The Modern Libraryさんのイラストまとめ

Hans Christian Andersen, born April 2, 1805.

Things Found While Looking for Other Things

[We recall that the Jane Eyre adaptation was especially thrilling.]

Tennessee Williams, Great American Playwright (capital G, capital A, capital P), born March 26, 1911.

"Nothing human disgusts me unless it's unkind, violent."

Greetings from NYC.

We were hoping that today might be Hans Christian Andersen's or Edmund Dulac's birthday, but it's not.

And yet:

Sorry.

We missed Harry Rountree's birthday—possibly because no one seems quite sure when it is—but his are the only other Alice illustrations we've ever taken a shine to.

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

Gibbon said that, right?

Happy book birthday to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, first published on January 28, 1813.