William Shakespeare

The bookmark from England. I suppose everyone has heard of W.Shakespeare... am I right?;)



William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". Among the most famous of Shakespeare's plays are Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Othello, Twelfth Night, The Merchant of Venice.
Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Thank You

Thank you for:
*reading my blog
*writing comments
*sending me interesting bookmarks

:)

From Fair

The handmade bookmark from Portugal. My sister bought it in a fair, in a small town of Portugal: Palmela or Setubal (I don't remember exactly).

Dear One

The handmade bookmark with an envelope from the USA.

Wales

The leather bookmark from the United Kingdom.



Wales is a country that is a part of the United Kingdom, bordered by England to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. Wales has a population estimated at three million and is officially bilingual; Welsh and English have equal status, and bilingual signs are the norm throughout the land. Wales has a distinctive culture including its own customs, holidays and music.
The capital Cardiff is the largest city in Wales with 317,500 people.

Emily Dickinson

The bookmark with the photo of Emily Dickinson from the USA.



Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (1830 – 1886) was an American poet. Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, she lived a mostly introverted and reclusive life. After she studied at the Amherst Academy for seven years in her youth, she spent a short time at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary before returning to her family's house in Amherst. Thought of as an eccentric by the locals, she became known for her penchant for white clothing and her reluctance to greet guests or, later in life, even leave her room. Most of her friendships were therefore carried out by correspondence.

Although Dickinson was a prolific private poet, fewer than a dozen of her nearly eighteen hundred poems were published during her lifetime. Many of her poems deal with themes of death and immortality, two recurring topics in letters to her friends.