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A typed document with text in two columns. At the head of the page there is a title that reads A Novel in a Nutshell.

Document of the Week: “Kismet”, the First Published Work of Walter de la Mare (1895)

Laura Wales
Published 19th May, 2025 3 min read
The original cover image on The Great Gatsby, a painting by artist Francis Cugat, titled “Celestial Eyes.” It was painted in 1924, one year before the release of The Great Gatsby. It depicts two large eyes, eyebrows, and a mouth, all disembodied on a blue background.

100 Years Since F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby was Published

Laura Wales
Published 10th April, 2025 6 min read
A black and white photograph of Agatha Christie, a woman with short curly hair, on the telephone. There is a second photograph of her sat at a writing desk, with her body twisted so that she faces the camera, overlayed in a circular frame.

Document of the Week: Agatha Christie’s “The Affair at the Victory Ball” (1923)

Laura Wales
Published 10th March, 2025 3 min read
An illustration by Joseph Syddall. The character of Tess, a young woman wearing a dress and a bonnet, tries to evade the sexual advances of Alec, a man stood at the other side of the field.

Document of the Week: "Tess of the D’Urbervilles" (1891)

Laura Wales
Published 10th February, 2025 3 min read
A black and white photograph of George Orwell, a man with dark hair, a moustache, and smart dress.

75 Years Since the Death of George Orwell

Laura Wales
Published 21st January, 2025 3 min read
An arrangement of sweets in two small shoes.

Saint Nicholas Day

Laura Wales
Published 6th December, 2024 2 min read
A black and white photograph of eleven men standing in a row. They are all wearing dark suits. These men make up the Dawes Committee.

100 Years Since The Dawes Plan Was Accepted

Laura Wales
Published 16th August, 2024 5 min read
A black and white photograph of Joseph Conrad, an older man with a moustache and beard, wearing a suit. To his right, there is a photograph of a sail boat at sea.

100th Anniversary of the Death of Joseph Conrad

Laura Wales
Published 3rd August, 2024 3 min read
A photograph of Anne Frank. She is a young girl with dark hair that falls at her chin. Her hair is pinned back with a clip. She wears a shirt with a small collar and a blazer. She doesn't look directly at the camera, looking off to the right. She is smiling widely.

80 years since Anne Frank's final diary entry

Laura Wales
Published 1st August, 2024 4 min read
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