Literary Pilgrimage to England

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Literary Pilgrimage to England

• Mary Reilley-Clark
• LT 130
• Spring 2006

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London

• The British Library
• From Beowulf to Virginia Woolf, and everything in
  between.
• Gallery of original manuscripts, including a
  Shakespeare First Folio, Jane Austens
  handwritten History of England, and Lewis
  Carrolls Alice in Wonderland.

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The Lake District
HilltopBeatrix Potters home, which now belongs
to the National Trust
Dove Cottagehome to William and Dorothy
Wordsworth for 8 years
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Haworth
The West Yorkshire moors are the wild and stormy
landscape of Wuthering Heights
Haworth Parsonage, home to Emily, Anne and
Charlotte Bronte
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Bath and Chawton
Jane Austen wittily describes the social scene in
19th century Bath in her novel Persuasion.
Janes home in Chawton is now a museum.
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Dorchester
Thomas Hardys Dorset is the setting for many of
his novels, including Far From the Madding Crowd
and Jude the Obscure.
The cottage where Hardy was born and lived until
age 34 is now part of the National Trust.
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London

Shakespeares Globe Theatre offers tours and
performances

Poets Corner in Westminster Abbey is the final
resting place of many writers including Chaucer,
Dickens, and Kipling.
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Resources

• Walking in Literary London
• The Original London Walks
• Daily specialized walking tours that show you the
  London of Shakespeare, Dickens, Sherlock Holmes
  and Harry Potter.
• Blue Plaque Sites
• Search for your favorite authors by name, or
  design your own walking tour by postal code.
• Touring throughout England
• Tour Companies
• Literary Traveler
• Back Roads Touring
• Independent Travel
• English Tourist Board

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Selected Webliography

• The National Trust
• All the National Trust sites in Great Britain,
  with hours, admissions, and directions
• English Heritage
• Over 400 English Heritage properties, including
  many authors homes
• London Tourism
• Website full of information on tours and theatre
• Hay-on-Wye
• The town of second-hand bookstores, otherwise
  known as heaven on earth for the obsessive book
  buyer

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Images of Authors
Jane Austen
Beatrix Potter
The Brontes
Thomas Hardy