Nobody Round Here Reads Tolstoy by Mark Hodkinson — the journey of a bibliophile
When Mark Hodkinson was growing up there was just one book in the family house in Manchester. Folklore, Myths and
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British authors
Classics Club Spin Delivers Arnold Bennett’s The Old Wives’ Tale
The Old Wives’ Tale by Arnold Bennett is considered a masterpiece of realism, forming a bridge between the English style of novel and the French
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Mrs England by Stacey Halls — a touch of Gothic
There was a tremendous buzz about Mrs England when it was published in 2021. Almost very bookshop I visited had
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The Bone Road by N E Solomons — past hostilities re-surface
The bitter enmity of the Bosnian conflict rises to the surface in The Bone Road, bringing a dark tone to
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Classics Club Spin Lands on George Eliot
The classics club spin machine has spoken. It landed this time on number two which means I get to read
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