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Menabilly, the Real-Life Inspiration for the Manderley House in ‘Rebecca’
If you’re using this time spent indoors to watch (or re-watch) Hollywood classics, you might want to add another one (or two) to your list. Rebecca is a black-and-white, 1940 movie directed by the one and only Alfred Hitchcock, starring Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine and Judith Anderson. It was based on a 1938 novel written […] More
Ernest Hemingway’s Iconic House in Key West Stands Tall and Mighty After 168 Hurricane Seasons
Leaving behind an impressive body of work written in his now-iconic style, Nobel Prize winner Ernest Hemingway was a titan of 20th-century literature. With his masterful writing — that left us with timeless works like A Farewell to Arms, The Old Man and the Sea, The Sun Also Rises, and For Whom The Bells Toll […] More
The Mysterious Allure of Stephen King’s House, the Beating Heart of Bangor, Maine
Lead image credit – Julia Ess, Source: Wikimedia Commons UPDATE (10/28/19): Stephen King recently announced plans to turn his long-time house in Bangor into an archive/writer’s retreat. Soon enough, the property will house the writer’s archives, formerly held at the University of Maine; they will be accessible by appointment only. In fact, King is clear […] More
