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Have His Carcase – Dorothy L. Sayers

Posted on December 4, 2010 by Ela

(Hodder & Stoughton 2003, originally published 1932) Harriet Vane, acquitted at a second trial of murdering her lover Philip Boyes (the story told in Strong Poison), is on a walking holiday in the south-west of England. She is a detective … Continue reading →

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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea – Jules Verne

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Ela

(electronic book © Pennsylvania State University, originally published 1869) I recall reading this when I was a child (in, I think, a heavily abridged version with sensational pictures), but had remembered so little of the book (apart from the pearl fisher … Continue reading →

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