The Long Victorian – c.1789 – 1914
The literary world of the Long Nineteenth Century, c.1789 – 1914
Book review - Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (1958) I have just read a fascinating book, Things Fall Apart* by Chinua Achebe. It was published in 1958, but is set in the 1890s. The book was given to me by a friend: "I think you might enjoy this". As usual on these occasions my… Continue reading Book review: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Book review - The Poison Belt: Being An Account of Another Amazing Adventure of Professor Challenger by Arthur Conan Doyle. Today is the anniversary of the birth of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930). So it seems fitting to post a review of one of his stories: The Poison Belt. One of my favourite… Continue reading REVIEW: The Poison Belt, Arthur Conan Doyle (1913)
Stripped of fine motives and pious words we are left with the raw human condition.
Ripping yarn of scary beasts & iconic characters at pleasingly manic pace
...from a Sloperian point of view.
'I don't know how to be silent when my heart is speaking.' - Fyodor Dostoevsky
a place where meat, vegetables and pastry meet in harmony
Submissions, rejections, agents, publishers, news—a full-time writer's life
Where often is heard an encouraging word and the skies are not cloudy all day.
in pursuit of good books
A peek into Megha's mind
Travels and Adventures Between the Pages
On life, writing and horses!
Book Review Blog
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Classic detective fiction and locked room mysteries
Reviews, news, features and all things books for passionate readers
the fading line between writing, reading, and editing
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BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH
A Writer's Journal
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Yet Another Attempt to Make the World a Better Place by Writing Things
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A Reader’s Thoughts on Classics and Obscure Old Literature
Hope For the Infinitely Curious , the Jack of all Trades, & the Multipotentialite
Tales of humour, whimsy and courgettes
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A forgotten 19th-century crime. An account by those who were there
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Jane Austen's life, times and works explained and discussed
Books • Opera • Art • History
A novel based on the true story of French painter James Tissot
Smart is the new sexy.
I think we'll start with a reign of terror
Remembering forgotten women
Epic Fantasy Web Serial
Adventures with great novels around the world
"There was no way in hell she was moving to the southern continent without all of her books." -Sarah J. Maas
A Curious Person's Photographic Notebook
Wittering on about stuff
The photographs of Mary Macpherson - with a dash of poetry
be kind to yourself
