Some of the world's greatest novels and lines of verse were written by authors and poets who opted to work from home. Many of these properties are preserved as historic home museums, and serve as fascinating literary tourism destinations. Visitors are usually fans of the authors, and quite often find deep emotional, spiritual, or physical attachment to the writers just by being under the same roof where they once put pen to paper.
Click through the following gallery and read more about these influential wordsmiths and where they lived and worked.