Victor Hugo, on books:

 

He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.
- Victor Hugo.

Recommended reading - The Best American Mystery Stories of the Nineteenth Century

 

The Best American Mystery Stories of the 19th Century

by Otto Penzler.

The Best American Series.

Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Published 2014.

Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 0544302222
ISBN-13: 978-0544302228
 
Description:

An unparalleled treasury of crime, mystery, and murder from the genre’s founding century.

With stories by Washington Irving, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mark Twain, Louisa May Alcott, L. Frank Baum, Edith Wharton, Stephen Crane, and Jack London, The Best American Mystery Stories of the Nineteenth Century is an essential anthology of American letters. It’s a unique blend of beloved writers who contributed to the genre and forgotten names that pioneered the form, such as Anna Katharine Green, the godmother of mystery fiction, and the African-American writer Charles W. Chesnutt. Of course, Penzler includes “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” recognized as the first detective story, and with thirty-three stories spanning the years 1824–1899, nowhere else can readers find such a surprising, comprehensive take on the evolution of the American mystery story.

Born on this day – Victor Hugo:

Victor Hugo

Writer

Politician

February 26, 1802 – May 22, 1885

Credits:

Written work:

Amy Robsart (1821); Cast Up By the Sea (1879); Cromwell (1827); Hernani (1830); History of a Crime (1877); How to Be a Grandfather (poems) (1877); Les Miserables (1862); Marion De Lorme (1831); Mary Tudor (1833); Ninety-Three / aka Quatrevingt-Treize (1874); Ruy Blas (1838); Selected Poetry (poems) (2001); The Distance, the Shadows (poems) (1997); The Hunchback of Notre Dame / aka Notre Dame de Paris (1831); The Last Day of a Condemned Man (1829); The Man Who Laughs / aka L’Homme qui rit (1869); The Toilers of the Sea / aka Les Travailleurs de la Mer (1866); Things Seen / aka Choses vues (1887).

Movies and television:

A csavargó (1918); A Fool's Revenge (1909); A New Life (1909); Aa mujô - Dai ippen: Hôrô no maki (1923); Aa mujô - Dai nihen: Shichô no maki (1923); Aa mujô re mîzerabûru dainihen (1923); Aa mujô: kôhen (1929); Aa mujô: zenpen (1929); AKA (2002); Al Bouasa (1978); Alagna: Le Dernier Jour d'un Condamné (2014); Alta comedia (1970–1972); Angelo, tyran de Padoue (2009); Arm Joe (1998); Au siècle de Maupassant: Contes et nouvelles du XIXème siècle (2009); Binavayan (1997); Biography (1996); Bob herceg / Musical TV Theater (1987); Caccia all'uomo (1948); Choses vues (1985); Cineficción Radio (2021); Comédie-Française in cinemas (2018); Comédie-Française, derrière le rideau (2020); Delusions of Grandeur (1971); Der König amüsiert sich (1918); Der rote Henker (1920); Die Liebe und die Königin (1977); Disney's Animated Storybook: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996); Don Caesar de Bazan (1915); Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia (2021); El rey se divierte (1944); Emmenez-moi au théâtre (1985); Encounter (1958); Ernani (1981 / 1982 / 2007); Esmeralda (1905 / 1922); French Movie (2016); Gavroche (1987); Gavrosh (1937 / 1986); Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto, Melodramma in three acts (2008); Great Performances (1995); Great Performances at the Met (1987–2022); Hernani (1910 / 1911 / 1961 / 1975); Hugo the Hunchback (1910); Hunchback (1983); I riassuntini (2018); Il gobbo di Notre Dame (1998); Il tiranno di Padova (1946); Invitation au voyage (2020–2022); Janbarujan: kohen (1931); Janbarujan: Zenpen (1931); Jean Valjean (1961); Jean Valjean monogatari (1979); Kozete (1977); La conscience (1987); La déroute (1957); La Gioconda (1958 / 1979 / 1986 / 1988 / 2013); La joie de vivre (1956); La minute nécessaire de Monsieur Cyclopède (1982); La régularité est le goût de la médiocrité (2016); La tragedia di Pulcinella (1913); Lail Almosaferin (2000–2002); Le crucifix (1909); Le débutant (1986); Le dernier jour d'un condamné (1985); Le Golden Show (2013); Le mariage de Quascimodo (2013); Le miroir à trois faces: Rigoletto (1966 / 1968); Le roi s'amuse (1909); Le téléthéâtre de Radio-Canada (1962); Le théâtre de la jeunesse (1961–1963); Les Contemplations de Victor Hugo (2022); Les disparus de St. Agil (1938); Les Misérables (1888 / 1909 / 1912 / 1917 / 1922 / 1925 / 1934 / 1935 / 1943 / 1952 / 1958 / 1964 / 1967 / 1972 / 1978 / 1982 / 1988 / 1995 / 1998 / 2000 / 2012 / 2018–2019); Les Miserables (Part I) (1909); Les miserables (Part II) (1909); Les misérables (Part III) (1909); Les Misérables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary (2010); Les Misérables, Part 1: Jean Valjean (1913); Les Misérables, Part 2: Fantine (1913); Les Misérables, Part 3: Cosette (1913); Les Misérables, Part 4: Cosette and Marius (1913); Les Misérables: Flag of Love and Liberty (1950); Les Misérables: Gods and Demons (1950); Les Miserables: Shoujo Cosette (2007); Les pauvres gens (1938); Les travailleurs de la mer (1918); L'exilé (2002); L'homme qui rit: Creating the Play (2019–2020); Los miserables (1973 / 1981 / 2014); Lucrezia Borgia (1977 / 1980 / 1994 / 2009 / 2013); L'uomo che ride (1966); Manga sekai mukashi banashi (1977–1978); Mangeront-ils? (1957); Maria Tudor (1920 / 1917 / 1966); Marion de Lorme (1912 / 1918); Marion Delorme (1919 / 1967); Mashup (2021); Medallion Theatre (1953); Mest shuta (1993); Mil francos de recompense (1965); Mille franchi di ricompensa (1964); Monodrama Theater (1953); Notre Dame de Paris - Live Arena di Verona (2002); Notre-Dame de Paris (1996 / 1998); Novela (1964–1972); Nuestro amigo el libro (1964); O anthropos pou gela (2021); O Corcunda de Notre Dame (1957); On verra demain: Excursion en procrasti-nation (2019); Os Miseráveis (1958 / 1967); Par coeur (1998); Parlez-moi de Vous (2016); Plight of the Poor (1950); Poèmes à voir (2004); Portrait souvenir (1961); Prestige de la musique (1969); Quasimodo d'El Paris (1999); Quatre-vingt-treize (1921 / 1962); Return to Manhood (1957); Rigoletto (1909 / 1946 / 1963 / 1967 / 1977 / 1981 / 1982 / 1987 / 1989 / 2001 / 2003 / 2010 / 2011 / 2012 / 2019); Rigoletto a Mantova (2010); 'Rigoletto' di Giuseppe Verdi (1987); Rigoletto e la sua tragedia (1956); Robert Montgomery Presents (1954); Ruy Blas (1909 / 1914 / 1948 / 1965 / 1972 / 2002 / 1912); Sea Devils (1953); Sefiller (1967); Sekai Meisaku Gekijou Kanketsu Ban: Les Misérables: Shoujo Cosette Part 2 (2011); Sekai Meisaku Gekijou Kanketsu Ban: Les Misérables: Shoujo Cosette Part 1 (2011); Sirakaruwa (1957); Spectacle d'un soir (1967); St Joseph's Convent Documentary (2017); Super Hunchback (1992); Tausend Francs Belohnung (1974); Teatro de siempre (1967); Television Theater (1955–1997); Tempesta su Parigi (1948); Tense Moments from Great Plays / Notre Dame de Paris / Segments: Esmeralda; Les Misérables (1922); The Bishop's Candlesticks (1913 / 1929 / 1949); The Bishop's Treasure (1952); The Caped Crusader (2021); The Darling of Paris (1917); The Duke's Jester or A Fool's Revenge (1909); The Giant (1938); The Hunchback Bee of Notre Dame (2020); The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1911 / 1923 / 1939 / 1956 / 1966 / 1976 / 1982 / 1986 / 1996 / 1997); The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (2002); The King's Jester (1941); The Man Who Laughs (1921 / 1928 / 1971 / 2012); The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2012–2022); The Ordeal (1909); The Price of a Soul (1909); The Royal Opera: Rigoletto (2022); The Sinful Nuns of Saint Valentine (1974); The Snows of Kilimanjaro (2011); The Spanish Dancer (1923); The Toilers (1919); Toilers of the Sea (1923 / 1936); Torquemada (1976); Une Dame de Coeur (2004); Variations (1962); Verdi: Rigoletto (1961 / 2014 / 2016 / 2022); Whatever Happened to My Revolution (2018); Who's to blame? (2014); Wishbone (1995); Your Show Time (1949).

