This isn't an autobiography in the conventional sense. It's clearly and openly a Prohibitionist tract, published seven years before Prohibition came to pass. It just so happens that London chose his own drinking career to illustrate his argument. Hence, those looking for the story of Jack's life may...
This book definitely provided interesting insight into the Victorian mindset - the sincere religious feeling and the resultant extreme anxiety was particularly well portrayed. My problems were mostly with the writing style. A lot of it is written in long, hard to follow sentences or in meandering as...
I recently reread this book with the purpose of rewriting this review, however instead I wrote a blog post instead. This book is a collection of essays that explores some of the problems that arise from Shakespeare’s plays, though the conclusions of most of these essays tend to come down to the f...
This is a truly beautiful book, with gorgeous color illustrations on almost every page 2-page spread, so reading it, even flipping through it, is a delight. The first thing I did was check to see which of my favorite literary worlds had been included (Strange/Norrell! Thursday Next! And lots of othe...
Sutherland's personal selection of 294 novelists undoubtedly leaves people asking questions like - where is Byatt, Carter, and Pratchett. Sutherland, however, points out this is his list. And you know what - he does a rather impressive job including non-canon writers, in particular many women writer...
I know a lot of people who like Trollope for an author who has fallen into some level of obscurity. I have only read one of his novels prior to this, The Warden, which I thought was only OK. This novel was barely OK and I am not sure why it has lasted.The book is about politics and was written in ...
I have a weakness for books about books- how to read them, the history of them, how they’re made or collected, the crazy people that would risk their lives or livelihoods for them. This one is a bit odd, in that it isn’t really about reading novels in any lit-crit or historical sense, but about how ...
As amusing as it was to read, 'The Warden' was a straight-faced prelude to this extravagant romp through the parlors of the Anglican gentry. One should read the two together as the question of Hiram's Hospital and the wardenship are prime concerns in the greater game being played for control of the ...
I've been at this one for a month and only gotten 225 pages into it, out of 712. Enough. There are too many books in the world for this. This isn't a horrendous book, but I see little to explain why it's survived from the mid-19th century. The characters are not particularly engaging, nor the pros...
50 (too) short essays explaining important concepts in literature and criticism. The book is written in a very chatty style, some of the ideas aren't clearly explained, and the author makes at least one ridiculous mistake in asserting that "we" (by which he means Anglo-Saxons) were conquered by the ...
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