This quote comes from James Joyce’s masterpiece, Ulysses. Originally published in serial form over two years (1918 to 1920), Ulysses is widely renowned as the most important example of modernist literature. Written in a challenging stream-of-consciousness style, Ulysses is often ranked as the best English-language novel of all time. “Every life is in many days, day after day. We walk through ourselves, meeting robbers, ghosts, giants, old men, young men, wives, widows, brothers-in-love. But always meeting ourselves.” -James Joyce, Ulysses Did you know? You can read Ulysses for free on Project Gutenberg!
We hope you celebrate the holiday with good books, good friends, and good food! If you need some America-inspired reading recommendations, check out our 50 States of Literature infographic, where there’s a book set in every state. Happy Fourth of July!
Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald (who was actually known only as “Scott”) are two of the most acclaimed American authors of the last century. Friends, colleagues, readers, critics, travelers, expats, members of “The Lost Generation”…Fitzgerald and Hemingway shared more than just a knack for the written word. At once the closest of friends and the most jealous of competitors, Hemingway and Fitzgerald led public, tumultuous, and booze-soaked lives—both together and apart. So let’s take a deeper look at these literary frenemies! Hemingway and Fitzgerald infographic So how did the life of Ernest Hemingway compare to the life of F. Scott Fitzgerald? […]
This quote comes from Virginia Woolf’s autobiographical extended essay, A Room of One’s Own. Originally delivered as a lecture series throughout 1928, A Room of One’s Own is considered one of the earliest and most prominent feminist texts. In this essay, Woolf explores the limitations historically imposed on women seeking to pursue an education and a career in writing. Nearly one hundred years later, many of Woolf’s arguments and questions about the expectations and opportunities for women are still unfortunately and exceedingly relevant. “No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anyone but oneself.” -Virginia Woolf, A […]
This quote comes from Alexandre Dumas’ beloved classic The Count of Monte Cristo. Published in serialized form from 1844 to 1845, The Count of Monte Cristo is a classic adventure tale of imprisonment, vengeance, and forgiveness. Alexandre Dumas is also widely celebrated for The Three Musketeers. Want more of The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas? Check out our Count of Monte Cristo book poster, a 36″x24″ design that contains up to Chapter 34 of the classic novel.
We love using Pinterest to find the most interesting book-related things out there. Jewelry made from the pages of your favorite book? Check. Awesome infographics about books through history? Check. Pictures of cats cuddling with books to give you the literary warm and fuzzies? Check. In no particular order, here are some of our favorite book-related Pinterest boards that celebrate the written word. Be sure to follow these Pinners to see more of their awesome collections. Colgate Bookstore’s Bookish Things We Love Sandee Suitt’s Wonderful World of Books Book Riot’s Book Fetish Caitlin W-F’s Book Related Things eBook Friendly’s Book […]
There’s nothing we love more here at Books on the Wall than reading a book and using it to create a new poster design. That’s why we’re happy to announce our newest addition to the Books on the Wall family: an 18″x24″ full-text poster of Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse. Siddhartha is a profound story of a young man in ancient India who abandons his life to search for his own form of spiritual enlightenment. Its reflections on human nature, the search for wisdom, and the circular conception of time have engaged audiences all over the world. The poster design (and […]
This quote appears in the very first few sentences of Lady Chatterly’s Lover, written by DH Lawrence and first published privately in Italy in 1928. The novel was banned in countries like the United Kingdom for many years due to its explicit language and frank depiction of sexuality. “We’ve got to live, no matter how many skies have fallen.” -DH Lawrence, Lady Chatterly’s Lover
Here at Books on the Wall, it’s pretty clear that we love us some good alliteration. In case you missed it, we publish a Words Wednesday every few weeks—hey, there’s some more alliteration!—with a quote graphic featuring the poignant, pithy, or polished prose of our favorite authors. (Okay, okay, we’re done now.) We’ve got Words Wednesdays galore: William Shakespeare, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Leo Tolstoy…and more. Love of alliteration aside, we’re excited to bring our newest series of posts to the Books on the Wall blog: Novel Knowledge. (The fact that N + K = alliteration demonstrates what we all already know […]
Winner of the National Book Award in 2001, Jonathan Franzen’s The Corrections tells the story of the Lambert family from a fictional Midwestern town called St. Jude. The three adult children left their parents in St. Jude many years before, but now each one faces his or her own brand of personal crisis while their father slowly descends into dementia. Listen to Jonathan Franzen’s interview about The Corrections on NPR. “And when the event, the big change in your life, is simply an insight—isn’t that a strange thing? That absolutely nothing changes except that you see things differently and you’re less fearful […]