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Review of ‘Monkey King: Journey to the West’ by Wu Cheng’en

03/02/2021 nsford 9 Comments

I knew nothing about this 16th century Chinese classic before reading, so it was quite an adventure for me. A…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, classics, fiction, reviews, translations, Wu Cheng'en

Review of ‘The Time Machine’ by H G Wells

12/11/2020 nsford 4 Comments

One of my absolute favourites, I’ve read this very short novel many times. In his 1931 preface to later editions…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, classics, fiction, H G Wells, reviews, science fiction

Review of ‘Moll Flanders’ by Daniel Defoe

05/11/2020 nsford 12 Comments

First published in 1722 with a narrative dated 1682, this novel is surprisingly readable. Sometimes I had to read a…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, classics, Daniel Defoe, fiction, reviews

The time-travelling bookworm: ‘Wuthering Heights’ by Emily Brontë

01/11/2020 nsford 13 Comments

I’ve never been a fan of Wuthering Heights. I’ve read it a few times, however, the last of these being…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: books, classics, Emily Brontë, fiction, reading

Review of ‘The Diary of a Nobody’ by George and Weedon Grossmith

19/10/2020 nsford 9 Comments

This is the book which kicked off the ‘funny diary’ genre (or that’s what I call it anyway). First serialised…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, classics, fiction, George Grossmith, reviews, Weedon Grossmith

Review of ‘Mansfield Park’ by Jane Austen

07/10/2020 nsford 13 Comments

I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this re-read of Jane Austen’s third published novel. I’d only read…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, classics, fiction, Jane Austen, reviews

Film of the book: ‘Persuasion’ (2007)

09/09/2020 nsford 9 Comments

Part of the channel ITV’s ‘Jane Austen season’ in 2007, this adaptation of the author’s last novel was decent enough…

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Posted in: Film & TV Filed under: books, classics, fiction, films, Jane Austen, reviews

5 classic books which should be adapted for the screen

15/08/2020 nsford 19 Comments

I’m tired of yet more film and TV adaptations of the usual suspects, such as Little Women, Emma, A Christmas…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: Charlotte Brontë, classics, Frances Burney, H G Wells, Mary Shelley, Virginia Woolf

Review of ‘Northanger Abbey’ by Jane Austen

05/08/2020 nsford 11 Comments

Northanger Abbey is a fun read, with well-defined characters and a strong sense of place. It’s also a defence of…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, classics, fiction, Jane Austen, reviews

The time-travelling bookworm: ‘Ethan Frome’ by Edith Wharton

01/08/2020 nsford 9 Comments

I studied this novella for a ‘Women in American Literature’ course. I ended up focusing exclusively on Edith Wharton! She…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: books, classics, Edith Wharton, fiction, reading

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