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REVIEW: Thus Was Adonis Murdered – Sarah Caudwell

Posted on August 27, 2011 by Ela

(Constable & Robinson 2002, originally published 1981) This, like Delusions of Gender, was the result of a review by another book blogger, this time a more recent one from Jenny. The review immediately made me search out Caudwell’s books (sadly … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Two Cities – Charles Dickens

Posted on July 3, 2011 by Ela

(e-book, originally published 1859) My track record with Dickens isn’t great: I’ve managed to finish only Great Expectations of his novels, and that’s only because I had to read it at school for GCSE*. I’ve previously started, and failed to … Continue reading →

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Antic Hay – Aldous Huxley

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Ela

This is one of Huxley’s early novels, published after Crome Yellow, and which takes as its subject the fevered neurotics of the 1920s, which he surveys with a mordant eye. Theodore Gumbril, bored pedagogue, is sitting in chapel one day, … Continue reading →

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