The Roaring 20s and the Rise of the Iconic Dust Jacket

The Roaring 20s and the Rise of the Iconic Dust Jacket

By Adrienne Raptis | December 27, 2019 | Comments Off on The Roaring 20s and the Rise of the Iconic Dust Jacket

As we approach the year 2020, its hard to believe that iconic era of the 1920s is now a century ago. We look back on this decade as an age of striking social and political change. Due to changes in technology and the economy, Americans were connected to one another and the rest of the…

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Edith Wharton and The Age of Innocence

Edith Wharton and The Age of Innocence

By Adrienne Raptis | December 30, 2015 | Comments Off on Edith Wharton and The Age of Innocence

Edith Wharton was a distinguished novelist, writer, and designer that was well acquainted with other successful literates of her time, including Theodore Roosevelt. She wrote over 40 books in 40 years and, as a female author, broke through many social oppressions in the literary world. Her twelfth novel, The Age of Innocence, won the 1921…

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Author Spotlight – F. Scott Fitzgerald

By Adrienne Raptis | June 7, 2013 | Comments Off on Author Spotlight – F. Scott Fitzgerald

With all the buzz of the recent movie, The Great Gatsby, we thought we should spotlight F. Scott Fitzgerald this month so that you can learn a little bit about the man behind the story. After the success of his first novel, This Side of Paradise (1920), F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda became…

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