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Gillespie and I – Jane Harris
‘Gillespie and I’, the long awaited second novel by Jane Harris, is both a readers dream and a book thought/reviewers nightmare. You see somehow I am going to have to (no really, you have to) make you… more →
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Aurora Floyd by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
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wrote 1 month ago: When I decided to take part in the recent Classics Club Spin I was delighted when the book chosen fo … more →
A Long Fatal Love Chase by Louisa May Alcott
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wrote 5 months ago: Until recently I hadn’t realised what a diverse writer Louisa May Alcott was. Like many people I rea … more →
Romantic lineages... 3
wrote 10 months ago: “By far, the most popular form of literature for women throughout most of the nineteenth centu … more →
You Must Read This! Vol. 1
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wrote 1 year ago: While my earliest memory as a child was watching a movie, memories of holding a book occur almost im … more →
Before Superman, Batman and Wolverine was...Dick Turpin and Black Bess
wrote 1 year ago: We usually think of comic books as products of the twentieth century. There’s certainly nothin … more →
Have you ever read a novel by Charles Dickens’ greatest literary friend?
wrote 1 year ago: His name was Wilkie Collins. Though trained as a lawyer, he took to writing at an early age. He is d … more →
Uncle Silas by Sheridan Le Fanu
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wrote 1 year ago: Until now my only previous experience of the 19th century Irish author Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu was t … more →
Gillespie and I - Jane Harris
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wrote 1 year ago: ‘Gillespie and I’, the long awaited second novel by Jane Harris, is both a readers dream and a book … more →
Sensation vs. Gothic
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wrote 2 years ago: I’ll be teaching a new MA course on Sensation and Gothic fiction at the University of Amsterda … more →
The Moonstone
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wrote 2 years ago: The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins One of the primary examples of the early detective novel, Wilkie Col … more →
Review: Basil by Wilkie Collins
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wrote 2 years ago: In 19th century literature, a man can approach a girl’s father, ask for permission to marry he … more →
The Moonstone - Wilkie Collins
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wrote 3 years ago: The Moonstone is the final Wilkie Collins read of the season (though thankfully I have still many Wi … more →
East Lynne - Ellen Wood
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wrote 3 years ago: I mentioned the other day that out of all the sensation season reading material so far Ellen Wood’s … more →
Another Sensational Shuffle
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wrote 3 years ago: You may have noticed that yesterday I didn’t do a Sensation Sunday as part of the Sensation Se … more →
Grace and the “Material Media” of Hardy’s Desperate Remedies
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wrote 3 years ago: Thomas Hardy likes graceful women, but none are as deliberately graceful as Cytherea Graye in his fi … more →
Review: The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
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wrote 3 years ago: There, in the middle of the broad bright high-road – there, as if it had that moment sprung ou … more →
The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
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wrote 3 years ago: It is always a slight worry that if you re-read a favourite novel, and The Woman in White is indeed … more →
Aurora Floyd - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
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wrote 3 years ago: Aurora Floyd by Mary Elizabeth Braddon is the eight novel I have been reading for my Sensation Seaso … more →
The Dead Secret - Wilkie Collins
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wrote 3 years ago: So now it is time for me to divulge all of my thoughts on the latest Sensation Sunday read. I was te … more →
