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Tag Archives: English Literature
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Literary Converts
Literary Converts: Spiritual Inspiration in an Age of Unbelief© 2000 Joseph Pearce452 pages Literary Converts is a historical survey of the ‘second spring’ of Anglo-Catholic literature and all that followed, covering most of the twentieth … Continue reading
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Tagged C.S.Lewis, Catholicism, Classics and Literary, English Literature, Evelyn Waugh, GK Chesterton, Joseph Pearce, literature
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Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre© 1847 Charlotte Bronte525 pages Years ago an online quiz declared to me that of all the characters in English literature, I was most like…Jane Eyre. It may have been a quiz intended for women, but I had … Continue reading
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Tagged "classic", bildungsroman, Classics and Literary, English Literature, manners and morals, women
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Bilbo’s Journey
Bilbo’s Journey: Discovering the Hidden Meaning of the Hobbit© 2012 Joseph Pearce147 pages The Hobbit begins with the sudden arrival of a pack of dwarves at Bilbo Baggin’s house. Though he is very much the quiet homebody, they have arrived … Continue reading