http://www.diddit.com/list-lkqlqq/homes-of-authors-from-the-uk-and-ireland/Great literature is almost synonymous with the British Isles. From Shakespeare to the Bronte Sisters and on, many novelists, poets, and playwrights from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales are world renowned for their way with words. For some of these authors, their birthplace or houses were turned into museums after their death as a memorial to their talent. How many of these homes have you visited? Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:55:06 +0000http://www.diddit.com/historic-building-cvlvwml/shaw-birthplace-house-museum/Shaw Birthplace House Museum -- The birthplace of George Bernard Shaw is restored to its original style. It includes a front parlor, children's bedrooms and upstairs drawing room where Shaw's mother hosted musical evenings in the mid-19th C.]]>didditThu, 26 Mar 2009 17:55:06 +0000http://www.diddit.com/historic-building-cvlvwml/shaw-birthplace-house-museum/http://www.diddit.com/historic-building-cgwrkfr/bury-house/Bury House]]>didditThu, 26 Mar 2009 17:18:51 +0000http://www.diddit.com/historic-building-cgwrkfr/bury-house/http://www.diddit.com/historic-building-ckxbqpr/monks-house/Monk's House -- Virginia Woolf's country house.]]>didditThu, 26 Mar 2009 17:12:21 +0000http://www.diddit.com/historic-building-ckxbqpr/monks-house/http://www.diddit.com/historic-building-cldqmld/shakespeares-birthplace/Shakespeare's Birthplace]]>didditThu, 26 Mar 2009 16:58:38 +0000http://www.diddit.com/historic-building-cldqmld/shakespeares-birthplace/http://www.diddit.com/hotel-historic-building-cfpkzfr/robert-louis-stevenson-house/Robert Louis Stevenson House]]>didditThu, 26 Mar 2009 16:51:17 +0000http://www.diddit.com/hotel-historic-building-cfpkzfr/robert-louis-stevenson-house/http://www.diddit.com/historic-building-cxbjgrv/george-eliot-house/George Eliot House]]>didditThu, 26 Mar 2009 16:47:25 +0000http://www.diddit.com/historic-building-cxbjgrv/george-eliot-house/http://www.diddit.com/museum-cdgpgff/haworth-parsonage-museum/Haworth Parsonage Museum -- Home of the Bronte Sisters.]]>didditThu, 26 Mar 2009 16:44:02 +0000http://www.diddit.com/museum-cdgpgff/haworth-parsonage-museum/http://www.diddit.com/museum-ckjlwg/charles-dickens-museum-london/Charles Dickens Museum, London]]>didditThu, 26 Mar 2009 16:35:38 +0000http://www.diddit.com/museum-ckjlwg/charles-dickens-museum-london/http://www.diddit.com/museum-cvrckb/jane-austens-house-museum/Jane Austen's House Museum]]>didditThu, 26 Mar 2009 16:35:10 +0000http://www.diddit.com/museum-cvrckb/jane-austens-house-museum/