Drinks With Dead Poets: A Season of Poe, Whitman, Byron, and the Brontes

Fiction & Literature, Literary
Cover of the book Drinks With Dead Poets: A Season of Poe, Whitman, Byron, and the Brontes by Glyn Maxwell, Pegasus Books
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Glyn Maxwell ISBN: 9781681774985
Publisher: Pegasus Books Publication: August 8, 2017
Imprint: Pegasus Books Language: English
Author: Glyn Maxwell
ISBN: 9781681774985
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Publication: August 8, 2017
Imprint: Pegasus Books
Language: English

A spirited homage to the departed literary greats—set in an entrancing English village—this novel tells the tale of a profound autumn term with Poe, Yeats, Whitman, Dickinson, and the Brontës.

“I am walking along a country lane with no earthly idea why . . .”

Poet Glyn Maxwell wakes up in a mysterious village one autumn day. He has no idea how he got there—is he dead? In a coma? Dreaming?—but he has a strange feeling there’s a class to teach. And isn’t that the poet Keats wandering down the lane? Why not ask him to give a reading, do a Q and A, hit the pub with the students afterwards?

Soon the whole of the autumn term stretches ahead, with Byron, Yeats and Emily Dickinson, the Brontës, the Brownings, Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, Wilfred Owen, and many more all on their way to give readings in the humble village hall.

And everything these famed personalities say—in class, on stage, at the Cross Keys pub—comes verbatim from these poets’ diaries, essays, or letters. A dreamy novel of a profound autumn term with Poe, Yeats, Whitman, Dickinson, and the Brontës.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

A spirited homage to the departed literary greats—set in an entrancing English village—this novel tells the tale of a profound autumn term with Poe, Yeats, Whitman, Dickinson, and the Brontës.

“I am walking along a country lane with no earthly idea why . . .”

Poet Glyn Maxwell wakes up in a mysterious village one autumn day. He has no idea how he got there—is he dead? In a coma? Dreaming?—but he has a strange feeling there’s a class to teach. And isn’t that the poet Keats wandering down the lane? Why not ask him to give a reading, do a Q and A, hit the pub with the students afterwards?

Soon the whole of the autumn term stretches ahead, with Byron, Yeats and Emily Dickinson, the Brontës, the Brownings, Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, Wilfred Owen, and many more all on their way to give readings in the humble village hall.

And everything these famed personalities say—in class, on stage, at the Cross Keys pub—comes verbatim from these poets’ diaries, essays, or letters. A dreamy novel of a profound autumn term with Poe, Yeats, Whitman, Dickinson, and the Brontës.

More books from Pegasus Books

Cover of the book Once Upon a Time by Glyn Maxwell
Cover of the book The Silk Noose by Glyn Maxwell
Cover of the book War Stories: From the Charge of the Light Brigade to the Battle of the Bulge and Beyond by Glyn Maxwell
Cover of the book The Gardener of Eden: A Novel by Glyn Maxwell
Cover of the book Hobbes: Great Thinkers on Modern Life by Glyn Maxwell
Cover of the book The Disappearance of Émile Zola: Love, Literature, and the Dreyfus Case by Glyn Maxwell
Cover of the book The Beautiful Race: The Story of the Giro d'Italia by Glyn Maxwell
Cover of the book Betrayal in Time: A Novel (Kendra Donovan Mysteries) by Glyn Maxwell
Cover of the book Tchaikovsky: The Man Revealed by Glyn Maxwell
Cover of the book Freud: Great Thinkers on Modern Life (Great Thinkers on Modern Life) by Glyn Maxwell
Cover of the book In Byron's Wake: The Turbulent Lives of Lord Byron's Wife and Daughter: Annabella Milbanke and Ada Lovelace by Glyn Maxwell
Cover of the book Destiny in the Desert by Glyn Maxwell
Cover of the book The Last Armada: Queen Elizabeth, Juan del Águila, and Hugh O'Neill: The Story of the 100-Day Spanish Invasion by Glyn Maxwell
Cover of the book Mr. Darley's Arabian: High Life, Low Life, Sporting Life: A History of Racing in Twenty-Five Horses by Glyn Maxwell
Cover of the book The Bone Fire: A Somershill Manor Mystery (The Somershill Manor Mysteries) by Glyn Maxwell
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy