Travel with Agatha Christie & Jane Austen on LibrAdventures – The Literary Atlas

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LibrAdventures is a literary atlas which allows you to explore locations associated with famous authors and works of literature.

Summary: Index of All Women Writers | Index of all Writers, Artists, Libraries & Bookstores

How did Sherlock Holmes and John Watson meet? Where was Frankenstein created? What happened to the queen of crime Agatha Christie during her sudden disappearance in 1926? What led to the creation of the Shakespeare & Company bookstore and its revival? Where did Virginia Woolf write A Room of One’s Own? What prompted J.M. Barrie to write Peter Pan?

A close relative to Hollywomen as both are built by the same creative, LibrAdventures answers all those questions.

An immersive journey through literature and the arts,  the interactive atlas puts the events in context, explaining why a place has been important in someone’s career, private life and literary history.

Updated with new entries and features, LibrAdventures has recently been showcased by Google Maps, Google Russia and other national branches of the company.
Update: Months after that it is still, according to the tech giant, Google’s “favorite bookworm-inspired” project.

Index of All Women Writers

IconYearAdventureAuthors & CharactersTypePlaces
1952C.S. Lewis meets Joy DavidmanJoy Davidman, C.S Lewis, ,
1936Ernest Hemingway meets Martha Gellhorn, USA,
1934Mary Poppins flies to LondonP. L. Travers, Mary Poppins , , , London
1931Anaïs Nin meets Henry Miller, ,
1928Virginia Woolf writes A Room Of One's OwnVirginia WoolfAuthors, , London
1926Agatha Christie reappears at the Swan Hotel,
1926Agatha Christie's car is found empty,
1926Agatha Christie disappears,
1907Edith Wharton arrives in Paris, ,
1903Gertrude Stein moves to 27 rue de Fleurus, Paris, , ,
1900Three girls vanish at Hanging Rock, AustraliaPicnic At Hanging Rock, Hanging Rock, Joan Lindsay,
1853Harriet Beecher Stowe travels to ParisHarriet Beecher StoweAuthors, ,
1847The Brontë Sisters write Jane Eyre & Wuthering Heights in HaworthThe Brontë Sisters: Charlotte, Emily & AnneAuthors,
1816Mary Shelley creates Frankenstein, Authors, ,
1809Jane Austen rewrites Sense & Sensibility, Pride & PrejudiceAuthors,

