british literature – Page 2

La rencontre

Aug 26, 2015Nov 15, 2015Posted in images, LivresTagged aquarelle, bath, british literature, english literature, illustration, illustrazione, Jane Austen, Persuasion, victorian age, victorian epoqueLeave a comment

When they came to the steps, leading upwards from the beach, a gentleman, at the same moment preparing to come down, politely drew back, and stopped to give them way.

Jane Austen

Jane, Emma Anne and the others

Aug 22, 2015Nov 15, 2015Posted in LivresTagged aquarelle, british literature, Emma, engish literature, illustration, Jane Austen, Mansfield Park, Persuasion, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and sensibility, watercolor2 Comments

Jane Austen

Poirot investigates

Aug 11, 2015Nov 15, 2015Posted in LivresTagged Agatha Christie, aquarelle, british literature, british mystery, criminal fiction, Hastings, Hercule Poirot, Poirot, watercolor1 Comment

“Eh bien, mon ami,” said Poirot, lighting one of his tiny cigarettes, ” we must map out a plan of campaign. Already I have made rough survey of the house, but I am of opinion that any clue will be found in this room. We shall have to g othrough the documents in the desk with meticulous care.(…)”

Agatha Christie

Wuthering Heights

Aug 5, 2015Nov 15, 2015Posted in images, LivresTagged aquarelle, british literature, Bronte, bronte sisters, Catherine Earnshaw, emily bronte, Heathcliff, illustration, illustrazione, watercolor, Wuthering HeightsLeave a comment

Wuthering Heights is the name of Mr. Heathcliff’s dwelling. ‘Wuthering’ being a significant provincial adjective, descriptive of the atmospheric tumult to which its station is exposed in stormy weather. Pure, bracing ventilation they must have up there at all times, indeed: one may guess the power of the north wind blowing over the edge, by the excessive slant of a few stunted firs at the end of the house; and by a range of gaunt thorns all stretching their limbs one way, as if craving alms of the sun. Happily, the architect had foresight to build it strong: the narrow windows are deeply set in the wall, and the corners defended with large jutting stones. Emily Bronté

Mansfield Park

Jul 31, 2015Nov 15, 2015Posted in images, LivresTagged aquarelle, british literature, Fanny Price, illustration, illustrazione, Jane Austen, Mansfield Park, Mr. Crawford, victorian age, watercolorLeave a comment

“Mr. Crawford contrived a minute’s privacy for telling Fanny that his only business in Portsmouth was to see her; that he was come down for a couple of days on her account, and hers only, and because he could not endure a longer total separation.”

Jane Austen

Dans le salon

Jul 15, 2015Nov 15, 2015Posted in CinémaTagged Agatha Christie, aquarelle, british literature, british mystery, crime, detective story, Hercule Poirot, illustration, lllustrazione, Three Act Tragedy, watercolor2 Comments

The door opened and Temple announced
Lady Mary Lytton Gore and Mr. and Mrs.
Babbington and Miss Lytton Gore.
Mr. Satterthwaite supplied Miss Wills with
her cocktail and then sidled into the neighborhood
of Lady Mary Lytton Gore. He had
a weakness for titles.
Also, apart from snobbishness, he liked a
gentlewoman, and that Lady Mary most undeniably
was.Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie