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Wuthering Heights, Woolf & Me
There is no “I” in Wuthering Heights, writes Virginia Woolf. But there is me and my existence as a reader within it.
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Mary Olivier: A Life – and more
‘Mary Olivier: A Life’ by May Sinclair is a novel which sheds light on more than one life of a woman at the beginning of…
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Katherine Mansfield’s Fragments of The Doves’ Nest
‘The Doves’ Nest and Other Stories’ was published after the death of Katherine Mansfield and its fragments offer insights into the kind of literature she…
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Virginia Woolf, a Reader’s Journey
Introduction to Virginia Woolf’s life, her key novels and the essays that make her even today one of the most read writers of the 20th…
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Purranormal activity
Animals can tell us a lot – if we are only willing to listen. Frank was, so listen what Tiddles teaches him.
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The Words of Three Guineas
Virginia Woolf published ‘Three Guineas’ in 1938, a blurred tapestry of essay, letter, and fictional writing, with a tone that is sharper, more satirical, and…
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Tropes and Ghosts of Christmas Stories
The tradition of reading Christmas stories of ghosts continues this year with ‘Chill Tidings’, a collection of 14 stories from the archives of the British…
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MacBeth and Wyrd Sisters
MacBeth is the tragedy whose name cannot be said – Wyrd Sisters is it lesser known but actually funnier little cousin.
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A Mrs Dalloway Walking Tour in London
Friends, flowers and Virginia Woolf on a Mrs Dalloway walking tour in London.
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Summer Will Show, Women in Revolution
In ’Summer Will Show’, Sylvia Townsend Warner writes two heroines, Sophia and Minna, who, in the heat of the 1848 Parisian revolution, break and remake…
leseriana in English
Book reviews and recommendations, literary analyses, forgotten literary treasures, hints and suggestions how to live a meaningful reader’s life. This is an overview of all the blog posts I wrote in English.
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