Emilia Pardo Bazรกn

Every September, the Galician coast recalls a writer it never quite knew how to contain. Emilia Pardo Bazรกn โ€” novelist, short story master, feminist, and Spain’s first female university professor โ€” spent five decades refusing the room society allotted her. On her birth anniversary, we revisit her life, her Gothic short fiction, and the untranslated collection, Cuentos trรกgicos, still waiting for English-language readers. Continue reading Emilia Pardo Bazรกn

The Feather Pillow, by Horacio Quiroga

English translation by Enzo Martinelli of Horacio Quirogaโ€™s gothic short story, โ€œEl almohadon de pluma – The Feather Pillowโ€, from his short story collection โ€œCuentos de amor, locura y muerte – Stories of Love, Madness and Deathโ€. Published in translation into English, along with the original text in Spanish of the story. Continue reading The Feather Pillow, by Horacio Quiroga

Chapter House @ Westminster Abbey โ›ช๏ธ๐Ÿ’‚๐Ÿผโ€โ™‚๏ธโ›ช๏ธ

The magnificent stained-glass interior of the Chapter House at Westminster Abbey, London ย  ย  ๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿฝโ€๐Ÿ’ปโ™ฅ๏ธ๐Ÿ“ท๐Ÿ› Originally posted on my Instagram blog Churches โ›ช๏ธ๐Ÿ“ท๐Ÿ“ฑ Photography ย  ย  Continue reading Chapter House @ Westminster Abbey โ›ช๏ธ๐Ÿ’‚๐Ÿผโ€โ™‚๏ธโ›ช๏ธ

Duomo of Milan โ›ช๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡นโ˜๏ธ

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