Decision Time on Jane Gardam, Elizabeth Gaskell and Amitav Ghosh
Lindsay Davis, E M Delafield and Achmat Dangor are among the unread books on my shelves. Should I keep them or let go to a better home?
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Elizabeth Gaskell
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell: A Harsh Lesson in Social Injustice
Like her contemporary Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell wanted to expose the human consequences of the Industrial Revolution. But while Dickens
Read moreMary Barton: A bold novel of social turmoil [review]
Mary Barton By Elizabeth Gaskell In the early 1840s, the city of Manchester was the engine house of the Industrial
Read moreBest selling novel or a classic? What I’ll read next
Time for another WWW Wednesday hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. What are you currently reading? I’m
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From football terrace to coal disaster [#6Degrees]
From Nick Hornby’s football-based best seller to the coal fields of Wales – in six steps.
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