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Dear Henry, The Heart of the Matter (1948) is a book about a man caught in the vortex of a moral crisis – and, ultimately, torn apart and…… Read more “Kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths”
Tag: England
Graham Greene
Graham Greene (Henry Graham Greene, 2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991) was an English writer. He studied history at Balliol College, Oxford. After graduation, in 1925, Greene worked…… Read more “Graham Greene”
The smooth sea of that old life
Dear Elizabeth, North and South (1854-1855) balances itself beautifully in a space where different types of conflict intersect: the clashes between manufacturers and workers; rural and industrial…… Read more “The smooth sea of that old life”
The all-seeing eye
Dear Claire, In Bitter Orange (2018), we are made accomplices of the main character’s voyeurism, caught in a claustrophobic atmosphere that grows ever more disturbing as we…… Read more “The all-seeing eye”
Claire Fuller
Claire Fuller (1967) is an English writer. She studied sculpture at the Winchester School of Art, and worked as a co-director of a marketing agency for many years.…… Read more “Claire Fuller”
2019
“(…) For last year’s words belong to last year’s language And next year’s words await another voice. (…)” ―T.S. Eliot, ‘Little Gidding II’, Four Quartets (Faber & Faber, 2000) …… Read more “2019”
We ourselves became the ghosts
Dear Sarah, Ghost Wall (2018) feels like one of those dreams where a character is trapped in a room whose walls keep getting narrower and narrower. We…… Read more “We ourselves became the ghosts”
Sarah Moss
Sarah Moss (1975) is an English writer. She has a BA, Master of Studies and D.Phil in English Literature from the University of Oxford. Sarah was a lecturer…… Read more “Sarah Moss”
My Year in Nonfiction 2018 | Essay collections & Memoirs
Hi, folks, Continuing with the discussion started a couple of posts back, about nonfiction trends in my reading this year, I’ve also noticed that I read a good amount of…… Read more “My Year in Nonfiction 2018 | Essay collections & Memoirs”
Her body seemed outside her
Dear Dorothy, Pilgrimage is a sequence of thirteen semi-autobiographical novels, published between 1915 and 1967, following the life of our protagonist, Miriam Henderson, rendered as a collection…… Read more “Her body seemed outside her”
Dorothy Richardson
Dorothy Richardson (Dorothy Miller Richardson, 17 May 1873 – 17 June 1957) was a British writer. Richardson attended a progressive school in London, where she studied French, German,…… Read more “Dorothy Richardson”
It is politic to tell our own story,
Dear Sara, The Poets’ Daughters: Dora Wordsworth and Sara Coleridge, by Katie Waldegrave (2013) draws from letters, journals, memoirs, and other primary sources from your circle of acquaintances,…… Read more “It is politic to tell our own story,”
Sara Coleridge
Sara Coleridge (23 December 1802 – 3 May 1852) was an English writer, known primarily as the editor of the works of her father, Samuel Taylor Coleridge. During Sara’s childhood,…… Read more “Sara Coleridge”
O cursed human voice, violin of flesh and blood,
Dear Violet, The short-story “A Wicked Voice”, published in the collections Hauntings (1890) and The Virgin of the Seven Daggers (1962, posthumously published), combines elements of a Faustian pact,…… Read more “O cursed human voice, violin of flesh and blood,”
Vernon Lee
Vernon Lee (pseudonym of Violet Paget, 1856 – 1935) was a British writer. Born in France to cosmopolitan British parents, she lived most of her life in Italy. Vernon Lee maintained…… Read more “Vernon Lee”
Panic calls out cowardice, and cowardice cruelty
Dear Elizabeth, The novella Lois the Witch (1859) is a fictionalised account of the Salem witch hunt, as well as a sharp meditation on the thin line…… Read more “Panic calls out cowardice, and cowardice cruelty”
Elizabeth Gaskell
Elizabeth Gaskell (Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, née Stevenson; 1810 – 1865) was an English writer. After her mother’s death, one-year-old Gaskell was sent to live with her aunt. Encouraged by her…… Read more “Elizabeth Gaskell”
You’ve stayed where you were
Dear Agatha, Absent in the Spring (1944) is a character study and a psychological exploration of self-denial, crossed through by a growing sense of unease at each…… Read more “You’ve stayed where you were”
