature"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=croatian+literature</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/philosophy/" rel="tag">#Philosophy</a></p>
<p>Feersum Endjinn by Iain M. Banks</p><p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12015.Feersum_Endjinn" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.goodreads.com/book/show/12015.Feersum_Endjinn"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.goodreads.com/book/show/12</span><span class="invisible">015.Feersum_Endjinn</span></a></p><p>1 of thi moust entataynink syfy reeds ov ol, hooj recomindayshn :)</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/amreading/" rel="tag">#amreading</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/kindle/" rel="tag">#kindle</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/booktoot/" rel="tag">#booktoot</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/knihy/" rel="tag">#knihy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> @bookstodon @scifi @knihy</p>
<p>Explore an Online Archive of 2,100+ Rare Illustrations from Charles Dickens’ Novels </p><p>via <span class="h-card"><a href="https://toot.community/@openculture" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>openculture</span></a></span> (from the archives)</p><p><a href="https://www.openculture.com/2024/12/explore-an-online-archive-of-2100-rare-illustrations-from-charles-dickens-novels.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.openculture.com/2024/12/explore-an-online-archive-of-2100-rare-illustrations-from-charles-dickens-novels.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.openculture.com/2024/12/ex</span><span class="invisible">plore-an-online-archive-of-2100-rare-illustrations-from-charles-dickens-novels.html</span></a></p><p>Charles Dickens books illustrations are available to download for free here:<br><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=charles+dickens+books+Illustrations&title=Special%3AMediaSearch&type=image" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=charles+dickens+books+Illustrations&title=Special%3AMediaSearch&type=image"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.</span><span class="invisible">php?search=charles+dickens+books+Illustrations&title=Special%3AMediaSearch&type=image</span></a></p><p>Charles Dickens at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/37" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/37"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/37</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#Art</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a> <a href="/tags/bookillustration/" rel="tag">#bookillustration</a></p>
<p>150 years of the bizarre Hans Christian Andersen</p><p>His oddball stories were driven by his outsider status and strange appearance.</p><p>By Frances Wilson</p><p><a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/book-of-the-day/2025/07/150-years-of-the-bizarre-hans-christian-andersen" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/book-of-the-day/2025/07/150-years-of-the-bizarre-hans-christian-andersen"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.newstatesman.com/culture/b</span><span class="invisible">ooks/book-of-the-day/2025/07/150-years-of-the-bizarre-hans-christian-andersen</span></a></p><p>Hans Christian Andersen at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2298" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2298"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/2298</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a> <a href="/tags/literarycriticism/" rel="tag">#literarycriticism</a></p>
<p>ALT Book Fringe 2025<br>4–29 August, Edinburgh</p><p>Entirely run & curated by three of Scotland’s leading indie bookshops – Argonaut Books, Lighthouse – Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop, & Typewronger – ALT Book Fringe is a free, alternative August literary festival</p><p><a href="https://www.lighthousebookshop.com/events/book-fringe-2025-alt-edition-returns" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.lighthousebookshop.com/events/book-fringe-2025-alt-edition-returns"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.lighthousebookshop.com/eve</span><span class="invisible">nts/book-fringe-2025-alt-edition-returns</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/edinburgh/" rel="tag">#Edinburgh</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookfestival/" rel="tag">#bookfestival</a></p>
<p>finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&q=https://reviewdb.app/book/6lMRfaFP54ZHHjtprjY6nR" rel="nofollow">Question 7</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗 <br>by Richard Flanagan.</p><p>An exploration of life & death, love & fate, encompassing everything from his family history to HG Wells and the development of the atomic bomb. Damn he can write! The description of his near-death experience is mesmerising. Didn't fully come together for me, but suspect it will benefit from a revisit.</p><p><a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://aus.social/@wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>WildWoila</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://wyrms.de/user/wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wildwoila@wyrms.de</span></a></span><br></p>
<p>📚 The Boy on The Bridge by: M. R. Carey </p><p>One exceptional clever boy journeys into the ashes of society to find the cure for a devastating plague in a riveting post-apocalyptic world, a land blighted by terror.</p><p>The people thought the boy could save them, so they opened their gates and sent him out...</p><p>To where the monsters lived.</p><p>From the author of USA Today bestsell...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-boy-on-the-bridge" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/the-boy-on-the-bridge"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/the-boy-on</span><span class="invisible">-the-bridge</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a> <a href="/tags/subjects/" rel="tag">#subjects</a></p>
