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    Tag: England

    Even after her head was struck off she behaved so beautifully

    Hi, folks! This is post 3 of Deal me In. For more about this project & my previous posts on it, go here: Reading Plans | Weeks 1 | 2 | 3…… Read more “Even after her head was struck off she behaved so beautifully”

    23 de January de 202123 de January de 2021 by juliana

    Mary de Morgan

    Mary de Morgan (Mary Auguste De Morgan, 24 February 1850 – 18 May 1907) was an English writer. She was born to a family of intellectuals: her…… Read more “Mary de Morgan”

    23 de January de 202123 de January de 2021 by juliana

    The music of life and living

    Dear Dorothy, We are forever exiles of our childhoods, but sometimes the smallest details can bring us back to our neverland. It takes one song, a slant…… Read more “The music of life and living”

    30 de December de 2020 by juliana

    Dorothy Evelyn Smith

    Dorothy Evelyn Smith (née Jones, 1893 – 1969) was an English writer. She attended an art school in 1911, and married three years later, in 1914, to the…… Read more “Dorothy Evelyn Smith”

    30 de December de 202030 de December de 2020 by juliana

    A small jewel that has always been hopelessly flawed

    Dear Isobel, Every Eye (1956) is a novella that plays with the ideas of perspective and sight, narrated by a character who is trapped in her blind…… Read more “A small jewel that has always been hopelessly flawed”

    17 de December de 2020 by juliana

    Isobel English

    Isobel English (pen name of June Guesdon Braybrooke, née June Guesdon Jolliffe. 9 June 1920 – 30 May 1994) was an English author. Born in London to…… Read more “Isobel English”

    16 de December de 202017 de December de 2020 by juliana

    Fauna smiles upon the love of intertwined women

    Dear Renée, For the past couple of days, I’ve been trapped inside a stuffy Victorian room heavily decorated with rich furnishings, intricate pieces of furniture, some middle…… Read more “Fauna smiles upon the love of intertwined women”

    10 de December de 20205 de January de 2021 by juliana

    Renée Vivien

    Renée Vivien (née Pauline Mary Tarn; 11 June 1877 – 18 November 1909) was a British French-speaking writer. Born in London to a wealthy British father and…… Read more “Renée Vivien”

    10 de December de 202010 de December de 2020 by juliana

    Careering along like drunken drivers

    Dear Shelagh, A Taste of Honey (1958) centres on teenage Jo and her mother, Helen. They are always falling behind on rent, and, as the story starts,…… Read more “Careering along like drunken drivers”

    8 de December de 2020 by juliana

    Shelagh Delaney

    Shelagh Delaney (née Sheila Mary Delaney; 25 November 1938 – 20 November 2011) was an English playwright. Born in Broughton, Salford, Lancashire, from a working-class family, Delaney…… Read more “Shelagh Delaney”

    8 de December de 20208 de December de 2020 by juliana

    Geraldine Jewsbury 

    Geraldine Jewsbury (Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury, 22 August 1812 – 23 September 1880) was an English writer. When she was six, Jewsbury and her family moved to Manchester. Her…… Read more “Geraldine Jewsbury “

    20 de October de 20202 de November de 2020 by juliana

    The fathomless ocean on which they had set out with such unknowing fearlessness

    Dear Amy, The Romance of a Shop (1888) is all about framing: depending on the way we turn our lens and the point where we choose to…… Read more “The fathomless ocean on which they had set out with such unknowing fearlessness”

    7 de October de 2020 by juliana

    Amy Levy

    Amy Levy (Amy Judith Levy, November 10th, 1861 – September 10th, 1889) was an English writer. Born into an upper middle-class Jewish family, Levy was first educated…… Read more “Amy Levy”

    7 de October de 20207 de October de 2020 by juliana

    A creature of strength and grace and beauty and softness

    Dear Florence, Her Father’s Name (1876) features the best (and worst) of what a Victorian Sensational novel has to offer: an exotic location, murder, a cross-dressing heroine with…… Read more “A creature of strength and grace and beauty and softness”

    15 de September de 2020 by juliana

    To search for the sources of joy

    Hi, folks, Inspired by Buried.In.Print’s Mavis Gallant and Alice Munro reading projects, I decided to incorporate more short stories into my weekly reads, and I thought that…… Read more “To search for the sources of joy”

    9 de January de 202016 de February de 2020 by juliana

    Radclyffe Hall

    Radclyffe Hall (Marguerite Antonia Radclyffe Hall, 12 August 1880 – 7 October 1943) was an English writer. After their parents’ divorce, in 1883, when they was three, Radclyffe…… Read more “Radclyffe Hall”

    6 de November de 201924 de September de 2020 by juliana

    Solitary and savage had been her life

    Dear Elizabeth, The collection Gothic Tales, edited by Laura Kranzler (2000), comprises your most famous ghost stories published from 1851 to 1861. Reading those stories is like…… Read more “Solitary and savage had been her life”

    31 de October de 2019 by juliana

    Elizabeth Barrett Browning

    Elizabeth Barrett Browning (née Elizabeth Barrett Moulton-Barrett; 6 March 1806 – 29 June 1861) was an English poet. She was educated at home. Except for some instruction in Greek…… Read more “Elizabeth Barrett Browning”

    30 de October de 201930 de October de 2019 by juliana

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