An Introduction to Harriet Wasson Styer’s “Facts, by a Woman.”
Harriet Wasson Styer’s Facts, by a Woman (1881) is in no immediate need of an introduction. No copy of this …
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Book Review: Hex by Jenni Fagan.
Another witch. Today’s reader will be thoroughly tired of witches before they even get started on Hex, the new novella …
Illustration to Hermann Hesse’s Demian.
… a great spirit (daimon), and like all spirits he is intermediate between the divine and the mortal… He interprets… …
Book Review: Englisch in Berlin by Moshtari Hilal and Sinthujan Varatharajah.
I like to sharpen my German on occasional, chance items, rather as a parrot will trim its beak on offcuts …
Some Notes on “Life on the Mississippi” by Mark Twain.
Despite following his well-turned-out novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and The Prince and the Pauper (1881), Mark Twain’s …
D.H. Lawrence Reviews Ernest Hemingway’s “In Our Time.”
[I have been reading books by D.H. Lawrence and Ernest Hemingway since my early twenties. To my bewilderment I suddenly …
A Journey Through Hermann Hesse’s Demian.
[The following contains spoilers.] I have never read the writings of Karl Jung. Indeed I am still today – after …
How “sensitivity” towards Mrs Twit endangers our understanding of authorship.
The publisher Puffin is currently preparing to issue a new edition of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s novels. And for the …
What is afoot at Perceval Landon’s Thurnley Abbey?
[The following contains spoilers.] Perceval Landon’s ghost story “Thurnley Abbey” had first appeared in Raw Edges (1908), his only published …
Short Story Review: “The Year of the Short Corn” by Fred Urquhart.
“The Year of the Short Corn” is a short story by the Scottish author Fred Urquhart and it also gives …
Book Review: The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier.
[The following contains spoilers.] The Silver Sword is a children’s novel by Ian Serraillier that was first published in 1956. …
Short Story Review: “Gentlemen, The Queen” and “Provide for Your Poor Sisters” by Fred Urquhart.
[“An Introduction to Exploring Fred Urquhart’s Short Stories.”] Fred Urquhart’s short stories “Gentlemen, the Queen” and “Provide For Your Poor …
An Introduction to Exploring Fred Urquhart’s Short Stories.
If you are a genius then it is wonderful, of course, but it is never advisable to develop any genius …
Book Review: Harold Wilson, The Winner.
In all likelihood the UK’s next prime minister will be Sir Keir Starmer. Last month, Sir Keir had signalled that …
“Transphobia” in The Female Eunuch and the Story of April Ashley.
Clichés have always bedevilled the feminist Germaine Greer but I have grown interested lately in one that concerns her relationship …
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