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Irish author Bram Stoker died in 1912.

In his early years, Stoker worked as a theatre critic for an Irish newspaper, and wrote stories as well as commentaries. He also enjoyed travelling, particularly to Cruden Bay in Scotland where he set two of his novels. During another visit to the English coastal town of Whitby, Stoker drew inspiration for writing Dracula.

Books by Bram Stoker at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/190

Stoker c. 1906 unidentified photographer - https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/13/travel/bram-stoker-dracula-yorkshire.html Bram Stoker (1847-1912), novelist born in Ireland, author of "Dracula"
Dracula, by Bram Stoker - First Edition cloth cover, 1897

"The mental features discoursed of as the analytical, are, in themselves, but little susceptible of analysis. We appreciate them only in their effects."

in 1841.

Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" appears in Graham's Magazine (Philadelphia), where he has become editor in February. It will be recognized as the first significant work of detective fiction.

The Murders in the Rue Morgue at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2147

Facsimile of Edgar Allan Poe's original manuscript for "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", from the Susan Jaffe Tane collection, Cornell University. Facsimile of Poe - http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/poe/exhibition/horrorsuspense/index.html
Illustration by Aubrey Beardsley of "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", 1895

in 1921.

The Hungarian Ferenc Molnár's play Liliom is first produced on Broadway in English. Liliom was a failure in Hungary when it was staged there in 1909, but not when it was staged on Broadway in an English translation by Benjamin Glazer in 1921. It was well known in its own right during the early to mid-20th century, but is best known today as the basis for the Rodgers and Hammerstein 1945 musical Carousel.

Liliom at PG:
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/48749

Photograph of Joseph Schildkraut (Liliom), Evelyn Chard (Louise) and Eva Le Gallienne (Julie) in the Theatre Guild production of Liliom (1921) Theatre Guild, Ira D. Schwartz, photographer

in 1910.

Halley's comet reappears after 76 years, and Mark Twain dies at his home, Stormfield, the day after the comet's perihelion. In his autobiography, Twain wrote, "I came in with Halley's comet in 1835. It's coming again next year (1910), and I expect to go out with it. The Almighty has said no doubt, 'Now here are these two unaccountable freaks; they came in together, they must go out together.'"

Halley in April 1910, from Harvard's Southern Hemisphere Station, taken with an 8-inch Bache Doublet Harvard College Observatory - http://dasch.rc.fas.harvard.edu/gallery.php Portion of Plate b41215 of Halley's comet taken on April 21, 1910 from Arequipa, Peru with the 8-inch Bache Doublet, Voigtlander. The exposure was 30 minutes centered on 23h41m29s R.A. and +07d21m09s Declination.

Questions over Shakespeare’s authorship began in his lifetime, scholar claims

"New research suggests some 16th-century writers were confident Shakespeare was the pseudonym of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford"

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/19/questions-over-shakespeares-authorship-began-in-his-lifetime-scholar-claims

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: Martin Droeshout, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Shakespeare_MET_DP858182.jpg

William Shakespeare, print, after Martin Droeshout the Younger (MET, 17.3.756-1108)

“What would it look like to ask readers to be in conversation with, or to bear witness to, all these Cree lives…?”

Acclaimed writer Billy-Ray Belcourt (This Wound is a World, A Minor Chorus) spoke with Windspeaker about his new collection of stories Coexistence. Themes of identity, belonging, love, loss, queerness and hope run through an entire community he has created.

https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/new-collection-billy-ray-belcourt-brings-northern-alberta-characters-his