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Tag Archives: English Literature
The Razor’s Edge
The Razor’s Edge© 1944 W. Somerset Maugham314 pages Larry Darrell was an unremarkable young man with a pre-determined future: possessing independent wealth from his family background, he needed only marry his childhood friend and fiancé Isabel, take his place in … Continue reading
Watership Down
Watership Down© 1972 Richard Adams413 pages A small community sits on the precipice of destruction, but the few who realize it are unable to fully warn their comrades. A small band leave everything they’ve ever known behind, to face the … Continue reading
Posted in Classics and Literary, Reviews
Tagged adventure, Britain, English Literature, fantasy
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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
“In that direction,” the Cat said, waving its right paw round, “lives a Hatter: and in that direction,” waving the other paw, “lives a March Hare. Visit either you like: they’re both mad.”“But I don’t want to go among mad … Continue reading
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist© 1837 Charles Dickens447 pages “Please, sir, I want some more.” I had never read or otherwise encountered Oliver Twist before this month, but I immediately recognized that quote. Something about little Oliver sticks in the minds of … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged "classic", Charles Dickens, Classics and Literary, Classics Club, English Literature
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A Time Traveler’s Guide to Elizabethan England
A Time Traveler’s Guide to Elizabethan England© 2014 Ian Mortimer415 pages Previously Ian Mortimer has offered readers with access to a time machine a handbook for medieval England. Perhaps mystery plays based on Scripture are not your interest, however, and you’d … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged Britain, English Literature, English Reformation, history, Shakespeare, social history, Tudor England
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Further Up and Further In
Further Up and Further In: Understanding Narnia © 2018 Joseph Pearce 200 pages ”The further up and the further in you go, the bigger everything gets.” – The Last Battle Christendom and Narnia are never far removed from one another, … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged C.S.Lewis, Classics and Literary, English Literature, Joseph Pearce, literature, Narnia
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Wisdom and Innocence
Wisdom and Innocence: A Life Of G.K. Chesterton © 1996 Joseph Pearce 540 pages “I cannot help but thinking you were England — the Merry, chivalrous, simple-hearted, fearless England that I loved.” – an old friend’s letter to Chesteron Mention … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged biography, Britain, Catholicism, English Literature, GK Chesterton, Joseph Pearce
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The Wheels of Chance
The Wheels of Chance: A Bicycling Idyll© 1896 H.G. Wells193 pages What an odd little story! Begin with one J. Hoopdriver, a draper’s assistant who lives for nothing but spare opportunities to ride his bicycle — or rather, to crash … Continue reading