Blogs about: Epistolary Novels
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ASECS, Cleveland: Frances Burney at Court, overturning how we see her life-writing
Windsor Castle, Henry VIII gateway (1775) by Paul Sandby (1731-1809) Dear friends and readers, A third blog on the ASECS at Cleveland, one which also continues a series I’ve been writing on Fran… more →
Reveries Under the Sign of Austen, Two
Should You Save Your Emails for Posterity?
wrote 3 weeks ago: I spend hours each day composing email messages. Don’t you? Most of mine are for work—for my “day … more →
Episode 29: Lynn Coady, The Antagonist
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wrote 2 months ago: This might come as a shock, listeners, but Tom actually had a reason for picking this book. Miracles … more →
dsbs42's #CBR5 Review #6: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
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wrote 3 months ago: First, I would like to point out that if you are going to have a book take place in Britain, with ch … more →
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Review - ***1/2
wrote 3 months ago: The last time I wrote a book review (Stargirl), I began by saying, “I have been incredibly bus … more →
Lady Susan:A Tragedy? (Part 1 of 3)
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wrote 4 months ago: Jane Austen’s epistolary novel, Lady Susan, was written during Jane Austen’s era of juve … more →
Letters to Juliet
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wrote 4 months ago: Reading may be an escape, but it is not an escape from my own life and problems. It is an escape fr … more →
Notes on Books: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
wrote 4 months ago: Very few completely epistolary novels in the contemporary scenario have made an impact. I’d like to … more →
I have fifteen minutes and some backwib
wrote 6 months ago: A Semester in the Life of a Garbage Bag is an old book by Gordon Korman that I never tracked down be … more →
5 Unique Books: Being Creative with Format
wrote 6 months ago: Librarians think about different appeal factors when we make book suggestions. Appeal factors are th … more →
Book Club Kit: Among Others
wrote 6 months ago: Among Others by Jo Walton First Published: 2011 10 Copies & Reading This is the story of a young … more →
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
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wrote 7 months ago: The third novel I read for R. I. P. was The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins. He’s an English playwright … more →
The Perks of Being a Wallflower: Because I'm Impatient to See the Film
wrote 7 months ago: Why am I impatient to see the film? Why haven’t I seen it already?? 1) I don’t want to g … more →
We Recommend...Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
wrote 8 months ago: Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple is a funny, charming read. Bernadette is a little bit of … more →
June 2012 Meeting : Secondary Sources of Pride and Prejudice
wrote 10 months ago: Prepared by member Cheng … Secondary sources always stimulate lively discussions by our group … more →
Does one ever write other than to preserve a moment?
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wrote 10 months ago: In The Absence Of Men, by Phillipe Besson and translated by Frank Wynne As an adolescent I thought t … more →
58. Les Liaisons dangereuses, Choderlos de Laclos (1782)
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wrote 10 months ago: Ah, the epistolary novel. Such a simple idea, so very hard to pull off. When was the last time you r … more →
Currently Reading: Matt Beaumont's "e" Novels
wrote 1 year ago: I recently just finished reading Matt Beaumont’s e, an epistolary novel and reportedly one of … more →
The Lost Art of the Handwritten Letter
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wrote 1 year ago: Dear Eleventh Stack Readers, Even in (or perhaps despite?) this digital age I live in, I’ve always l … more →
Novels and the Decline in Violence: Steven Pinker's (1954-) View
wrote 1 year ago: Some years ago, driving down to Big Sur in California, I heard an interview on National Public Radio … more →
