‘Brave New World’ by Aldous Huxley: A Soft Dystopia Grimly Relevant to Today
I found ‘Brave New World’ far more relevant to the divisive cultural issues of today than I had thought possible. A world where history is
I found ‘Brave New World’ far more relevant to the divisive cultural issues of today than I had thought possible. A world where history is
‘My Lady Ludlow’ could be classed among Elizabeth Gaskell’s novels, being over 60,000 words long. Still, it’s a good deal shorter than the three volumes
I have written before about the inspired ending to Patrick Hamilton’s ‘The Slaves of Solitude’, which is, along with ‘Hangover Square’ considered to be his
To my shame, I never had got round to reading Jane Austen’s unfinished work, ‘The Watsons’ until now. Well, that’s not quite true. I began
I have read several books by Daphne du Maurier and have admired her writing style, her evocative descriptions, her clever plotting, clarity of vision and
The atmosphere and the descriptions of the scenery were really good. The idea was original. It was well plotted overall. Generally, the characterisation is cleverly
I have just started re-reading ‘The Go Between’ by L P Hartley. I last read it longer ago than I care to admit – in
I was delighted to discover recently that the works of Patrick Hamilton, one of my long favourite writers, have come back into fashion. In fact,
In my last post, I wrote about the realistic – and fairly dismal – depiction of a governess’ life in the England of the
Just before Whitsun I went to see Stonehenge, staying a couple of miles away in Amesbury. Oddly, although I have always lived towards the west
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