Lesser-known classical books you shouldn't forget
The plot: Two men, after being refused to buy shares in the established railway companies, decide to create their own railway company. My thoughts: It the middle of the industrial era in Great Britain. While I knew a lot about the factories and what-not, I hadn’t thought about how the stock market was a huge... Continue Reading →
The plot: Falstaff is penniless. He wants to solve this problem by wooing two married women. These two women find out that he is wooing them both and plot their revenge. There is also a subplot about the daughter trying to marry the man she loves and not the ones her parents have decided for... Continue Reading →
Plot: Caroline Helstone is an orphan, and therefore living with her uncle, one of the vicars in the area. She is bored, because as the vicar’s niece she is too well off to get an occupation as a governess and as a woman she can’t find a job fitting her station. Her only highlight is... Continue Reading →
Wilkie Collins is one of my favourite authors. I just love his characters, mostly because they are not what you would think of as common main characters. In The Woman in White, you have a female lead solving the mystery and saving the day. In The Moonstone you have a foppish landlord, the villain in... Continue Reading →
Captain van Toch, in search of pearls, finds a lagoon where newt-like creatures, about the size of a ten-years-old, live. He gets a wonderful plan. The reality is a war, with the newts (I hope I don’t spoil anything by mentioning the title of the book). I know some have read this book with a... Continue Reading →
What do you do when one of France’s, if not the world’s, most famous authors places his first novel in your country (Norway)? I don’t think there is one solution that fits everyone, but I chose to read and review it. I must admit I haven’t read any of Victor’s other works. I know of... Continue Reading →
I love Wilkie Collins. And, considering most of his work is lesser known it’s always a treat to read his books because you don’t know what you are getting. So when I found a new audiobook called Hide and Seek, I had to download it. I was not disappointed. The book follows Valentine as he... Continue Reading →
Effie Huntriss is a film star. Effie Huntriss is a sex symbol. Effie Huntriss is pregnant. Effie Huntriss is forced to lie in her bed the entire pregnancy. Effie Huntriss has just been left by her husband. Effie Huntriss is bored. Effie Huntriss therefore chooses to write a book explaining Hollywood and her place in... Continue Reading →
So, when I decided to join #1951club, a readathon about reading books published in 1951, I went to my local library, looked up all the books they had and said «I’ll take all of them». Some I had heard about, like Agatha Christie and Arthur Koestler’s The Age of Longing, others were a complete surprise.... Continue Reading →
How I love this book. Now I have already done a booktube video on the maths in Flatland, so in this review I will focus on the other aspects of the book. Flatland is about A Square. - He lives in Flatland, a world of 2 dimensions, length and breadth. - So when we in... Continue Reading →
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