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Honore Balzac, Satirical caricatureHONORE DE BALZAC (1799 - 1850) French novelist and playwrite. Considered one of the founders of European Realism for his short stories
Charles Dickens home, Devonshire Terrace, London W2Charles Dickens home (1839-1851), 1 Devonshire Terrace, Regents Park, London. Date: circa 1900
Barbara Cartland in her wedding dressDame Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland (1901-2000), married name Mrs Barbara McCorquodale, British novelist. Pictured in the wedding gown she designed herself for her marriage to Alistair McCorquodale
Life of Charles Dickens - Thavies Inn (Bleak House). Thavies Inn was one of the Inns of Chancery and was situated on Holborn
Elizabeth von Arnim, Countess Russell (1866 - 1941), Australian-born British novelist, author of Elizabeth and her German Garden. Date: 1931
Agatha Christie and her daughter, 1926Photographic portrait of Agatha Christie (1890-1976), the English novelist and playwright, with her young daughter c.1926
Nancy Mitford on the French RivieraNancy Mitford (then Mrs Peter Rodd), novelist and eldest of the six infamous Mitford sisters, pictured posing outside the Country Club at Mougins (Cannes) on the French Riviera in 1937. Date: 1937
Diego Hurtado de Mendoza (1503-1575). Portrait. Engraving. CDiego Hurtado de Mendoza (1503-1575). Spanish writer and politician. Portrait. Engraving. Colored
Juan Antonio Mateos (1831-1913). Writer and Mexican liberalJuan Antonio Mateos Lozada (1831-1913). Playwright, novelist, poet and Mexican liberal politician. Engraving by A. Carretero. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1879. Colored
Birthplace of Thomas Hardy, Higher Bockhampton, DorsetBirthplace of the poet and novelist Thomas Hardy, a thatched cottage at Higher Bockhampton, near Dorchester, Dorset. 1912
Caricature of Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and playwrightCaricature of Oscar Fingal O Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854-1900), Irish poet, novelist, essayist and playwright. 1881
Colette / Rene CarrereSIDONIE-GABRIELLE WILLY French novelist Date: 1873 - 1954
Honore de Balzac engraving by RousseauHONORE DE BALZAc (1799 - 1850) French novelist and playwrite. Considered one of the founders of European Realism for his shorts stories
Honore de Balzac engraving by Ch ChardonHONORE DE BALZAC (1799 - 1850) French novelist and playwrite. Considered one of the founders of European Realism for his short stories
Georges Sand (Aurore Dudevant). French writer (1804 - 1876). Date: 19th century
Baroness Emma OrczyBaroness Emma Magdolna Rozalia Maria Jozefa Borbala Emmuska Orczy de Orczi (1865-1947), Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright, writer of The Scarlet Pimpernel series. Date: 1925
Aldous and Maria HuxleyThe English author, Aldous Huxley with his wife, Maria. Date: 1930
Harlakenden House, Cornish, New Hampshire, USA. It was the residence of the American novelist Winston Churchill, and the summer residence of Woodrow Wilson (1913-1915)
Herman MelvilleMELVILLE, Herman (1819-1891). American novelist. Moby Dick. Engraving
ColetteSidonie-Gabrielle Colette (1873-1954) - French novelist and performer. Colette (L) and a friend. Date: circa 1905
Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) - French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, playwright, artist and filmmaker. Date: circa 1924
Gerhart Hauptmann - German author, dramatist and novelistGerhart Hauptmann (1862-1946) - German author, dramatist and novelist. Date: circa 1910
Quo Vadis? Lygia letting Vinicius know she is a ChristianQuo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero - a historical novel written by Henryk Sienkiewicz. In this scene, Lygia lets Vinicius know she is a Christian by drawing the sign of a fish on the ground
Henryk Sienkievicz (1846 - 1916). Polish author ( Quo vadis etc) - won Nobel Prize for Literature in 1905. Date: 1900
John Le Carre (David Cornwell)John le Carr (pseudonym of David John Moore Cornwell, b 1931), English author of spy novels, many of which have been adapted for television and film. He worked for MI5 and MI6 in the 1950s and 1960s
