A Curious Invitation: The Illustrations

Friday 21st Sep 2012
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Queen Alice's Feast, from Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There
Queen Alice's Feast, from Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There

Gatsby's parties, Satan's Rout and Finnegans Wake, among others, are some of the greatest parties in literature. These beautiful illustrations, taken from Suzette Field's A Curious Inivitation, are by Lynn Hatzius. 


Gatsby's Saturday night parties, from<div>F. Scott Fitzgerald's Jazz Age masterpiece</div>
Gatsby's Saturday night parties, from
F. Scott Fitzgerald's Jazz Age masterpiece
Satan's Rout, from Bulgakov's<i> The Master</i><div><i>and Margarita</i></div>
Satan's Rout, from Bulgakov's The Master
and Margarita


Finnegans Wake, from Joyce's last novel
Finnegans Wake, from Joyce's last novel
McMurphy's Ward Party, from Ken Kesey's<div>  <i>One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest</i></div>
McMurphy's Ward Party, from Ken Kesey's
  One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest


The Ball at Mansfield Park from Jane Austen's <div><i>Mansfield Park</i></div>
The Ball at Mansfield Park from Jane Austen's 
Mansfield Park
The Blossom Viewing Party from the <div>Japanese classic <i>The Tale of Genji, </i></div><div>written<i> </i>by lady-in-waiting Murasaki <div><div>Shikibu in the  11th century </div></div></div>
The Blossom Viewing Party from the 
Japanese classic The Tale of Genji, 
written by lady-in-waiting Murasaki 
Shikibu in the  11th century 
Literary parties like these don't just exist in books . . . Suzette Field is throwing the Halloween party cum book launch of the century on 26th October. Find out more.
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