Tag: English novel
-
The Secret Agent
Monday 18th July 2016
blogText of the day: “You revolutionists,” the other continued, with leisurely self-…
Read now -
Middlemarch
Thursday 30th October 2014
blogQuote of the day: “I don’t mind about poverty — I hate my wealth.”
Read now -
Middlemarch
Thursday 16th October 2014
blogText of the day: “But the first thing I must impress on you is that my conclusio…
Read now -
John Mullan on Jane Austen
Tuesday 8th January 2013
blogQuote of the day: “So when I look at the characters in Jane Austen’s novels whos…
Read now -
Hilary Mantel on fiction
Thursday 17th May 2012
blogQuote of the day: “The reader may ask how to tell fact from fiction.”
Read now -
On Dracula
Wednesday 8th July 2009
blogPirate Dog is perfectly happy to be with me when I’m reading, which is just as w…
Read now -
On After the War
Thursday 28th May 2009
blogI just started reading, with Pirate Dog curled up at my feet, DJ Taylor’s After …
Read now