All Writers, Artists, Libraries & Bookstores

IconYearAdventureAuthors & CharactersTypePlaces
2004Opening of McNally Jackson
Sarah McNallyBookstores & LibrariesNew York, USA
1997Incident at the Korean Border in J.S.APark-Chan WookCinema, CharactersSouth Korea
1977Pi & a Bengal Tiger stranded in the Pacific OceanLife of PiCinema, Characters
1976Neville is the last human on EarthRichard Matheson's I Am LegendCinema, Characters,
1974Stephen King at the Stanley HotelStephen King, The ShiningCinema, , Authors, ,
1964Whitman's Le Mistral becomes Shakespeare & Company, Bookstores & Libraries
, ,
1964The American Library in Paris relocates near the Eiffel TowerBookstores & Libraries, ,
1960Jack Kerouac lives in Big Sur, CaliforniaJack KerouacAuthorsUSA,
1960Hitchcock releases Psycho, CinemaNew York, USA
1958Paddington Bear arrives at Paddington StationPaddington Bear, , , London
1957Dr. Seuss writes The Grinch and The Cat In The Hat
1956The Strand relocates on BroadwayBookstores & Libraries,
New York, USA
1955Kepler's Books opens in CaliforniaKepler's BooksBookstores & Libraries,
USA,
1953City Lights opens in San FranciscoCity LightsBookstores & Libraries,
USA,
1953J. D. Salinger withdraws from public lifeJ. D. SalingerUSA
1952The American Library in Paris moves to the Champs-ÉlyséesBookstores & Libraries, ,
1952C.S. Lewis meets Joy DavidmanC.S Lewis, ,
1951George Whitman opens Le Mistral, Bookstores & Libraries
, ,
1948James Baldwin writes at Saint-GermainJames Baldwin, ,
1944Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's plane is shot at seaAntoine de Saint Exupéry, ,
1942Roald Dahl becomes a spy seducerRoald Dahl, USA
1936Ernest Hemingway meets Martha Gellhorn, USA,
1936The American Library in Paris moves to rue de TeheranBookstores & Libraries, ,
1934Mary Poppins flies to LondonP. L. Travers, Mary Poppins , , , London
1931Anaïs Nin meets Henry Miller, ,
1928The Fitzgeralds at 58 rue de Vaugirard, ,
1928Virginia Woolf writes A Room Of One's OwnVirginia WoolfAuthors, , London
1927The Strand opens on 4th Avenue, New YorkBookstores & Libraries,
New York, USA
1926Agatha Christie reappears at the Swan Hotel,
1926Agatha Christie's car is found empty,
1926Agatha Christie disappears,
1926Winnie The Pooh hangs out at Ashdown ForestWinnie The Pooh , ,
1925Fitzgerald & Hemingway meet at the Dingo Bar, , ,
1921Shakespeare & Company relocates at 12 rue de l'Odéon, Bookstores & Libraries, ,
1921Ezra Pound moves to Paris & befriend Hemingway , , ,
1920The American Library in Paris is created Bookstores & Libraries, ,
1920Gotham Book Mart opens in New YorkGotham Book MartBookstores & LibrariesNew York, USA
1919Sylvia Beach opens the Shakespeare and Company bookstore, Bookstores & Libraries, ,
1919Jean Cocteau meets Raymond Radiguet, , ,
1915Adrienne Monnier opens La Maison des Amis des Livres, , Bookstores & Libraries, ,
1907Edith Wharton arrives in Paris, ,
1904J. M. Barrie writes Peter Pan , , London
1903Gertrude Stein moves to 27 rue de Fleurus, Paris, , ,
1902The Martians Invade Earth in HG Wells' War Of The Worlds, , Authors,
1900Oscar Wilde dies in Paris, , ,
1900Three girls vanish at Hanging Rock, AustraliaPicnic At Hanging Rock, Hanging Rock, Joan Lindsay,
1895Oscar Wilde is arrested at the Cadogan Hotel, London, , , London
1894Adam Clark Vroman creates Vroman’s BookstoreVroman's BookstoreBookstores & LibrariesUSA,
1891Sherlock Holmes disappears at the Reichenbach Falls, , , London
1890Vincent Van Gogh dies from a gunshot wound, ,
1887The Horla haunts The Narrator in Maupassant's The Horla, , Authors ,
1881Sherlock Holmes & John Watson rent a flat on 221B Baker Street , , , London
1874Mark Twain writes Tom Sawyer in Hartford, ConnecticutMark TwainAuthors, USA
1853Harriet Beecher Stowe travels to ParisHarriet Beecher StoweAuthors, ,
1847The Brontë Sisters write Jane Eyre & Wuthering Heights in HaworthThe Brontë Sisters: Charlotte, Emily & AnneAuthors,
1845Edgar Allan Poe writes The Raven In New YorkEdgar Allan Poe, , New York, USA
1816Mary Shelley creates Frankenstein, Authors, ,
1809Jane Austen rewrites Sense & Sensibility, Pride & PrejudiceAuthors,
1802Birth of Alexandre Dumas at Chateau de NoüeAuthors,
1785Mrs Lovett sells strange meat pies, , London
1785Sweeney Todd opens a barbershop on 186 Fleet Street, London, , London
1605Don Quixote fights windmills in La ManchaCervantes, Don Quixote,
1308Dante writes The Divine ComedyDante AlighieriAuthors, ,
0950H.P. Lovecraft's CthulhuH.P. Lovecraft, , ,

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