French illustrator, etcher, lithographer, caricaturist, and novelist Albert Robida died #OTD in 1926.
He was an early pioneer of science fiction and founding father of science fiction art. He edited and published La Caricature magazine for 12 years. Through the 1880s, he wrote an acclaimed trilogy of futuristic novels. In the 1900s he created 520 illustrations for Pierre Giffard's weekly serial La Guerre Infernale.
Albert Robida at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1043
#OTD in 1915.
Leonid Andreyev's play He Who Gets Slapped premieres at the Moscow Art Theatre. While well-liked by the public, critical reaction to the work was initially negative in Russia.
Books by Leonid Andreyev at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1871
The Ebook of The Inverted Glass is now available for purchase! This is the fifth and final volume of my science-fantasy series, The Wizard's Scion.
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#OTD in 1893.
Finley Peter Dunne introduces the fictional character Mr. Dooley in the Chicago Evening Post.
Dunne's essays contain the bartender's commentary on various topics (often national or international affairs). They became extremely popular during the 1898 Spanish–American War and remained so afterwards; they are collected in several books.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Dooley
Books by Finley Peter Dunne at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1559
"Anyone who is not shocked by quantum theory has not understood it."
Danish physicist Niels Bohr was born #OTD in 1885.
Bohr made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922. Bohr was also a philosopher and a promoter of scientific research.
The Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen was inaugurated March 3, 1921, by Bohr.
Niels Bohr at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Niels+Bohr&submit_search=Go%21
English explorer, writer, photographer and naturalist Isabella Bird died #OTD in 1904.
Despite health problems in her youth, Bird became an avid traveler later in life. She authored several books about her travels: "The Hawaiian Archipelago," "Unbeaten Tracks in Japan," and "A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains." Bird was the first woman to be elected Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in 1892.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Bird
Isabella Bird at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/393
"Nothing, it is true, is more common than for both Science and Art to pay homage to the spirit of the age, and for creative taste to accept the law of critical taste."
Letter 8 - On the Aesthetic Education of Man (1794)
~Friedrich Schiller
So, I showed up to my book launch at the literary festival today. Telling Greek and Roman myths, appropriately dressed because why not :)
Then I was told 3 minutes before stage time that... my #mythology book is not being sold at the festival.
Because... by Hungarian law, you can't sell #lgbtq content within 200 meters of a school.
So 8pm, at an adult literary event, I couldn't actually sign. Greek mythology. Because there is a school building nearby.
16 Great Sculptors Who Changed the History of Art, from Michelangelo to Rodin
From the ancient Greeks to 20th-century Modernists, this look at 16 famous sculptors is a timeline of the development of Western art.
By Jessica Stewart via @mymodernmet
https://mymodernmet.com/famous-sculptors-art-history/
About sculptures at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=sculpture&submit_search=Go%21
A tribute to some pioneer women translators
By Marie Lebert via @AUSIT_TI
American physician, poet, and polymath Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. died #OTD in 1894.
Grouped among the fireside poets, he was acclaimed by his peers as one of the best writers of the day. His most famous prose works are the "Breakfast-Table" series, which began with The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table (1858). In addition to his work as an author and poet, he also served as a physician, professor, lecturer and inventor.
Oliver Wendell Holmes at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/387
#OTD in 1892.
Ida B. Wells began publishing her research on lynching in the United States, for which she was posthumously awarded a Pulitzer Prize special citation, in 2020.
American author Elizabeth Prentiss was born #OTD in 1818.
She is well known for her hymn "More Love to Thee, O Christ" and the didactic story Stepping Heavenward (1869).
Books by Elizabeth Prentiss at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/948
Hi Mate,
What really happened to Harry The Prince of Sussex.
His book rolled out SPARE here is the Book Review.
He was facing a lot. @StillIRise1963 @gutenberg_org
https://youtu.be/-b_BqdiHzes?si=uD2JRaHLYDbxWgL3
#prince #books #book #spare #podcast #review
#OTD in 1798.
Elizabeth Inchbald's Lovers' Vows (adapted from Kotzebue's Das Kind der Liebe – 1780; literally "Love Child," or "Natural Son," as it is often translated) is first performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London.
It was likewise successful as a print publication, though it also aroused controversy about its "levelling" politics and moral ambiguity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovers%27_Vows
Lovers' Vows at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4554
Top 50 Masterpieces of Medieval Literature
Unlock the rich and diverse world of medieval literature with our list of 50 masterpieces. From epic tales of heroism to timeless romances and spiritual writings, these works from the Middle Ages have shaped cultures and influenced storytelling traditions for centuries.
via @medievalists
https://www.medievalists.net/2024/09/top-50-masterpieces-of-medieval-literature/
It’s spooky season. If you want something creepy, funny, and romantic, filled with poetic language, check out the Wisconsin Gothic series! Also contains:
* a guy who talks to ghosts
* demons
* a library that researches you even as you do research within it
* compost zombies
* Shakespeare jokes
* spiders
* the 1960s
Book 3 is out today!
Book 1: https://books2read.com/u/49dN1p
Book 2: https://books2read.com/u/4jB8jl
Book 3: https://books2read.com/u/mg68Xz
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German astronomer Wilhelm Olbers was born #OTD in 1758.
He found a convenient method of calculating the orbit of comets, and in 1802 & 1807, discovered the second and the fourth asteroids Pallas and Vesta. As the word "asteroid" was not yet coined, the literature of the time referred to these minor planets as planets in their own right. He proposed that the asteroid belt, where these objects lay, was the remnants of a planet that had been destroyed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Wilhelm_Matthias_Olbers
Zelda Fitzgerald on F. Scott’s Writing
Zelda’s satirical review of F. Scott’s second novel, The Beautiful and the Damned, revealed much more than her wit.
By: Emily Zarevich via @JSTOR_Daily
https://daily.jstor.org/zelda-fitzgerald-on-f-scotts-writing/
The Beautiful and the Damned at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9830
#OTD in 1912.
The first issue of Simbolul is put out in Bucharest by Marcel Janco, Tristan Tzara and Ion Vinea. the journal was a late representative of international Symbolism & the Romanian Symbolist movement.
Tristan Tzara at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/48499
#OTD in 1923.
A production of Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus at The Old Vic, directed by Robert Atkins, is the first in London since 1857. It is also the first to restore the full original text since the playwright's time.
It is often seen as his attempt to emulate the violent & bloody revenge plays of his contemporaries, which were extremely popular with audiences throughout the 16th century.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus_Andronicus
Titus Andronicus at PG
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/1507
Irish novelist Edith Somerville died #OTD in 1949.
She wrote in collaboration with her cousin "Martin Ross" (Violet Martin) under the pseudonym "Somerville and Ross". Together they published a series of fourteen stories and novels, the most popular of which were The Real Charlotte, published in 1894, and Some Experiences of an Irish R. M., published in 1899.
Books by E. Œ. Somerville at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/5334
English philosopher and women's rights advocate Harriet Taylor Mill was born #OTD in 1807.
She is considered to have been a key contributor to many of John Stuart Mill’s most famous works, particularly "On Liberty" (1859) & "The Subjection of Women" (1869). Some of her own writings, such as her essay "The Enfranchisement of Women" (1851), argued for women's equality and their right to vote.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Taylor_Mill
Books by Harriet Taylor Mill at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73404
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