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Background imageLiterature Rights Managed Collection: Katherine Mansfield, pen name of Katherine Mansfield Beauchamp (1888-1923) short

Katherine Mansfield, pen name of Katherine Mansfield Beauchamp (1888-1923) short story writer born in Wellington, New Zealand. Mansfield in 1914

Background imageLiterature Rights Managed Collection: The Ghost of Christmas Present appearing to Scrooge. Illustration by John Leech

The Ghost of Christmas Present appearing to Scrooge. Illustration by John Leech (1817-64) for Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol, London 1843-1834

Background imageLiterature Rights Managed Collection: Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Baronet, PRA (1829 -1896) Ophelia

Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Baronet, PRA (1829 -1896) Ophelia

Background imageLiterature Rights Managed Collection: The Revenge under command of Sir Richard Grenville (c1542-91) engaging Spanish fleet off Flores

The Revenge under command of Sir Richard Grenville (c1542-91) engaging Spanish fleet off Flores. Cut off from English fleet, fought until overwhelmed 1591

Background imageLiterature Rights Managed Collection: Mr Pickwick slides. Illustration by Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne - 1815-1882)

Mr Pickwick slides. Illustration by Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne - 1815-1882) for Charles Dickens (1812-1870) Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, originally published in London, 1836-1837

Background imageLiterature Rights Managed Collection: Abaddon angel of the bottomless pit, Mammon god of this world and personification of wealth

Abaddon angel of the bottomless pit, Mammon god of this world and personification of wealth and miserliness and Ashtaroth the demon. From Francis Barrett The Magus London 1801

Background imageLiterature Rights Managed Collection: Mr Fezziwigs Ball, illustration by John Leech for A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens( London)

Mr Fezziwigs Ball, illustration by John Leech for A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens( London)
Mr Fezziwigs Ball, illustration by John Leech for A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens( London, 1843). This novella was the earliest and most popular of Dickens Christmas stories

Background imageLiterature Rights Managed Collection: Maggie Tulliver, having cut off her hair and run away from home, is offered a share

Maggie Tulliver, having cut off her hair and run away from home, is offered a share of the gypsies stew. Illustration by Walter James Allen (active 1859-1891)

Background imageLiterature Rights Managed Collection: Cassandra: legendary Greek prophetess, daughter of Priam, king of Troy, and Hecuba

Cassandra: legendary Greek prophetess, daughter of Priam, king of Troy, and Hecuba. Rejected Apollos advances, so he made it so that no one believed her prophecies, even though usually true

Background imageLiterature Rights Managed Collection: Robert Louis Stevenson The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde first published 1886

Robert Louis Stevenson The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde first published 1886. Mr Hyde letting himself in after his nights adventures to take the antidote

Background imageLiterature Rights Managed Collection: The smith threatening Leonard Holt because he will not obey the Lord Mayor s

The smith threatening Leonard Holt because he will not obey the Lord Mayor s
The smith threatening Leonard Holt because he will not obey the Lord Mayors instructions that all dogs must be killed to prevent the spread of the Plague

Background imageLiterature Rights Managed Collection: Marleys ghost appearing to Scrooge. Illustration by John Leech (1817-64) for

Marleys ghost appearing to Scrooge. Illustration by John Leech (1817-64) for Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol, London 1843-1844

Background imageLiterature Rights Managed Collection: Robert Browning (1812-1889) English poet and dramatist. Photograph from Men of Mark, London c

Robert Browning (1812-1889) English poet and dramatist. Photograph from Men of Mark, London c.1880. Woodburytype

Background imageLiterature Rights Managed Collection: Bleak House by Charles Dickens in 1852-1823 the novel which satirised the misery

Bleak House by Charles Dickens in 1852-1823 the novel which satirised the misery caused by the old Chancery court. The cunning old lawyer Tulkinghorn who finds out Lady Dedlocks secrets

Background imageLiterature Rights Managed Collection: Hetty Sorrel, beloved of Adam Bede, meeting the young squire Arthur Donnithorne in the woods

Hetty Sorrel, beloved of Adam Bede, meeting the young squire Arthur Donnithorne in the woods. Hetty has his child and is convicted of infanticide and condemned to death

Background imageLiterature Rights Managed Collection: Arthur Conan Doyle The Adventure of the Final Problem Strand Magazine, London, 1893

