Showing posts with label romance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label romance. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Mary Cecilia Rogers Found Floating in the Hudson 1841

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Mary Cecilia Rogers , also known as the "Beautiful Cigar Girl," was a 19th-century murder victim whose story became a national ...
Thursday, July 19, 2012

Deathday: Poe "Busy-body," Feminist & Journalist Margaret Fuller 1850

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Sarah Margaret Fuller Ossoli, commonly known as Margaret Fuller , (May 23, 1810 – July 19, 1850) was an American journalist, critic, and...
Friday, June 29, 2012

Deathday: Poe Friend & Poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1861

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning (March 6, 1806 – June 29, 1861) was one of the most prominent poets of the Victorian era. Her poetry was wid...
Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Deathday: Poe Fiancee & Poet Sarah Helen Whitman 1878

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Sarah Helen Power Whitman (January 19, 1803 – June 27, 1878), was a poet, essayist, transcendentalist, Spiritualist and a romantic inter...
Thursday, June 21, 2012

"The Gold Bug" Published 1843

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" The Gold-Bug " is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. Set on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, the plot follows William Leg...
Saturday, June 9, 2012

Deathday: Poe Copyright Ally & Novelist Charles Dickens 1870

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Charles John Huffam Dickens (February 7, 1812 – June 9, 1870) was the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era and he remains...
Sunday, June 3, 2012

Deathday: Poe Enemy, Historian & Poet Elizabeth Fries Lummis Ellet 1877

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Elizabeth Fries Lummis Ellet (October 18, 1818 – June 3, 1877) was an American writer, historian and poet. She was the first writer to re...
Saturday, May 12, 2012

Deathday: Poe Friend & Poet Frances Sargent Osgood 1850

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Frances Sargent Osgood (née Locke) (June 18, 1811 – May 12, 1850) was an American poet and one of the most popular women writers during h...