#British novelists

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LYNNE REID BANKS (1929-Died April 4th 2024,at 94).British author of books for children and adults.Banks wrote forty-eight books, including the best-selling children's novel The Indian in the Cupboard, which has sold over 15 million copies and has been successfully adapted to film. Her first novel, The L-Shaped Room, published in 1960,was an instant and lasting best seller. It was later made into a movie of the same name and led to two sequels, The Backward Shadow and Two is Lonely. Banks also wrote a biography of the Brontë family, entitled Dark Quartet, and a sequel about Charlotte Brontë, Path to the Silent Country.Lynne Reid Banks - Wikipedia

#Lynne Reid Banks #British Novelists #British Children's Writers #English Novelists #English Children's Writers #Childrens Writers #The Indian in the Cupboard #The L-Shaped Room #Notable Deaths in April 2024 #Notable Deaths in 2024 #Children Authors

[monsieurenjlolras]

it's wild how much the concept of dementors was just lifted wholecloth from the spectres in His Dark Materials. JKR essentially changed the name and said "yeah that's good it's mine now"

#in case anyone was wondering #the subtle knife was published in '97 #prisoner of azkaban in '99 #so not only was pullman first #but it is highly likely she could have been reading Subtle Knife around the time she was writing PoA #especially considering she was an up and coming british fantasy novelist and pullman is another prominent british fantasy novelist so like #it would make sense to read your contemporaries #js #jkr hate #hdm #his dark materials #live from the musain

[vox-anglosphere]

A thoughtful study of Charles Dickens at the peak of his powers.

#Charles Dickens #British authors #Victorian Era #1812 - 1870 #English literature #A Tale of Two Cities #David Copperfield #UK #A Christmas Carol #Great Expectations #Bleak House #novelist

[theaskew]

The Waves, a novel by Virginia Woolf (London: Hogarth Press, 1931).

#novel #fiction #literature #literary work #20th century novel #20th century #20th century literature #British novel #British fiction #British literature #experimental novel #experimental fiction #Virginia Woolf #The Waves #contemporary novelist #female author #female novelist #female writer #book cover #book excerpt #literary fiction

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IBJUST NEED TO PASS THE EXAM I JUST NEED TONPASD PASSINGBIS ENOUGH I JUST NEED TO PASS I JUST NEED ZO TO IT NOTHING MATTERS NOTHING MATTERS MJOTHING MATTERS

#EXOLODING #british victorian modernist and postmodern novelists and poets DNI

[marryat92]

The conclusion of peace benefits everybody except an officer who has made one of the Services his profession. As with many a lieutenant at the end of the last war, Marryat’s prospect of further advancement in his chosen profession now became extremely slight.

The Navy was speedily and drastically reduced to peace strength, and there was no British Legion to represent the thousands who were thrown out of employment. In 1815 there were 99 ships of the line in commission, and 140,000 seamen. Two years later the peace establishment amounted to no more than 13 ships of the line, and 19,000 men. Ships which had led the van gloriously into battle were now ignominious hulks rotting in every creek in the kingdom; at the great ports hundreds of guns lay rusting on the quays; along the roads of England trudged disheartened sailors and soldiers, many of them already incapacitated for shore jobs by wounds received in the service of their country.

— Christopher Lloyd, Captain Marryat and the Old Navy

Detail from 'Waiting Room at the Admiralty': a print engraved by George Cruikshank after a sketch by Captain Marryat. Marryat can be seen leaning against the wall at left, with his hat in his hand.

#frederick marryat #captain marryat #age of sail #royal navy #napoleonic wars #1810s #naval history #military history #biography #george cruikshank #christopher lloyd #captain marryat and the old navy #british history #i love this likeness of marryat #'the conclusion of peace benefits everybody except an officer who has made one of the services his profession' #well now he's a traumatised novelist about to write some pretty violent books

[katnissgirlsmakedo]

the lost city 2022 THE best movie ever made. all other movies should kill themselves i’m so serious it’s so good it’s fucking unreal

#it’s got everything…. #adventure in a jungle. daniel radcliffe campy british villain. sandra bullock in a crazy glitter jumpsuit. #brad pitt dies in here. the whole point at the center of the story is love. channing tatum is here being funny #it’s about the metanarrative it’s about the bleed between life and art it’s about joy it’s about fun it’s about love #it’s a romance novelist who hates her books because she’s a historian and she perceives her fans as mindless idiots and the whole movie is #about her learning that her work brings people joy no matter how low brow and lame she thinks it is. and that joy and passion matters more #than any of her intellectual superiority complex because at the end of the day being human is about joy… #all while she’s traipsing through a jungle looking for an ancient tomb and a priceless artifact that the villain wants to steal because he #thinks it’s monetarily valuable but when she eventually does find it the artifact is just made of seashells and it was priceless because it #was given to its owner by her husband who loved her… the crown was never valuable because it was worth money it was valuable because it was #a symbol of this couple’s undying love… and it was hidden away in a secret tomb because it was something that only mattered to them because #love is invented by each pair of lovers every time over and over and over again across time and space…. #and it’s like no one even cares. #beth.txt #you bitches love to log on to tumblr dot org and say you love camp and schlock #and then you ignore the lost city 2022….. like it’s so lame you people are so fucking lame. get serious

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TankerTWEETland comix #1302 - "Quotes & more quotes...” (1/7/2023)

#webcomics #webcomic #comic #humour #humor #british #english #victorian era #novelist #writer #qoutes

[karinesauzedde]

