"The love of learning, the sequestered nooks,
And all the sweet serenity of books."
And all the sweet serenity of books."
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Today in Literary History...On this day in 1896 Anton Chekhov's The Seagull, the first of his masterpieces, premiered in St. Petersburg. The opening night was such a disaster that by Act Two Chekhov was hiding backstage from the jeering, and by 2 a.m., after hours of walking the streets alone, he was declaring, "Not if I live to be seven hundred will I write another play."
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Lieutenant Daniel Rooke sails to Australia and begins to work on charting the stars and makes greater discoveries when he bonds with Tagaran, an Aboriginal girl, but when a violent conflict arises between the Englishmen and the native tribes, Daniel is force to choose where his allegiance lies.
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3 comments:
Why are you hiding behind a plant? Is something wrong with your face?
Yeah! I got hit! Oh, and the reason I'm hiding behind the plant is because I am so wondrously stunning your head would explode if you saw my face in its entirety. Douche...
Gotta love Longfellow. I toured his house last summer- so neat. Love him!
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