Found 10 collections related to Authors.

Charlotte Yonge (1823-1901) was a prolific 19th century English writer, best known for her romantic novel, The Heir of Redclyffe (1853). The Charlotte Yonge letters, dating from the 1880s to 1900, document her correspondence with various acquaintances in the later years of her life. less

The Bloomsbury Group was an informal group of early twentieth-century English writers, artists, critics, and intellectuals. This collection, dated 1898 to 1950, consists of a selection of letters and invitations written by or to persons associated with this group. The most frequent correspondent is Vita Sackville-West (1892-1962), the writer and lover of Bloomsbury group member Virginia Woolf, and the majority of the collection is made up of letters written in the immediate aftermath of Woolf's suicide. less

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was a British writer, journalist, and social critic. The Charles Dickens tortoiseshell reading glasses, manufactured around 1860, consist of his glasses and a glasses case, as well as a note of attestation by his sister-in-law, Georgina Hogarth. less

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was an American writer, philosopher, and naturalist closely associated with the New England Transcendentalists. The Walden; or, Life in the Woods autograph manuscript fragment, dated circa 1845-1854, consists of a leaf from a working draft. less

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American author, poet, and critic. The Edgar Allan Poe autograph letter to A. S. Cummings is dated July 4, 1840. It is included in an autograph album, dating from 1839 to 1872, containing additional letters and signatures from American politicians, historians, clergy, physicians, and writers. less