5 Holiday Books to Enjoy this Season
By Hannah White Winter is coming and the days are growing colder and shorter. Leaves are falling; trees are left barren and braced for the…
Tag: Classic Literature
Literary Halloween – Part I: 5 Costumes with Character
By Jessica Monk Halloween, I confess: I’ve failed you. My costumes have been offbeat, inappropriate, and dangerously conceptual. Being a literature graduate, it’s what’s expected…
Looking back: Wharton, Fitzgerald, and Ourselves
By Caitlin O’Hara Think of favorite endings of books that really resonate: Levin and his revelation towards goodness at the end of Anna Karenina. Molly Bloom’s return…
The 2015 Literary Fauxscars: The Results are In!
Every year, the staff of Literary Traveler has a lot of fun watching and discussing the year’s best (and not-so-great) literary adaptations. From contemporary fiction…
The Literary Traveler Summer Reading Challenge
By Amanda Festa Summer is in full swing, and with so many gorgeous days to take advantage of, we are always on the lookout for…
Summer Reading for the Literary Traveler — Beat the Heat and Join the Challenge!
Introduction by Amanda Festa Summer reading is as representative of the season as backyard BBQs and beach days. If you are like us, you enjoy…
Gatsby: Under the Red, White, and Blue
By Jessica Monk Did you know that F. Scott Fitzgerald was distantly related to the man who composed “The Star-Spangled Banner?” That, in fact, he…
Literary Traveler to Bring Writers’ Journeys to Television
By Francis McGovern Literary Traveler is excited to announce that we are turning our much-loved website into a series for television. We are passionate about…
Gemma Hardy vs. Jane Eyre
By Kelsey A. Liebenson-Morse Margot Livesey’s novel, The Flight of Gemma Hardy, is a bold and brave new adaption of Charlotte Bronte’s much beloved Jane…