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Literary Locales Contains "more than 500 picture links to the places that figure in the lives and writings of famous authors".

Click on the image above to refresh random quote (currently 33). Bartlett's Familiar Quotations - search for quotes by author. Found on Bartleby.com, a great site for reading classic literature online.

"There is no Frigate like a Book
To take us Lands away..." Emily Dickinson

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) Well worth a visit, David Perdue's Charles Dickens Page is a well-organized site that is both fun and informative. Covers Dicken's visits to America. See also The Dickens Project online resource page.

Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) Visit the Dickinson Homestead: Home of Emily Dickinson the place where Emily Dickinson wrote her best poems. Tour this historic Amherst, Mass. home (built in 1813) with its beautiful garden. Academy of American Poets: Emily Dickinson biography, poems and links.

Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) Dostoyevsky Memorial Museum - St. Petersburg Museum dedicated to Dostoyevsky, his "last apartment in St. Petersburg... full of memorabilia relating to his life and work". This website has a virtual tour of St. Petersburg, the city where most of the action takes place in Dostoyevsky's books.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) Emerson on award winning site, Transcendentalists.com: "everything you've ever wanted to find on Emerson - if it's on the net, and useful, it's probably listed here".

Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) The Hemingway Resource Center contains a comprehensive biography and excellent links.

Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) The Official Web Site of Jack Kerouac is a nice place to visit. Also check out Blue Neon Alley an attractive site with even more information on Kerouac as well as the other major "Beat" writers.

Herman Melville (1819 - 1891) If you love the works of Herman Melville, don't miss this great web reference site Melville Online

Henry Miller (1891-1980) The Henry Miller Library was started by one of Henry Miller's closest friends, Emil White. The Library is located in Big Sur, 35 miles south of Carmel-by-the-Sea on Highway One and occupies White's former home.

Edgar Allen Poe (1809-1849) The Edgar Allen Poe Society of Baltimore This site has a lot of material including the full text of poems and for the morbidly obsessed fan,there are images of the immortal poet's final resting place. If you are in that sort of halloween mood, visit the excellent House of Usher website for links to all things Poe. The Poe Virtual Library contains great stuff like audio files of Poe's stories

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) Thoreau on award winning site, Transcendentalists.com See also www.walden.org - links to The Thoreau Society, The Thoreau Institute and Don Henley's Walden Woods Project (Rock on Don!).

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