english literature
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Children and Parents in ‘To the Lighthouse’
This fourth time reading Virginia Woolf’s ‘To the Lighthouse’ revealed to me the depths in the relations between children and parents.
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The House of Memory
‘A Sketch of the Past’ is one of Virginia Woolf’s autobiographical writings which gives us a sense of the writer’s childhood.
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Dear Reader of Jacob’s Room
Your annotated copy of Viriginia Woolf’s ‘Jacob’s Room’ ended up on my bookshelf. Thank you for enriching my reading.
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How to Read “Lady Chatterley’s Lover”
D.H. Lawrence’s last novel, “Lady Chatterley’s Lover”, is a story of class and forbidden love, filled with explicit scenes of love-making and profane words. But…
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Sylvia Townsend Warner and Her Fantasy Worlds
Sylvia Townsend Warner captivates us with a wide range of literary styles in her books. But there’s an element she always returns to – fantasy.
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Sylvia Townsend Warner’s Uncollected Stories
Sylvia Townsend Warner’s uncollected stories. ‘The Music at Long Verney’, The Harvill Press, 2001
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Lolly Willowes – Autumn, Witchcraft, Satan
‘Lolly Willowes’, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Penguin Classics, 2020. First published by Chatto & Windus 1926.
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Dark Christmas Stories for the Dark Season
This is the second year in establishing a new tradition – reading dark stories for Christmas in the long nights of December.
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2024 – The Year of the Books Which Have Piled Up
In 2024, my reading resolution is to go through all the books which have piled up over the last years.
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7 Reasons Why Pursue an MA in English Literature
I didn’t even know what Reading was until I spent three years as a student on an MA in English literature.
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Here, on leseriana.blog, I share my passion for reading in three different languages.
Romanian, my mother tongue
English, the language I don’t even consider foreign
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