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Showing posts with label Back to the Classics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Back to the Classics. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 2, 2020

Back to the Classics Challenge

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  I didn't sign up for the Back to the Classics Challenge last year and I wasn't sure about this year. But I've put together a ...
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Monday, July 29, 2019

The Notting Hill Mystery

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The Notting Hill Mystery (1863) by Charles Warren Adams has been put forward as the first published detective novel. Is it? Well, that'...
Monday, June 17, 2019

The Barrakee Mystery

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Please note that this review may use terms or descriptions from the work itself for those of mixed heritage. No disparagement or disrespect ...
Monday, April 22, 2019

A Girl of the Limberlost

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A Girl of the Limberlost (1909) by Gene Stratton-Porter The heroine of Stratton-Porter's book is Elnora Comstock, a sixteen-year old ...
Wednesday, April 3, 2019

The Man Born to Be King: Review

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In The Man Born to Be King (1943), Dorothy L. Sayers brings her literary powers to bear on the life of Christ. She follows His story from b...
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Thursday, February 28, 2019

Monsieur Lecoq: Review

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Monsieur Lecoq  tells the story of murder done in a Paris backstreet barroom. Lecoq's police patrol, led by Inspector Gevrol, is on the...
Saturday, January 19, 2019

The Haunted Man & The Haunted House: Review

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The Haunted House is a strange little tale. John, our narrator, is told that he needs to take a house in the country to help his health imp...
Thursday, January 10, 2019

Died in the Wool: Review

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Died in the Wool (1945) by Ngaio Marsh finds Inspector Alleyn still in New Zealand hunting spies in World War II. Alleyn had already been h...
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Thursday, January 3, 2019

The Ascent of Rum Doodle

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Bill Bryson introduces the 2001 edition of W. E. Bowman's The Ascent of Rum Doodle (orig. pub. 1956) as "one of the funniest books ...
Sunday, December 9, 2018

Back to the Classics 2019: My Sign-Up

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I wasn't sure I'd be back for the  Back to the Classics Challenge .  But I think I've got enough classics on tap for 2019 th...
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Saturday, September 29, 2018

Challenge Complete: Back to the Classics

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I came back to the  Back to the Classics Challenge  after taking a few years off.  I initially thought that I would only do the m...
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Pride & Prejudice: Review

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Pride & Prejudice (1813) by Jane Austen is probably Austen's most well-known book. People who don't read (or read much) are fam...
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Thursday, August 9, 2018

I Capture the Castle: Review

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I Capture the Castle (1948) by Dodie Smith is really the diary of Cassandra Mortmain, a 17-year old girl in 1930s England. She fills three ...
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Sunday, August 5, 2018

The Yellow Fairy Book: Review

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I grew up with a copy of Andrew Lang's The Blue Fairy Book . I loved that hardback edition of fairy tales. I read it and reread it and r...
Monday, July 30, 2018

Melmoth the Wanderer: Review

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This is going to be awfully short--especially in comparison to the book I read. You would think that I would have more to say about about a ...
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Friday, July 27, 2018

She: Review

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She (1886) by H. Rider Haggard concerns the journey undertaken by Horace Holly, a Cambridge University professor, and his young ward Leo to...
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