This is the date of the first publication of Bram Stoker's Dracula on May 26 in 1897. Abraham Stoker, widely known as Bram Stoker (1847-1912), was an Irish writer. He was also a manager and personal assistant of the actor, Sir Henry Irving. One of Stoker’s most popular works is the Gothic horror novel, Dracula and whilst he wrote twelve novels in total, none of them could match the success of Dracula. He was also friends with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, William Butler Yeats and Oscar Wilde, the latter friendship being significant due to the fight between the two men over Florence Balcome, Stoker’s wife. #worlddraculaday #draculaday #onthisdate #bramstoker #draculapublished #countdracula #gothicliterature #horrorfiction #irishwriters #dracula

.A writer's museum in London. The Scottish author, philosopher, essayist, mathematician and also historian, Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), is an important figure in Victorian Literature, not least because his book, The French Revolution, inspired Dickens to write A Tale of Two Cities. 📓 Carlyle also produced several other well-known works such as Sartor Resartus, On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and The Heroic in History. This location is Carlyle’s House; there is a private portrait plaque on the building and you can visit and explore the famous writer’s home. More details about this venue (including opening and closing times) can be found on the website. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/carlyles-house 📍24 Cheyne Row, Chelsea, London SW3 5HL The nearest station is Sloane Square Underground Station. 🚆⁠ ⁠ if you want to find more hidden literary gems in London visit our Writer's Path Map https://www.writerspath.co.uk/map 👈⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #thomascarlyle #carlyleshouse #londonliterature #writerspath #literarymapoflondon #literarylondon #writersmuseums #scottishwriters #visitlondon #secretlondon #scottishauthors #literarygems #nationaltrust

William Shakespeare & Charles Dickens Inspiration. George Inn – or, The George – is a pub first established in the medieval period serving as a coaching inn at that time. ⁠ ⁠ The records of this coaching inn date back to 1542. Although the current building dates back to 1676 when it was rebuilt following a devastating fire.⁠ ⁠ William Shakespeare often frequented the inn. 🍻⁠ ⁠ Charles Dickens personally visited and stayed at the George Hotel which he described as 'one of the best inns in England' in his novel, Nicholas Nickleby. ⁠ ⁠ He also referred to it in his book, Little Dorrit. 📓⁠ ⁠ The inn is now owned by the National Trust.⁠ ⁠ A memorial plaque can be found at the site.⁠ ⁠ 📍75-77 Borough High St, London SE1 1NH⁠ ⁠ The nearest station is London Bridge Underground Station.🚆⁠ ⁠ if you want to find more hidden literary gems in London visit our Writer's Path Map https://www.writerspath.co.uk/map 👈⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #thegeorgeinn #thegeorge #londonliterature #writerspath #literarymapoflondon #literarylondon #londonpubs #charlesdickens #williamshakespeare #nationaltrust #publichouse #visitlondon #secretlondon #pubsoflondon

Sigmund Freud was born #onthisday in 1856. Freud (1856-1939) was an Austrian neurologist, physiologist and the developer of psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic theory. Freud is one of the most influential thinkers of 20th century and although he was nominated twelve times for a Nobel Prize in Medicine, and once for literature, he was never the ultimate winner. Nonetheless, Freud was awarded the Goethe Prize in literature in 1930. Some of his well-known works were The Interpretation of Dreams, Leonardo da Vinci, A Memory of His Childhood, The Ego and the Id and An Outline of Psycho-Analysis. Freud lived in this house from 1938 to 1939. During this time, he was visited by many other significant authors including H.G. Wells, and Leonard and Virginia Woolf. Since July 1986, the house serves as a museum. Also a blue plaque can be seen at this location. 📍20 Maresfield Gardens, London NW3 5SD The nearest station is Finchley Road Train Station. 🚆 if you want to find more hidden literary gems in London visit our Writer's Path Map https://www.writerspath.co.uk/map 👈⁠ ⁠ #sigmundfreud #freud #londonliterature #writerspath #literarymapoflondon #literarylondon #freudmuseum