Arthur Conan Doyle The Adventure of the Final Problem Strand Magazine, London, 1893.Illustrated by Sidney E.Paget (1860-1908), first artist to draw Holmes

Background imageLiterature Rights Managed Collection: Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English author and lexicographer

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English author and lexicographer

Background imageLiterature Rights Managed Collection: Sarah Siddons (born Kemble - 1755-1831) English actress. Mrs Siddons as Lady Randolph

Sarah Siddons (born Kemble - 1755-1831) English actress. Mrs Siddons as Lady Randolph in John Homes tragedy Douglas at the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, Scotland, June 1784. Sutherland plays Old Norval

Background imageLiterature Rights Managed Collection: Blaize, the grocer Bloundels porter, testing all the patent cures

Blaize, the grocer Bloundels porter, testing all the patent cures he has purchased to protect himself from the plague. Plague of London - 1665

Background imageLiterature Rights Managed Collection: Adam Bede, the village carpenter, in the workshop, his dog Gyp on a pile of shavings

Adam Bede, the village carpenter, in the workshop, his dog Gyp on a pile of shavings under the bench. Adam Bede by George Eliot, first published 1859

Background imageLiterature Rights Managed Collection: Shakespeare King Lear first performed c1605 Lear, betrayed by his daughters Goneril

Shakespeare King Lear first performed c1605 Lear, betrayed by his daughters Goneril and Regan and confused by rage, powerlessness and ill-treatment, comforted by his youngest daughter, Cordelia

Background imageLiterature Rights Managed Collection: Shakespeare Othello Act 5: Desdemona and Emilia lie dead, Othello has stabbed himself

Shakespeare Othello Act 5: Desdemona and Emilia lie dead, Othello has stabbed himself and Iago is taken prisoner. 19th century engraving

Background imageLiterature Rights Managed Collection: William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965), English novelist and short story writer. Maugham

William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965), English novelist and short story writer. Maugham in the 1920s

Background imageLiterature Rights Managed Collection: Mr Thomas Hardy composing a lyric, 1913. Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), English novelist

Mr Thomas Hardy composing a lyric, 1913. Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), English novelist and poet, was born and lived most of his life in Dorset. Beerbohm shows Hardy on a heath in his beloved Wessex

Background imageLiterature Rights Managed Collection: Robert Louis Stevenson The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde first published 1886

Robert Louis Stevenson The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde first published 1886. Dr Jekyll trying desperately to find the chemicals that will enable him to cast off his Mr Hyde persona

Background imageLiterature Rights Managed Collection: Chowles the coffin maker and Judith Malmayns the plague nurse, dying with their stolen

Chowles the coffin maker and Judith Malmayns the plague nurse, dying with their stolen treasure as they are overcome by smoke and molten lead from the burning Old Saint Paul s

Background imageLiterature Rights Managed Collection: Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890) English orientalist and explorer. Photograph published

Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890) English orientalist and explorer. Photograph published
Stafford Henry Northcote, first Earl of Iddesleigh (1818-1887) English statesman. Chancellor of the Exchequer 1874. In 1876 he became leader of the Conservative party in the House of Commons

Background imageLiterature Rights Managed Collection: Dante, guided by Virgil, in third gulf of the eighth circle, observes those guilty

Dante, guided by Virgil, in third gulf of the eighth circle, observes those guilty of simony suffering burning, buried head first with just legs and feet exposed

Background imageLiterature Rights Managed Collection: Christmas Eve at Mr Wardle s. Mr Pickwick kisses a lady under the mistletoe bough

Christmas Eve at Mr Wardle s. Mr Pickwick kisses a lady under the mistletoe bough. Illustration by Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne - 1815-1882) for Charles Dickens Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club

Background imageLiterature Rights Managed Collection: Thomas Gray (1716-1771) English poet, classical scholar and linguist. Professor of history

Thomas Gray (1716-1771) English poet, classical scholar and linguist. Professor of history and modern languages, Cambridge, 1768. Refused the appointment as Peot Laureate, 1757

Background imageLiterature Rights Managed Collection: Will watching and listening at his friends deathbed. Illustration by John Everett Millais

Will watching and listening at his friends deathbed. Illustration by John Everett Millais (1829-1896) English artist and founder member of Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

Background imageLiterature Rights Managed Collection: Amabel Bloundels body being carried from the Earl of Rochesters house into

Amabel Bloundels body being carried from the Earl of Rochesters house into the dead cart for burial in the plague pit. Plague of London (1665)