Bill Armstrong (American, born 1952) Portrait of Mary Shelley, 2020 © Bill Armstrong – Courtesy Dolby Chadwick Gallery #billarmstrong #maryshelley #woman #literature #novelist #frankenstein #writer #writerscommunity #writersofinstagram #british #photography #fineart #red #color #colors #colorphotography #colorful #portrait #portraitphotography #portraitmood #portraiture #photo #photography #contemporaryphotography #visualartist #visualart #face #dress #blood #abstract @billarmstrongphoto @dolbychadwickgallery https://www.instagram.com/p/CmrqcbDrHu9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#billarmstrong #maryshelley #woman #literature #novelist #frankenstein #writer #writerscommunity #writersofinstagram #british #photography #fineart #red #color #colors #colorphotography #colorful #portrait #portraitphotography #portraitmood #portraiture #photo #contemporaryphotography #visualartist #visualart #face #dress #blood #abstract

[the-busy-ghost]

I will say it time and time again, even if Scotland were independent politically it would still be on the island of Britain geographically, so though people are perfectly entitled to use whatever term they like, it cannot be said that Scottish and British are mutually exclusive terms (as they could, perhaps even should, be in Northern Ireland). 

That being said the vastly archaic term North Briton makes me cringe so hard even in a nineteenth century context, it’s hard not to assume they’re using it ironically

#Make me feel like a Victorian railway hotel #But yeah #I mean labels and overly fixating on constitutional politics and identity nonsense is really not a road we should go down #Regardless of whether (like me) someone voted for independence or to stay in the Union #It just leads to very bad things when you tie belief in an independent state to like someone's core identity #And also there is just no one size fits all to national identity- there is not One Correct Scot who only does Typical Scottish Things #That being said my god please look at a map #Also like some people (not all or even most) seem to dodge the label British partly so they can dodge the baggage that comes with it #like the British empire #And I am sorry but that is still Scotland's mess too whichever way you look at it there is no get out of jail free card with independence #Also like there is already a woeful lack of knowledge about Scottish history on both sides of the independence debate #Don't add basic geography to the list #Anyway #That aside don't use the Victorian has-been term North Briton unless you are a Regency novelist #And if you call me Scotch I will egg you #Thoughts on the Thistle

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DAVID BENEDICTUS (1938-Died October 8th 2023,at 85).English writer and theatre director, best known for his novels. His work included the Winnie-the-Pooh novel Return to the Hundred Acre Wood (2009). It was the first such book in 81 years.He also wrote You're a Big Boy Now,which was turned into the 1966 film of the same name,directed by Francis Ford Coppola,and his debut novel,The Fourth of June,about bullying,and calss warfare at posh Eton College,where he was educated in real life.David Benedictus - Wikipedia

#David Benedictus #British Novelists #British Children's Writers #Novelists #Children's Writers #Return to 100 Acre Wood #Winnie-the-Pooh #You're a Big Boy Now #The Fourth of June #Notable Deaths in October 2023 #Notable Deaths in 2023

[kamreadsandrecs]

#books #writing #derek owusu #granta's best young british novelists

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#martin amis #novelist #British

[tmarshconnors]

"Everest silences you...when you come down, nothing seems worth saying, nothing at all. You find the nothingness wrapping you up, like a sound. Non-being. You can't keep it up, of course. the world rushes in soon enough. What shuts you up is, I think, the sight you've had of perfection: why speak if you can't manage perfect thoughts, perfect sentences? It feels like a betrayal of what you've been through. But it fades; you accept that certain compromises, closures, are required if you're to continue."

Salman Rushdie is an Indian-born British-American novelist

Born: 19 June 1947 (age 75 years as of 2023), Mumbai, India

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[robotpussy]

RIP Benjamin Zephaniah (15th April 1958 – 7th December 2023)

Dub poet, novelist, lyricist and playwright, Dr. Benjamin Zephaniah paved the way for so many black british writers with his pen. His work focussed on racism within the UK and colonialism.

It is so cliche to start talking about somebody's work once they pass away but I would like to do so anyway:

"Too Black Too Strong" (2001) - Poems that address the struggles of black Britain that, compared to his works before, are much more forceful. Some of the poems featured in this were written when he was working with Michael Mansfield QC and other Tooks barristers on the Stephen Lawrence case. (Available on The Anarchist Library)

"Propa Propaganda" (1996) - His second collection of poetry that continues to surround around the themes of anti-colonialism, racism and anti-establishment features some of his most famous works such as "I Have a Scheme", "The Angry Black Poet" and "White Comedy"

"Rasta Time in Palestine" (1990) - a travelogue and a collection of poetry he wrote while visiting occupied Palestinian territories. (Available on Internet Archive). Zephaniah was an avid supporter of the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign and attended demonstrations calling for an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land. The photo above is of Zephaniah at a London Protest in 2010.

#benjamin zephaniah #poetry #rest in power #free palestine #black britain #he has always been one of the my favourite poets I'm still heartbroken over this

[bookloversofbath]

Charlotte Bronte: A Life :: Claire Harman

Charlotte Bronte: A Life :: Claire Harman

Charlotte Bronte: A Life :: Claire Harman soon to be presented for sale on the fantastic BookLovers of Bath web site! London: Viking, 2015, Hardback in dust wrapper. Includes: Black & white photographs; Ribbon markers (1); Colour photographs; Photographic lining papers; From the cover: There was no possibility of a walk that day. With these words Charlotte Bronte began Jane Eyre and changed…

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