Posts Tagged ‘Victorian literature’
“No” to November, “Yes” to Poetry: The Wit and Wisdom of Thomas Hood
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 23, 1799 On this day, dear readers, we celebrate the birth of a man whose words have danced through the ages, painting pictures of both joy and melancholy – Thomas Hood, the…
Read MoreNovels and Nature: Elizabeth Gaskell’s Flowering World
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. September 29, 1810 Today we celebrate that most earnest observer of gardens and humanity, Elizabeth Gaskell, whose pen moved as deftly between social commentary and nature’s beauty as she moved between her writing…
Read MoreFrom Bluebells to Winter Roses: The Life of Anne Brontë
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 28, 1849 Dear reader, on this day in history, we bid farewell to a literary gem, the English novelist and poet Anne Brontë. While we now celebrate the Brontë sisters for their…
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