Born on this day – Jackie Gleason:

Jackie Gleason

Actor

Comedian

Writer

Composer

February 26, 1916 – June 24, 1987

Credits:

Nothing in Common (1986); Izzy & Moe (1985); Mr. Halpern and Mr. Johnson (1983); Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983); The Sting II (1983); The Toy (1982); Smokey and the Bandit II (1980); Smokey and the Bandit (1977); Mr. Billion (1977); Three for Two (1975); How Do I Love Thee? (1970); Don't Drink the Water (1969); How to Commit Marriage (1969); Skidoo (1968); Here's Lucy (1968); The Jackie Gleason Show (1952–1968); Jackie Gleason: American Scene Magazine (1965); Soldier in the Rain (1963); Papa's Delicate Condition (1963); Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962); Gigot (1962); The Hustler (1961); The Secret World of Eddie Hodges (1960); Playhouse 90 (1958); The Honeymooners (1955–1956); Studio One (1953–1955); The Jack Benny Program (1955); The Best of Broadway (1955); The Red Skelton Hour (1953–1954); The Ed Sullivan Show (1952); Musical Comedy Time (1951); The Desert Hawk (1950); The Life of Riley (1949–1950); Springtime in the Rockies (1942); Orchestra Wives (1942); Escape from Crime (1942); Larceny, Inc (1942); Tramp, Tramp, Tramp! (1942); Lady Gangster (1942); All Through the Night (1942); Steel Against the Sky (1941); Navy Blues (1941).

Born on this day – Robert Alda:

 

Robert Alda

Actor

Singer

Dancer

Director

February 26, 1916 – May 3, 1986

Credits:

Amanda's (1983); Quincy M.E. (1977–1983); Matt Houston (1983); Trapper John, M.D. (1982); Private Benjamin (1982); Days of Our Lives (1981–1982); The Love Boat (1981); Code Red (1981); Beyond Westworld (1980); Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (1980); Lucy Moves to NBC (1980); M*A*S*H (1975–1980); The White Shadow (1980); The Dukes of Hazzard (1980); The Incredible Hulk (1978–1979); The Facts of Life (1979); But Mother! (1979); Laverne & Shirley (1979); Supertrain (1979); Every Girl Should Have One (1978); Grandpa Goes to Washington (1978); Fame (1978); Greatest Heroes of the Bible (1978); The Rockford Files (1978); Wonder Woman (1978); Sword of Justice (1978); The Squeeze (1978); The Rock Rainbow (1978); Fantasy Island (1978); The Amazing Spider-Man (1978); Perfect Gentlemen (1978); Police Story (1975–1978); The Tony Randall Show (1977); The Feather and Father Gang (1977); The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977); Phyllis (1977); Holiday Hookers (1976); Bittersweet Love (1976); Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976); I Will... I Will... For Now (1976); Ellery Queen (1976); Kojak (1975); The Invisible Man (1975); Last Hours Before Morning (1975); The House of Exorcism (1975); Cagliostro (1975); Rhoda (1974); Get Christie Love! (1974); The Serpent (1973); Emergency! (1973); Here's Lucy (1970–1971); Julia (1970); Mission: Impossible (1970); The Name of the Game (1970); The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1969); Ironside (1967–1969); N.Y.P.D. (1968); That Girl (1968); Judd for the Defense (1967); All Woman (1967); The Lucy Show (1964); The DuPont Show of the Week (1963); Musketeers of the Sea (1962); Totò e Peppino divisi a Berlino (1962); La padrona di raggio di luna (1961); Force of Impulse (1961); The Devil's Hand (1961); Revenge of the Barbarians (1960); Daughter of Cleopatra (1960); Un militare e mezzo (1960); Tales of the Vikings (1959); Naked City (1959); Imitation of Life (1959); The Millionaire (1959); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959); Pursuit (1958); Schlitz Playhouse (1958); Playhouse 90 (1958); Matinee Theatre (1957); Robert Montgomery Presents (1953–1957); Can Do (1956); Secret File, U.S.A. (1955); Assignment Abroad (1955); The Robert Alda Show (1955); Beautiful But Dangerous (1955); Lux Video Theatre (1952–1953); The Gulf Playhouse (1952); Tales of Tomorrow (1952); Love of Life (1951); Faith Baldwin Romance Theatre (1951); Two Gals and a Guy (1951); Your Story Theatre (1951); Mister Universe (1951); Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950); Holiday Rhythm (1950); Homicide (1949); Your Show Time (1949); April Showers (1948); Nora Prentiss (1947); The Man I Love (1946); The Beast with Five Fingers (1946); Cloak and Dagger (1946); Cinderella Jones (1946); Rhapsody in Blue (1945).