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<p>A well-thought-out piece on Austen, her influence, and where to start reading her works. The author is cognizant that where to start with Austen is super subjective so she breaks down what book you should read and why. </p><p>[Gift link] <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/article/jane-austen-books.html?unlocked_article_code=1.aE8.UNBI.9PUoDXstXstI&smid=url-share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/article/jane-austen-books.html?unlocked_article_code=1.aE8.UNBI.9PUoDXstXstI&smid=url-share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/article/jane-a</span><span class="invisible">usten-books.html?unlocked_article_code=1.aE8.UNBI.9PUoDXstXstI&smid=url-share</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/amreading/" rel="tag">#AmReading</a> <a href="/tags/amwriting/" rel="tag">#AmWriting</a> @bookstodon <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#ReadingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/regency/" rel="tag">#Regency</a> <a href="/tags/georgian/" rel="tag">#Georgian</a> <a href="/tags/janeausten/" rel="tag">#JaneAusten</a> @romancelandia</p>
<p>Christiaan Huygens and the Scientific Secrets of Saturn</p><p>Seventeenth-century science was so competitive that Christiaan Huygens used a cipher to conceal his Saturn observations when sharing them with interlocutors.</p><p>By: Danny Robb </p><p><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/christiaan-huygens-and-the-scientific-secrets-of-saturn/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daily.jstor.org/christiaan-huygens-and-the-scientific-secrets-of-saturn/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daily.jstor.org/christiaan-huy</span><span class="invisible">gens-and-the-scientific-secrets-of-saturn/</span></a></p><p>Christiaan Huygens at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/5648" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/5648"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/5648</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/astronomy/" rel="tag">#Astronomy</a></p>
<p>Whatever Happened to London’s “Little America”?</p><p>Since the time of John Adams, the first US Ambassador to the Court of St. James, Grosvenor Square has been the locus of the American government in Britain.</p><p>By: Matthew Wills </p><p><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/whatever-happened-to-londons-little-america/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daily.jstor.org/whatever-happened-to-londons-little-america/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daily.jstor.org/whatever-happe</span><span class="invisible">ned-to-londons-little-america/</span></a></p><p>John Adams at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/4660" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/4660"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/4660</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a></p>
<p>Reading deeper into Virginia Woolf’s vicious diary entry</p><p>Maggie Humm says the author’s recollection of encountering a group of learning-disabled people is surely a defence mechanism and projection</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jul/27/reading-deeper-into-virginia-woolfs-vicious-diary-entry" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jul/27/reading-deeper-into-virginia-woolfs-vicious-diary-entry"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/books/2025</span><span class="invisible">/jul/27/reading-deeper-into-virginia-woolfs-vicious-diary-entry</span></a></p><p>Virginia Woolf at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/89" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/89"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/89</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a> <a href="/tags/biography/" rel="tag">#Biography</a></p>
![Photograph of Virginia Woolf with hand on face wearing a fur stole (10 x 15 centimeters).
This particular photograph is simply described as "Woolf Virginia [1927]". The verso of the photograph bears no mention allowing an identification of the photographer, but simply indicates - faintly pencilled - the portrait has been made in London.
The photograph was, according to the Smith College Library's web site, "used for promotion" by Harcourt Brace, the publisher of the American version of To the Lighthouse in 1927. In Virginia Woolf Icon (University of Chicago Press, 1999), Brenda Silver describes the photograph as an "(unidentified) studio photograph" and comments it "appear[ed] in in an number of Harcourt Brace ads and articles about Woolf and/or her works in the States during the late 1920s ans the 1930s" (p. 132).
It was in particular published with no copyright notice in a review of the book published by The New York Times on May 8, 1927 and another review published by The Bookshelf Review in June 1927. The photograph was exhibited in the show Virginia Woolf: Art, Life and Vision at the National Portrait Gallery in London in 2014 with the following caption : "by Unknown photographer, 1927. Courtesy of the Mortimer Rare Book Room, Neilson Library, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Woolf#/media/File:Virginia_Woolf_1927.jpg](/proxy/post_attachment/782040/218a299813.jpg "Photograph of Virginia Woolf with hand on face wearing a fur stole (10 x 15 centimeters).
This particular photograph is simply described as \"Woolf Virginia [1927]\". The verso of the photograph bears no mention allowing an identification of the photographer, but simply indicates - faintly pencilled - the portrait has been made in London.
The photograph was, according to the Smith College Library's web site, \"used for promotion\" by Harcourt Brace, the publisher of the American version of To the Lighthouse in 1927. In Virginia Woolf Icon (University of Chicago Press, 1999), Brenda Silver describes the photograph as an \"(unidentified) studio photograph\" and comments it \"appear[ed] in in an number of Harcourt Brace ads and articles about Woolf and/or her works in the States during the late 1920s ans the 1930s\" (p. 132).
It was in particular published with no copyright notice in a review of the book published by The New York Times on May 8, 1927 and another review published by The Bookshelf Review in June 1927. The photograph was exhibited in the show Virginia Woolf: Art, Life and Vision at the National Portrait Gallery in London in 2014 with the following caption : \"by Unknown photographer, 1927. Courtesy of the Mortimer Rare Book Room, Neilson Library, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts\".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Woolf#/media/File:Virginia_Woolf_1927.jpg")