Novel Destinations by Schmidt, Shannon McKenna -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Page Copyright Contents FOREWORD BY MATTHEW PEARL INTRODUCTION Part One TRAVEL BY THE BOOKThe best literary experiences at home and abroad

READ ’EM AND SEE: AUTHOR HOUSES AND MUSEUMS

All the Wor(l)d’s a Stage: Shakespeare’s England More Playful Destinations Atmospheric Literary Landscapes Southern Comfort Poetic Justice Literary Houses on the Prairie Contemplative Places Literary Adventurers Vampires, Ghosts, and Ravens Russian Raconteurs Famous Last Words: Literary Resting Places Vicarious Thrills for Mystery Readers: Murder and Mayhem

NOVEL DISPATCHES: WRITERS AT HOME AND ABROAD

Chronicler of the Jazz Age: F. Scott Fitzgerald Rugged Adventurer: Ernest Hemingway An Innocent Abroad: Mark Twain Famed Francophile: Edith Wharton More and More, Never Apart: Henry James and Edith Wharton

LITERARY FESTIVALS, TOURS, AND MORE

Word Up: Toasting Favorite Authors Literary Walks and Tours In the Stacks: Libraries Worth Checking Out Lit Fests: Celebrating the Printed Word

BOOKED UP: LITERARY PLACES TO DRINK, DINE, AND DOZE

Literary Lodgings in the U.S. Literary Lodgings Abroad Eat Your Words: Bookish Places to Sip and Sup Big Apple Bars for Bibliophiles Parisian Cafés of the Literati England’s Best Literary Pubs Six Hemingway Watering Holes

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