Tag: Arthur Conan Doyle

Great Mustaches of Literature

It’s Mustache March! While I don’t plan on subjecting my clean upper lip to this old U.S. Air Force tradition and its popular civilian following, I have to admit that mustaches have always tickled me. So in honor of the old manly art of the mustache, I present to you some of the great Mustaches of Literature.*

*Mustaches only! No beards!

Mustache 1: The Edgar Allen Poe

Edgar Allen Poe in cravat, vest, and mustache.
The Poe: Simple and understated; the ideal complement to mussed-chic hair and dead, haunted eyes.

Mustache 2: The H.G. Wells

H.G. Wells in suit and tie with a subtle, secretive smile.
The Wells: Lush without trying too hard, to coordinate with mustachey eyebrows.

Mustache 3: The Mark Twain

Mark Twain in white suit, with big white hair.
The Twain: The bigger the hair, the bigger the eyebrows, the bigger the ‘stache.

Mustache 4: The G.K. Chesterton

G.K. Chesterton, bespectacled and seated at a writing desk with pen, paper, inkwell, and a cup of tea. And his mustache.
The Chesterton: The mustache that wants to debate you.

Mustache 5: The Arthur Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle looking confident in swoopy, overgrown mustache.
The Conan Doyle: An impressive shape that suggests not so much a “mustache” as “bountiful nasal hair.”

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