Born on this day – Tony Randall:

 

Tony Randall

Actor

February 26, 1920 – May 17, 2004

Born on this day – Betty Hutton:

 

Betty Hutton

Actress

Comedian

Dancer

Singer

February 26, 1921 – March 11, 2007

Credits:

Baretta (1977); Gunsmoke (1965); Burke's Law (1964–1965); The Greatest Show on Earth (1964); The Betty Hutton Show (1959–1960); Spring Reunion (1956); Satins and Spurs (1954); Somebody Loves Me (1952); Sailor Beware (1952); The Greatest Show on Earth (1952); Let's Dance (1950); Annie Get Your Gun (1950); Red, Hot and Blue (1949); Dream Girl (1948); The Perils of Pauline (1947); Cross My Heart (1946); The Stork Club (1945); Hollywood Victory Caravan (1945); Duffy's Tavern (1945); Incendiary Blonde (1945); Here Come the Waves (1944); Skirmish on the Home Front (1944); And the Angels Sing (1944); The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1943); Let's Face It (1943); Happy Go Lucky (1943); Star Spangled Rhythm (1942); The Fleet's In (1942); One for the Book (1940); Public Jitterbug No. 1 (1939); Three Kings and a Queen (1939); Queens of the Air (1938).

 

Born on this day – Michele Carey:

Michele Carey

Actress

February 26, 1942 – November 21, 2018

#ElDorado

On this day in movie history - Visiting Hours (1982)

Visiting Hours

directed by Jean-Claude Lord,

written by Brian Taggert,

was released in the United States on February 26, 1982.

Music by Jonathan Goldsmith.

Cast:

Michael Ironside, Lee Grant, Linda Purl, William Shatner, Lenore Zann, Harvey Atkin, Helen Hughes, Michael J. Reynolds, Kirsten Bishop, Deborah Kirshenbaum, Elizabeth Leigh-Milne, Maureen McRae, Dustin Waln, Neil Affleck, Damir Andrei, Dorothy Barker, Steve Bettcher, Walker Boone, Richard Rebiere, Terrance P. Coady, Richard Comar, Dora Dainton, Sylvie Desbois, Yvan Ducharme, Sarita Elman, Kathleen Fee, Domenico Fiore, Tali Fischer, Richer Francoeur, Lorena Gale, Angela Gallagher, Judith Gay, Isadore Goldberg, Dean Hagopian, Victor Knight, Sheena Larkin, Sylvia Lennick, Frances March, Steve Michaels, Kimberly McKeever, Bob McKeowan, Malcolm Nelthorpe, Roland Nincheri, Mary Rathbone, Ron Robbins, Robby Robinson, Danielle Schneider, Lisa Schwartz, Danny Silverman, Marty Starr, Jérôme Tiberghien, Katherine Trowell, Len Watt, George E. Zeeman, Charles Dennis, Randy Vancourt.

On this day in television history - Justified (2013)

 

Justified
Season 4. Episode 8.

Episode entitled: Outlaw.

Released February 26, 2013.

Directed by John Dahl.

Written by Graham Yost, Benjamin Cavell, Keith Schreier, Ingrid Escajeda, VJ Boyd, Leonard Chang.

Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.

Music by Steve Porcaro.

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Walton Goggins, Jim Beaver, Jere Burns, Ron Eldard, Sam Anderson, Matthew John Armstrong, Ned Bellamy, Julia Campbell, Grainger Hines, Brian Howe, David Meunier, Ian Reed Kesler, Abby Miller, Mike O’Malley, Michael Stoyanov, Brent Sexton, Raymond J. Barry, Peggy Dunne, Scout Durwood, James Ferris, Jonathan Kowalsky, Rocky McMurray, Damion Poitier, Kyle Sabihy.

On this day in music history - Chakra Tones Home Audio Course, by Tryshe Dhevney (2008)

 

Chakra Tones Home Audio Course
Sound Shifting
The Practical Art of Authentic Expression,

by Tryshe Dhevney

was released on February 26, 2008.

 
Track listing:

Introductions; Chakra Tones Introductions; The Tones And Posture; First Chakra; Second Chakra; Third Chakra; Fourth Chakra; Fifth Chakra; Sixth Chakra; Seventh Chakra; Sonic Blessing.

Paulo Coelho, on writing:

 

I write to empty my mind and to fill my heart.

- Paulo Coelho.