view gallery |  Sihl Limmat Confluence - Finnegans Wake - Zürich, Switzerland
in Literary Sites A plaque with two quotes from Finnegans Wake that reference this location that is said to have been one of Joyce's favorite locations. posted by: fi67 location: Region Zuerich (ZH), Switzerland date approved: 5/15/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Beverly Cleary Garden
in Literary Sites When visiting Grant Park be sure to view the sculptures of Ramona, Henry and Ribsy. posted by: dkestrel location: Oregon date approved: 5/11/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Southwark Bridge - London, UK
in Literary Sites Southwark Bridge spans the River Thames in central London. It traverses the Thames in a NNE/SSW direction and is used by vehicles and pedestrians. Southwark Bridge is mentioned twice by Charles Dickens in his book "Our Mutual Friend". posted by: Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 4/25/2013 last visited: 4/20/2013 |
view gallery |  Amity Harbor Library - Greenwood, British Columbia
in Literary Sites The Greenwood Public Library was used as the Amity Harbor Library mentioned in the book by David Guterson: "Snow Falling on Cedars". It is located at 346 South Copper Street. posted by: BK-Hunters location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 4/20/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Eastgate House - High Street, Rochester, Kent, UK
in Literary Sites Probably Rochester's most famous son is Charles Dickens and, wandering through the streets, one cannot help but see plaques to Dickens's life. Eastgate House was the inspiration for buildings in two of Dickens's novels. posted by: Master Mariner location: South East England, United Kingdom date approved: 3/22/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  St Andrew Holborn - St Andrew Street, London, UK
in Literary Sites St Andrew Holborn has been a site of worship for at least 1000 years so was most certainly around when Charles Dickens wrote 'Oliver Twist'. posted by: Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 2/25/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Waterloo Station - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - London, UK
in Literary Sites Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson came through here at least once in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. posted by: Metro2 location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 2/17/2013 last visited: 2/21/2013 |
view gallery |  The Louvre - The Age of Innocence - Paris, France
in Literary Sites The final chapter of Edith Wharton's novel The Age of Innocence has a scene at the Louvre. posted by: Metro2 location: Île-de-France, France date approved: 1/20/2013 last visited: 6/22/2012 |
view gallery |  Casa-Museu Camilo Castelo Branco - V. N. Famalicão, Portugal
in Literary Sites [PT]A Casa onde viveu Camilo Castelo Branco e onde ele se suicidou com um tiro na cabeça é um museu com o seu nome. [ENG] The house where Camilo Castelo Branco lived and where he killed himself with a gunshot to the head is now a Museum with is name. posted by: razalas location: Braga, Portugal date approved: 1/10/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Governor Palace - São Tomé, Sao Tome and Principe
in Literary Sites The main location of the novel Equador: The Palace of the Governor posted by: Torgut location: Sao Tome and Principe date approved: 11/14/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Green Gables - Cavendish, Prince Edward Island
in Literary Sites This house, Green Gables is now part of a National Park and was the inspiration of Lucy Maud Montgomery's "Anne of Green Gables". The farm house is located in Cavendish, Prince Edward Island. posted by: wildwoodke location: Prince Edward Island, Canada date approved: 10/27/2012 last visited: 3/17/2013 |
view gallery |  South Intermediate High School (Betrayed) - Broken Arrow, OK
in Literary Sites SIHS is a Broken Arrow school mentioned in both of the first two books in the House of Night series posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 10/18/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Hardcragg Hall - "The Tale of Pigling Bland" - Grange-over-sands, Cumbria
in Literary Sites Beatrix Potter visited Hardcragg Hall many times and used her sketches to illustrate and set the story for her book, "The Tale of Pigling Bland". Coordinates are for the front lawn. posted by: flipflopnick location: Northwest England, United Kingdom date approved: 7/20/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Auerbachs Keller — Leipzig, Germany
in Literary Sites Auerbachs Keller (Auerbach's Cellar in English) is the best known and second oldest restaurant in Leipzig. It was described in Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's play Faust I, as the first place Mephistopheles takes Faust on their travels posted by: prussel location: Sachsen, Germany date approved: 7/5/2012 last visited: 4/13/2013 |
view gallery |  Na Hrázi vecnosti - Bohumil Hrabal, Praha - Liben, Czech republic
in Literary Sites Místo, kde stával dum, ve kterém bydlel spisovatl Bohumil Hrabal, místo deje mnoha jeho literárních del / A place where stood the house in which lived the writer Bohumil Hrabal, captured in his many short stories and novels. posted by: Noe1 location: Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic date approved: 6/29/2012 last visited: 11/14/2012 |
view gallery |  Lake Arcadia - Still the One - Edmond, OK
in Literary Sites Romance novel set mostly in Oklahoma posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 6/8/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Western/150th Street - Still the One - Edmond, OK
in Literary Sites Romance novel set mostly in the state of Oklahoma posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 6/8/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Philbrook Museum - Marked - Tulsa, Oklahoma
in Literary Sites The Philbrook Museum of Art is a specific location in the book Marked, the first in the House of Night series. posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 4/20/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Village in the Sun - Dane Chandos, Ajijic, Jalisco MX
in Literary Sites Ajijc is the setting for Chandos's entire book chronicling his first year arriving in the sleepy little Mexican village in the early 1940's. posted by: bluesneaky location: Jalisco, Mexico date approved: 4/17/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery |  The Old Curiosity Shop - Portsmouth Street, London, UK
in Literary Sites The book 'The Old Curiosity Shop", by Charles Dickens, was based upon this actual shop that the owner now cashes in on. posted by: Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 4/15/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Hotel del Coronado - Bid Time Return - Coronado, CA
in Literary Sites This novel's primary character stays at the Hotel del Coronado and returns here after doing some time traveling. posted by: Metro2 location: California date approved: 4/1/2012 last visited: 4/24/2013 |
view gallery |  Home of Ivan Olbracht - Uzhgorod, Ukraine
in Literary Sites Czech writer Ivan Olbracht briefly lived in this house over the street that now bears his name. posted by: UKRDOUG location: Ukraine date approved: 1/27/2012 last visited: 7/1/2012 |
view gallery |  Harriet Beecher Stowe Home - Brunswick ME
in Literary Sites Harriet Beecher Stowe (June 14, 1811 – July 1, 1896) was an American abolitionist and author. Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) depicted life for African-Americans under slavery. posted by: nomadwillie location: Maine date approved: 1/25/2012 last visited: 9/2/2012 |
view gallery |  Emily Dickinson Homestead - Amherst, MA
in Literary Sites The house where Emily Dickinson was born, lived all her life, wrote her poems, and died is located at 280 Main Street in Amherst, MA posted by: neoc1 location: Massachusetts date approved: 1/4/2012 last visited: 8/15/2010 |
view gallery |  Kensington Gardens - London, U. K.
in Literary Sites Kensington Gardens is one of the Royal Parks of London, lying immediately to the west of Hyde Park.The park is the setting of J.M. Barrie's book "Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens", a prelude to the character's famous adventures in Neverland. posted by: razalas location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 12/27/2011 last visited: 12/10/2012 |
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