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Tag Archives: Whitby
The Hundred and Ninety-Nine Steps – Michel Faber
(Canongate 2008, originally published 2001) “This book exists because Keith Wilson, Artist in Residence at Whitby Abbey during summer 2000, asked me to come and write a short story inspired by the English Heritage dig…” writes Faber in the Acknowledgements. … Continue reading
Posted in 2011 New Reads, Fiction, Read on my Kindle, Reviews
Tagged archaeology, Bosnia, confession, Dracula, fear of illness, Michel Faber, monastic life, murder, nightmare, novella, paper, war, Whitby
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Dracula – Bram Stoker
(e-book, originally published 1897) This most famous of vampire novels is an interesting novel told from many different points of view. It’s a tense story, but its moments of terror are never explicitly stated, leaving much unexplained and to the … Continue reading
Posted in 2011 New Reads, Fiction, Read on my Kindle, Reviews
Tagged 19th century, blood, Count Dracula, immortality, london, murder, travel, undead, vampires, Whitby
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