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Illustrations (1906) by Henrique Alvim Corrêa for The War of the Worlds by H.G Wells. Brazillian artist.

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2020-09-25

Fouquier-Tinville: Purveyor to the Guillotine - Fouquier-Tinville was born Antoine Quentin Fouquier de Tinville and became a French public prosecutor who, because of his zeal during ... https://t.co/JJM3CZBA9T

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2020-09-21

Illustrations from The Nursery Alice (1889), a shortened version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. It contained coloured enlargements of John Tenniel's illustrations.

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2020-09-11

A true gem blending uplifting text with lovely illustrations. Readers will want their own "comfortable cup of liquid dreams." https://t.co/cGFmmLjUT9

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2020-08-28

Illustration from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (originally published in 1813). The artist is Arthur Wallis Mills (GB, 1878-1940). “I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.”

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2020-08-28

💟 Listen to the sounds around you ...🍃 Readers will love this sweet poem ‘The Little Bottle of Silence' by Chrissie Gittins 📝 and illustrated by 🎨 in current August 2020 Issue 📚

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2020-08-14

I am lost to his cold touch.
I love him way too much.
He comes with the night.
An otherworldly sight.
PREY FOR THE DEAD


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2020-07-11

Illustration by Thomas Rowlandson (England, 1756-1827), for the frontispiece of 'The English Dance of Death' by William Combe (1815). To get you in a weekend mood.

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2020-06-20

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (1844) [My current read]. Illustrations by artists, Pierre-Gustave Staal & Jean-Adolphe Beaucé [1888]. “How did I escape? With difficulty. How did I plan this moment? With pleasure.”

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2020-06-12

Female Prisoners at Newgate and Elizabeth Fry - There were many female prisoners at Newgate during the 1700 and 1800s. Part of the reason why is that the living standards for rural women ... https://t.co/gEB3j9TzLE

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2020-05-23