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REVIEW: The Marlows and the Traitor – Antonia Forest

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Ela

(Girls Gone By Publishers 2003, originally published Faber & Faber, 1953) Antonia Forest published her first book, Autumn Term, in 1948, and her last, Run Away Home, in 1982, but she was not a prolific writer, and, during and after … Continue reading →

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Billy Budd, Sailor – Herman Melville

Posted on November 21, 2010 by Ela

(Pennsylvania State University Electronic Classics 2001, originally published in 1924) Melville began writing Billy Budd in 1886, but he never completed the novella in a finished form, and so it was prepared for publication after his death. It’s a simple … Continue reading →

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