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Tag: England

Review: Who Was That Man? by Neil Bartlett

Searching for origins.

England, gay, History, LGBTIQ, Nonfiction, Oscar Wilde, queer, UK

Review: North And South by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

All is flux.

19th Century, Classics, England, Fiction

Review: W. H. Auden: Poems Selected By John Fuller

Poetry that belies Auden’s training as a scientist.

Classics, England, gay, Poetry, queer

Review: A Room With A View by E. M. Forster

A classic novel of travel and Romance.

Classics, England, Italy, Novel

Review: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

There’s something haunted and occult about this otherwise godly classic.

Charlotte Brontë, Classics, England, Jane Eyre, UK

Review: The Light Years by Elizabeth Jane Howard

The Light Years is the perfect novel for a society sleep-walking towards disaster.

1930s, Classics, England, Fiction, Historical, World War II

Review: The Portrait Of A Lady by Henry James

A novel that does what it says, painting a portrait of an ambitious and charming young woman as she seeks to experience all life has to offer.

America, Classics, England, Henry James, Italy
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