100 Novels Reading List 71-80
We’re almost there… 71. The Makioka Sisters Junichiro Tanizaki 72. Lolita Vladimir Nabokov 73. The Fountain Overflows Rebecca West 74. The Pursuit of Love, Love in a Cold Climate, Don’t Tell Alfred...
View Article100 Novels Reading List 81-90
Here we go… 81. The Harafish Naguib Mahfouz 82. The Sea, The Sea Iris Murdoch 83. How Far Can You Go? David Lodge 84. Loitering With Intent Muriel Spark 85. Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant Anne Tyler...
View Article100 Novels Reading List 91-100
The final 10: 91. Vox Nicholson Baker 92. WLT: A Radio Romance Garrison Keillor 93. Behind the Scenes at the Museum Kate Atkinson 94. A Fine Balance Rohinton Mistry 95. Guided Tours of Hell Francine...
View ArticleArmchair BEA
The British Empire: A survey (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Now that my blog is up and running, more or less, I am excited to mention the Armchair BEA blog. BEA is Book Expo America, going on this week at...
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Sybille of Cleves by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1526. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The Princess of Cleves – Madame de LaFayette A French novel written in 1678, is what we would now regard as an historical...
View ArticleNovel of the Month – Oroonoko – 100 Novels
Oroonoko Southerne (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Aphra Behn is the first English woman to make a career as a novelist. She attested that she had known Prince Oroonoko while living in Surinam. He had...
View ArticleWhy Do I Bring Up Thoreau in a Discussion on “Oroonoko” by Aphra Behn?
English: Portrait by Benjamin D. Maxham (daguerreotype), black and white of Henry David Thoreau in June 1856. The writer-collar post a beard and is dressed in a black frock coat, a white shirt and a...
View ArticlePamela; or, Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson
September’s novel (the 11th of the 100 Novels Project) was written in first person. It is a series of letters between Pamela, a 15-year-old handmaiden, and her parents. It seems voyeuristic reading...
View Article“The Female Quixote” by Charlotte Lennox
Novel # 13 of our 100 Novels Project. Published in 1759, was the author’s most popular. Although the title might lead one to believe it is a parallel to “Don Quixote,” it is loosely structured on that...
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