Background imageLiterature Rights Managed Collection: The Duel: Captain Disbrowe dying trying to defend his wifes honour from St Paul Parravicin

The Duel: Captain Disbrowe dying trying to defend his wifes honour from St Paul Parravicin (sheathing sword. Illustration by John Franklin (active 1800-1861)

Background imageLiterature Rights Managed Collection: William Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing, play first performed c1598. Dogberry

William Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing, play first performed c1598. Dogberry, Constable of the watch, instructing his clerk to write down replies given by Conrade and Borachio: Act 4 Sc 2

Background imageLiterature Rights Managed Collection: Jane Austen (1775-1817) c1810, 1902. English novelist remembered for her six great novels Sense

Jane Austen (1775-1817) c1810, 1902. English novelist remembered for her six great novels Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Persuasion, and Northanger Abbey

Background imageLiterature Rights Managed Collection: E (Edward) Phillips Oppenheim (1866-1946) British novelist specialising in espionage

E (Edward) Phillips Oppenheim (1866-1946) British novelist specialising in espionage and international intrigue. From Wills cigarette cards Famous British Authors, 1937

Background imageLiterature Rights Managed Collection: The Red Shoes Fairy story by Hans Christian Andersen. Karen in her magic red shoes

The Red Shoes Fairy story by Hans Christian Andersen. Karen in her magic red shoes, unable to stop and hear what angel says because they compel her to dance and dance. Chromolithograph c1880

Background imageLiterature Rights Managed Collection: Gulliver walking about on the table at the inn as Glumdalcitch, his little Brobdingnagian

Gulliver walking about on the table at the inn as Glumdalcitch, his little Brobdingnagian nurse commanded him. Chromolithgraph from an early 20th century Jonathan Swift Gullivers Travels published

Background imageLiterature Rights Managed Collection: Tom and Maggie Tulliver being run down by machinery from Dolcote Mill that has broken

Tom and Maggie Tulliver being run down by machinery from Dolcote Mill that has broken away in the flood, They die in a close embrace

Background imageLiterature Rights Managed Collection: William Brodie (d1788) prosperous Edinburgh cabinetmaker. Brodie had secret life

William Brodie (d1788) prosperous Edinburgh cabinetmaker. Brodie had secret life as leader of gang of burglars. Hanged for robbing Excise Office in Edinburgh

Background imageLiterature Rights Managed Collection: Robert Browning (1812-1889) English poet. Cartoon by Edward Linley Sambourne in the

Robert Browning (1812-1889) English poet. Cartoon by Edward Linley Sambourne in the Fancy Portraits series from Punch, London, 22 July 1882

Background imageLiterature Rights Managed Collection: Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish author. From a photograph taken

Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish author. From a photograph taken in Samoa where Stevenson settled in 1889

Background imageLiterature Rights Managed Collection: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) American poet. Longfellows house, Tinted

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) American poet. Longfellows house, Tinted lithograph from the cover of a setting of his poem The Old House by the Lindens (The Open Door)

Background imageLiterature Rights Managed Collection: Marleys ghost appearing to Scrooge. Illustration for Charles Dickens (1812-1870)

Marleys ghost appearing to Scrooge. Illustration for Charles Dickens (1812-1870) A Christmas Carol, London 1843-1844

Background imageLiterature Rights Managed Collection: Ada Rehan (1860-1916) Irish-born actress, c1890. Here in the breeches role of Rosalind

Ada Rehan (1860-1916) Irish-born actress, c1890. Here in the breeches role of Rosalind inAs You Like Itby William Shakespeare. From The Cabinet Portrait Gallery. (London, 1890-1894). Photograph

Background imageLiterature Rights Managed Collection: Virginia Woolf (born Stephen - 1882-1941). English novelist, essayist and critic

Virginia Woolf (born Stephen - 1882-1941). English novelist, essayist and critic. Photograph

Background imageLiterature Rights Managed Collection: Battle scene from a manuscript of Homer Iliad c300 AD. Biblioteca Ambrosiana Milan

Battle scene from a manuscript of Homer Iliad c300 AD. Biblioteca Ambrosiana Milan

Background imageLiterature Rights Managed Collection: Tom and Maggie Tulliver fishing in childhood It was one of their happy mornings

Tom and Maggie Tulliver fishing in childhood It was one of their happy mornings. Illustration by Walter James Allen (active 1859-1891)




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