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[Financial Times] - In “Crows”, a beautiful reminiscence, he contemplates the ravens he has encountered in his life and in the works of Charles Dickens and Edgar Allan Poe. The essay radiates a melancholy sense of wonder. On every page, Nicholl upholds the virtue of good
Being an Author
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[Huffington Post UK (blog)] - In the olden days those authors and artists who did fine financially came mostly from wealthy families, whilst artists like Van Gogh or Modigliani, or authors like Edgar Allan Poe or Henry Miller struggled with poverty. Life is seldom easy materially
Mud, dust and Dickens: Great Expectations at BBC One
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[Telegraph.co.uk] - His influences range from Edgar Allan Poe, Edvard Munch and the underground catacombs in Kensal Green (for the rotting garlands) to the mausoleum of a young Russian princess in the Passy cemetery in Paris. 'She died aged 29 and her favourite room has
Guardian: What is it like to be buried alive?
[The Guardian] - Little wonder: dread of premature or live burial is, despite its rarity, one of our most potent fears, well amplified by Edgar Allan Poe in stories such as The Premature Burial and The Fall of the House of Usher, and widespread enough to have its own
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