Dame Agatha Christie (1890-1976) was an English author famed for writing detective novels, short stories, plays and poems. 🕵️‍♀️ Some of her well-known works include The Murder at the Vicarage, Partners In Crime, The Mousetrap, Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile, which featured the celebrated detectives, Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. 📓 Christie was awarded a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1971. 🏆 This bronze statue stands 2.4 metres high, and is dedicated to Agatha Christie. Its location in the heart of London's theatre district truly honours Christie's contribution to theatre: she was the first female playwright to have three plays performing simultaneously in the West End, after all. 📍Cranbourn St, London WC2H The nearest station is Leicester Square Underground Station. 🚆 ⁠ if you want to find more hidden literary gems in London visit our Writer's Path Map https://www.writerspath.co.uk/map 👈⁠ ⁠ #agathachristie #londonliterature #writerspath #literarylocations #literarymapoflondon #famouswriters #literarylondon #britishwriters #writersmemorial #mysterywriter

We proudly announce that Writer's Path is online now. The Writer's Path App is also in progress and it will be available to download soon on both iOS and Android smartphones. Writer's Path is a literary map of London with the aim to remember and rekindle London's connections with literature. We add places related to literature that we encounter in research and trips to our customised Writer's Path Map and you can easily find the best literary locations of London and the routes to get between them. There are 138 locations and sixty-nine writers on our map so far, and we know that many more authors and locations will be added on this path. You can also take a part and offer literary locations to us; we will examine the locations and add them to the map. The locations with a plaque or memorial will have a greater chance of being featured. We would be more than happy to help you find the locations you are looking for; you just need to subscribe to the Writer’s Path website or download the coming Writer’s Path app to your smartphone in order to access our specialised map. We hope exploring London’s literary history brings you enjoyment – have fun! #writerspath #literaturelondon #literaturemapoflondon #londonwriters #writersmap #writersoflondon #literaturemap #literature #loveliterature #reading #writing #books #writingcommunity #writers #autors #writerslife #amwriting

Senate House Library is a nineteen-storey Art Deco building designed by Charles Holden and built in the 1930s. It is one of the UK’s largest academic libraries for arts, humanities & social sciences. Notably, it was an inspiration for George Orwell when writing his dystopian novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four. The building was used as the headquarters of the Ministry of Information during the Second World War, where Orwell’s wife, Eileen Blair, worked. George Orwell himself used Senate House as the vision for the Ministry of Truth where the protagonist of Nineteen Eighty-Four, Winston, works. There is also Room 101 in the building.🚪 📍Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7HU if you want to find more hidden literary gems in London visit our Writer's Path Map https://www.writerspath.co.uk/map 👈⁠ #georgeorwell #senatehouselibrary #literature #1984 #nineteeneightyfour #orwell #booklover #bookaddict #reading #charlesholden #londonliterature #writerspath #literarylocations #dystopia #bookworm #writer #literary #booklover #literarymapoflondon #writersmap #famousauthors #famouswriters

The Spaniards is an iconic London pub in Hampstead area dating back to the 1500s. The Spaniards Inn is an historic London pub with a strong literary connections. The pub has been mentioned in both Charles Dickens’ novel The Pickwick Papers and Bram Stoker’s Gothic horror novel Dracula. John Keats and Lord Byron were patrons of The Spaniards Inn. Apparently, Keats wrote his Ode to a Nightingale in the pub garden, and Bram Stoker borrowed one of their ghost stories to furnish the plot of Dracula. 📍The Spaniards Inn, Spaniards Rd, Hampstead, London NW3 The nearest station is Hampstead Underground Station. 🚆 if you want to find more hidden literary gems in London visit our Writer's Path Map https://www.writerspath.co.uk/map 👈⁠ #thespaniardsinn #londonpubs #literature #johnkeats #charlesdickens #literarylondon #bramstoker #bookaddict #reading #lordbyron #londonliterature #writerspath #literarylocations #dracula #bookworm #writer #literary #booklover #literarymapoflondon #writersmap #famousauthors #famouswriters

