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An Equal Music by Vikram Seth
I first read An Equal Music about ten years ago and loved it. A few years later, I finally got round to reading Vikram Seth’s stupendous epic, A Suitable Boy, so I was concerned that this return to hi… more →
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An Equal Music by Vikram Seth
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sharonrob wrote 3 weeks ago: I first read An Equal Music about ten years ago and loved it. A few years later, I finally got round … more →
The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
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Jackie wrote 1 month ago: In celebration of Poe’s 200th birthday and of course, Hallowe’en The Raven is such a cul … more →
Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe
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Moira wrote 1 month ago: In his introduction to Bloomsbury’s striking new edition of Tales of Mystery and Imagination N … more →
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Jackie wrote 2 months ago: The leaves are changing, pumpkins are perched on porches and the nights are chilly; that can only me … more →
Stalky & Co, by Rudyard Kipling
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Hilary wrote 2 months ago: Part of Back To School Week Hands up all who think that Rudyard Kipling is a jingoistic, unquestioni … more →
Adaptation week: ‘North and South’ and a torrent of talking.
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Hilary wrote 5 months ago: WARNING: contains MAJOR SPOILERS for both the novel and the 2004 BBC TV dramatisation. Confession ti … more →
Adaptation Week: Wuthering Heights
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Moira wrote 5 months ago: All You Need is a Shovel. As anyone who passes through Vulpes on a regular basis can probably tell y … more →
Unquiet Slumbers
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Moira wrote 7 months ago: From time to time, the Foxes own up to their personal literary favourites. Jackie’s is Oscar … more →
Gemma Bovery by Posy Simmonds
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Guest wrote 9 months ago: Review by Sharon Robinson. This graphic novel is Posy Simmonds’ take on Gustave Flaubert’s Madame Bo … more →
Heart of Horror: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (1818)
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rosyb wrote 1 year ago: Part of Frankenstein Almost-A-Week …I collected the instruments of life around me, that I migh … more →
Cherry Cake and Ginger Beer by Jane Brocket
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Lisa wrote 1 year ago: Cherry Cake and Ginger Beer by Jane Brocket remembers and recreates some of the wonderful foods foun … more →
My Brilliant Career, by Miles Franklin
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emilygale wrote 1 year ago: When I emigrated to Australia in May of this year, among the mixed feelings I had about leaving home … more →
Mary Brunton: Self-Control AND Discipline
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Leena wrote 1 year ago: If Mary Brunton’s name rings any bells, you are most likely thinking of this quote from Jane … more →
Pushkin, Part I
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kirstyjane wrote 1 year ago: Half Milord, half middle class, Half wise man and half jackass, Half rogue, but it may come to pass … more →
The Kreutzer Sonata by Count Lev Tolstoy
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kirstyjane wrote 1 year ago: Thus we passed two years more. The method prescribed by the rascals [doctors] had evidently succeede … more →
Undiscovered Pushkin fragment kicks off new Russian literature series!
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kirstyjane wrote 1 year ago: I originally intended to start my series on Russian literature with a piece on Ivan the Terrible: hi … more →
Maria Edgeworth: Helen
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Leena wrote 1 year ago: If you have little patience with Goody Two-Shoes heroines, you’ll probably have some difficult … more →
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
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Jackie wrote 2 years ago: I am always startled by how short this book is. A cultural icon ought to be the size of Micheangelo’ … more →
Elizabeth Gaskell: Gothic Tales
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Leena wrote 2 years ago: I picked up Gothic Tales thinking it would be a suitably spooky read for Halloween. Even though I re … more →
