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SAXON HENRY

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Tag: novelists

Novelists offer so many hours of bliss to those who love to read fiction and there are many different styles of writing—from spare to effusive.

I like to feature the points of view of novelists when their writing helps me make a point about an era, an important historical figure or a part of the world. When I was wondering which of the novelists of the Georgian era would be a good fit for a literary design piece about valuable silver from that period for sale, of course Jane Austen came to mind. But wait, I thought, the movies we watch that are made from her novels are realized against a lush backdrop styled by set decorators. That wasn’t how she set the scene in her films.

In fact, she barely set the scene at all. Though highly emotional in a way that brings all of her characters to life, her narratives are quite limited in the concrete details that film companies like Miramax achieve in the grand productions they create to emulate England’s historical periods, such as the Victorian and Georgian Eras. I enjoy exploring ideas such as this on The Diary of an Improvateur. If you are fond of rummaging through literary history in this way, a click on the novelists tag will open you to other stories.

Daunt Books in London is also featured in Bookstores. Image © Horst A. Friedrichs.
Books Cultural Explorations Travel

Bookstores

Saxon Henry May 9, 2021 American poetsEnglandErnest Hemingwayfamous writersLondonLost GenerationNew York CitynovelistsParis

I’ve had a long and passionate love affair with bookstores since I can remember. Some of my finest hours have been spent perusing shelves to…

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Two tango dancers in Buenos Aires
Books Cultural Explorations Travel

Tatty Wreckage in Buenos Aires

Saxon Henry December 15, 2020 American poetsfamous writerskeeping diariesnovelists

This essay about my frame of mind in Buenos Aires is included in my most recent book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other essays in…

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Ernest Hemingway in Paris
Creative Writing Literature Travel

Life Lessons from a Research Library

Saxon Henry November 17, 2020 American poetsBeinecke LibraryEdith Whartonfamous writersGertrude Steinkeeping diarieslibrariesLost Generationnovelistssummer reading list

This essay exploring the life lessons I have learned from a research library is included in my most recent book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other…

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Edgar Allan Poe
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It All Leads Back to Poe

Saxon Henry June 5, 2020 American poetsauthenticityfamous writerslibrariesNew York Citynovelistspoetrysummer reading list

This essay highlighting the influence that Edgar Allan Poe had on American literature is included in my most recent book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other…

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The Ponte d’Augusto at Narni.
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Traveling Italy with Henry James

Saxon Henry May 15, 2020 cathedrals to exploreHenry JamesItalykeeping diariesnovelistsVenice

This essay following Henry James through Italy is included in my most recent book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other essays in the book feature…

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Portrait of Ottoline Morrell by Adolf de Meyer taken in 1912. Image courtesy WikiMedia.
Art Literature Philanthropy

Ottoline Morrell Gets Lit

Saxon Henry May 8, 2020 British poetsEnglandfamous writersgrand residenceskeeping diariesLondonmemoirsnovelistspainterssalonnièreVirginia Woolf

This essay exploring the literary world of Ottoline Morrell is included in my most recent book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other essays in the book…

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Honore de Balzac
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Balzac as a Human Comedy

Saxon Henry April 11, 2020 books of lettersfamous writersFrancenovelistsPariswriting desks

This essay channeling Balzac in Paris is included in my new book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other essays in the book feature similar literary adventures…

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Detail of the cover of the first edition paperback of “Tropic of Cancer”
Books Creative Writing Travel

Henry Miller the Paris Years

Saxon Henry March 29, 2020 Beinecke Libraryfamous writersFrancekeeping diarieslibrariesLost GenerationnovelistsParisYale University

This essay about Henry Miller in Paris is included in my new book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other essays in the book feature similar literary…

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Painting Napoleon Crossing the Alps
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The Emperor’s Displeasure

Saxon Henry December 16, 2019 famous writersFranceNapoleonnovelistsParissalonniere

This essay about Napoléon’s displeasure with Germaine de Staël is included in my new book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other essays in the book…

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Café de la Rotonde in Paris.
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Café Society as Cultural Interpreter

Saxon Henry July 22, 2018 American poetsBritish poetsdead poets societyErnest Hemingwayfamous writersFord Madox FordFranceLost GenerationmemoirsNew York Citynonfiction writersnovelistspaintersParissummer reading list

What do the Paris and New York City cafés that served as historical backdrops for some of the world’s most brilliant creatives say about the…

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