Lady Conan Doyle, wife of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle the novelist. She was the daughter of Mr James Blyth Leckie of Glebe House, Blackheath
Barbara Cartland and RaineDame Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland (1901-2000), married name Mrs Barbara McCorquodale, British novelist, pictured with her baby daughter Raine, later Raine Spencer, second wife of Earl Spencer
Lady Emily LutyensLADY EMILY LUTYENS nee LYTTON Wife of the architect Sir Edwin Lutyens (m 1897), grand- daughter of the novelist Lord Lytton, and daughter of a Viceroy of India
Harriet Beecher Stowe, American authorHarriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896), American author of Uncle Toms Cabin. circa 1850s
Portrait of August Strindberg (1849-1912) by Carl LarssonAugust Strindberg (1849-1912). Swedish writer. Portrait by Carl Larsson (1853-1919), 1899. National Museum. Stockholm. Sweden
Mrs Reginald FellowesDaisy Fellowes (nee Margeurite Severine Philippine Decazes de Glucksbierg (1890-1962), celebrated society figure, acclaimed beauty, novelist, poet, editor in chief of French Harpers Bazaar magazine
Cartoon, Henry James Byron, dramatistCartoon of Henry James Byron (1835-1884), the English dramatist, editor, journalist, director, theatre manager, novelist and actor. Seen here surrounded by posters advertising plays by other writers
Cartoon, George Robert Sims, writerCartoon, George Robert Sims (1847-1922), English journalist, poet, dramatist and novelist, seen here dressed as a policeman
Cartoon, Hamilton Aide, writer, artist and composerCartoon, Charles Hamilton Aide (1826-1906), French-born writer, artist and composer -- described here as All-Round Talent. 1884
Cartoon portrait of Henry James ByronCartoon portrait, Henry James Byron (1835-1884), English dramatist, editor, journalist, director, theatre manager, novelist and actor. 1884
Portrait, the late Mr Charles ReadePortrait of the novelist and dramatist Charles Reade (1814-1884). 1884
Birthplace of C M Yonge, Otterbourne, HampshireBirthplace of Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823-1901), English novelist, Otterbourne, Hampshire. 19th century
Authors Club reception at Whitehall Court, 1962Column of photographs reporting on a party for the Authors Club at Whitehall Court in December 1962 at which Sir Charles and Lady Petrie received guests
Charlotte Mary Yonge, English novelistCharlotte Mary Yonge (1823-1901), English novelist
Pamela Hansford JohnsonPortrait of Pamela Hansford Johnson, Baroness Snow (1912 1981) - English novelist, playwright, poet and critic. 1967
Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish writer and travellerRobert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), Scottish writer and traveller. circa 1880s
Mathorn (Mortham) Tower, County DurhamMathorn (Mortham) Tower, near Barnard Castle, County Durham. A medieval house attached to a pele tower, said to have been built about the time of Henry VII (1485-1509)
James Payn, English novelist and editorJames Payn (1830-1898), English novelist and editor. circa 1880s
Dodie SmithDorothy Gladys (Dodie) Smith (1896 - 1990), English novelist and playwright, author of the plays Autumn Crocus and Dear Octopus and the books, I Capture the Castle and One Hundred and One Dalmatians
Stella GibbonsStella Dorothea Gibbons (5 January 1902 19 December 1989), English author, journalist, and poet. She established her reputation with her first novel, Cold Comfort Farm (1932)
Kate Douglas Wiggin, American educator and authorKate Douglas Wiggin (1856-1923), American educator and author of childrens stories, best known for her novel Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. circa 1900s
Flora Annie Steel, English writerFlora Annie Steel (1847-1929), English writer, best known for novels set in British India. circa 1900s
William Clark Russell, English writerWilliam Clark Russell (1844-1911), English writer best known for his nautical novels. circa 1900s