English author Douglas Adams was born on this day (11 March) in 1952. Douglas Noel Adams was famed for the pentalogy, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which sold more than fifteen million copies as a novel (although it was originally broadcast as a radio show). Adams was awarded by Comic-Con International's Inkpot Awards in 1983. Some of his other well-known works were Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (which was made into a Netflix Series), The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul and Last Chance to See. #douglasadams #hitchhikersguidetothegalaxy #netflixseries #dirkgentlysholisticdetectiveagency #bookworm #booknerd #booklover #bookish #dontpanic #scifi #hitchhikersguide #bookaddict #bookaholic #sciencefiction #satire #onthisday #writerbirthdays #celebratewriters

Charles Dickens' Inspiration The Old Curiosity Shop was a novel written by Charles Dickens; it was famously published in two instalments in 1840 and 1841 respectively. ✍️ The novel was very popular when published – even Queen Victoria read it. 👑 Although the shop’s name was changed after Dickens’ book was published, it is known that this shop was an inspiration for the novel and Dickens visited it several times. Nowadays, The Old Curiosity Shop serves as a high-end shoe shop. 📍13-14 Portsmouth St, Holborn, London WC2A 2ES The nearest station is Holborn Underground Station. 🚆 if you want to find more hidden literary gems in London visit our Writer's Path Map https://www.writerspath.co.uk/map 👈⁠ #charlesdickens #englishwriter #literature #worldhistory #loveliterature#booklover #bookaddict #reading #londonliterature #writerspath #literarylocations #writer #literary #literarymapoflondon #writersmap #famousauthors #famouswriters #literarylondon #literarylandmarksinlondon #bookworm #booklover #theoldcuriosityshop

At this location is a sculpture of Sir Thomas More in a small garden next to Chelsea Old Church. It was made by sculptor, Leslie Cubitt Bevis. More (1478-1535) was an English lawyer, philosopher, statesman, and an author who wrote the fictional book, Utopia, which is about the social and political system of a fictional island. He argued against Henry VIII's divorce with Catherine of Aragon and his new marriage with Anne Boleyn; More was accused of treason because of refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy and executed in the Tower of London as a result of this. His last words were: "I die the King's good servant, but God's first". The Catholic Church declared him as a patron saint in year 2000. ⁠ 📍64 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London SW3 5TT The nearest station is Sloane Square Underground Station. 🚆⁠ ⁠ if you want to find more hidden literary gems in London visit our Writer's Path Map https://www.writerspath.co.uk/map 👈⁠ ⁠ #sirthomasmore #utopia #literature #worldhistory #loveliterature #booklover #bookaddict #reading #londonliterature #writerspath #literarylocations #wrtiter #literary #literarymapoflondon #writersmap #sculpture #statue #famouswriters #literarylondon #literarylandmarksinlondon #bookworm #booklover #thomasmore #bookstagram #saintthomasmore #anneboleyn # #henryviii #tudors #englishhistory #1500s #tudorengland

One of the greatest poets in English literature George Gordon Byron (1788-1824) – widely known as Lord Byron – was an English poet and politician. ⁠ ⁠ He was considered as a leading figure in Romanticism and one of the greatest poets in English literature. ⁠ ⁠ Some of his best-known works were Don Juan, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Oriental Tales, The Corsair, and She Walks in Beauty. ⁠ ⁠ Although there is now a John Lewis there, Lord Byron was born in a house originally on Holles Street. You can find a green plaque on this site to memorialise this.⁠ ⁠ 📍300 Oxford St, Marylebone, London W1C 1DX⁠ ⁠ The nearest station is Oxford Circus Underground Station. 🚆⁠ ⁠ if you want to find more hidden literary gems in London visit our Writer's Path Map https://www.writerspath.co.uk/map 👈⁠ ⁠ #lordbyron #romanticpoets #literature #worldhistory #loveliterature #booklover #bookaddict #reading #londonliterature #writerspath #literarylocations #poet #literary #literarymapoflondon #writersmap #famouspoets #famouswriters #literarylondon #literarylandmarksinlondon #bookworm #booklover #johnlewis #romanticism