I enjoyed this far more than I thought I would. It’s very similar in style and also content to Angela Carter’s Bloody Chamber. Fair warning like The Bloody Chamber this book is laden with violence, graphic sex and sexual violence.…
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Very very slowly my course books are starting to enter the modern era…yes 1899 is positively futuristic in comparison to some of the books I’ve had to read. Heart of Darkness however, isn’t my favourite of the bunch. I’m enjoying…
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I’ve come to realise that any book I read for my course in the moment of reading it I will hate it. Just a little. The actual story and concept of Orlando I adored. The fact I’ve had to read…
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If you think back a few posts you might recall my slight tirade about Moll Flanders and its lack of chapters… Evelina also doesn’t have chapters. Instead, it’s written in letter form. A ‘chapter’ can be half a page or…
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My first and main question is what kind of book has no chapters, no discernible breaks, just continuous prose? Granted this novel was originally published in 1722 but still. I think that’s why I had such a hard time reading…
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