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Louisa May Alcott died March 6, 1888

https://americanliterature.com/author/louisa-may-alcott

#louisa may alcott #american literature

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Ansel Adams born today in 1902

Robert Frost: "How often already you've had to be told, Keep cold, young orchard. Good-bye and keep cold. Dread fifty above more than fifty below." https://americanliterature.com/author/robert-frost/poem/good-bye-and-keep-cold

#ansel adams #photography #robert frost #american literature #nature poetry

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Love Poems for Valentines Days

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways..." https://americanliterature.com/author/elizabeth-barrett-browning/poem/how-do-i-love-thee

#love poems #valentines #valentines day #poetry #elizabeth barrett browning

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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

"'Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,’ he told me, ‘just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had."' https://americanliterature.com/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/book/the-great-gatsby/summary

#the great gatsby #american literature #f. scott fitzgerald #american novels #best quotes

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Shirt Collar invented today in 1825. What?

Ever seen a detachable shirt collar? Invented today in 1825. Enjoy this Hans Christian Andersen story bringing its plight to life. https://americanliterature.com/author/hans-christian-andersen/short-story/the-shirt-collar

#shirt collar #hans christian andersen #short story of the day

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Hemingway's story "The Three Day Blow"

Hemingway: There was a big fire in the fireplace. The wind made it roar. Bill shut the door. "Have a drink?" He went out to the kitchen, came back with two glasses and a pitcher of water. Nick reached the whisky bottle from the shelf above the fireplace." https://americanliterature.com/author/ernest-hemingway/short-story/the-three-day-blow

#storyoftheday #ernest hemingway #american literature

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Happy Groundhog Day!

Enjoy Grimm's twist on Aesop's classic fable "The Tortoise and the Hare" in which a hedgehog commits a false act, to the hare's demise. https://americanliterature.com/author/the-brothers-grimm/fairy-tale/the-hare-and-the-hedgehog

#grimm #storyoftheday #groundhog day #hedgehog

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Ernest Hemingway "Cat in the Rain"

Hemingway: "A cat?" the maid laughed. "A cat in the rain?" "Yes," she said, "under the table." Then, "Oh, I wanted it so much. I wanted a kitty." https://americanliterature.com/author/ernest-hemingway/short-story/cat-in-the-rain

#ernest hemingway #short story of the day

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Mozart born January 27, 1756

“The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between.” Johannes Chrysostemus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart—what a burden to be put upon a baby's tiny shoulders!

#wolfgang amadeus mozart #mozart #classical music

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Virginia Woolf, born today in 1882

"Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself." https://americanliterature.com/author/virginia-woolf/book/mrs-dalloway/summary

#mrs. dalloway #virginia woolf #Virginia woolf mrs dalloway

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Hemingway's "In Our Time" stories

Hemingway: "There's nothing really can touch skiing, is there?" Nick said. "The way it feels when you first drop off on a long run." "Huh," said George. "It's too swell to talk about." https://americanliterature.com/author/ernest-hemingway/short-story/cross-country-snow

#hemingwayquotes #ernest hemingway #american literature #short story of the day

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Edgar Allan Poe, born today in 1809

The Fall of the House of Usher: "There was an iciness, a sinking, a sickening of the heart—an unredeemed dreariness of thought which no goading of the imagination could torture into aught of the sublime." https://americanliterature.com/author/edgar-allan-poe/short-story/the-fall-of-the-house-of-usher

#the fall of the house of usher #edgar allan poe #gothic literature #american literature #short story of the day

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Tilting at Windmills

#don quixote #miguel de cervantes #tilting at windmills

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The Hour and the Man

Robert Barr: "Your sentence is that on the fifteenth of January you shall be taken from your cell at four o'clock, conducted to the room of execution, and there beheaded." https://americanliterature.com/author/robert-barr/short-story/the-hour-and-the-man

#robert barr #short story of the day

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Philip K. Dick's Tony and the Beetles

#philip k dick #science fiction #dystopianfiction #american literature

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Isaac Asimov (I, Robot) born today in 1920

Isaac Asimov brought his passion for science to literature (his work spanned most of the dewey decimal system), born today in 1920 https://americanliterature.com/author/isaac-asimov

#isaacasimov #american literature #science fiction #sci fi & fantasy #irobot

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J.D. Salinger born today in 1919

J.D. Salinger: "What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it." -- born today in 1919 https://americanliterature.com/author/jd-salinger

#jd salinger #american literature #the catcher in the rye #american novels #great read