The Alphabet Meme

May 4th, 2008 · 6 Comments

Picked this meme up from Melanie, in honor of two YA books I read for work this weekend. The goal of this is to list favourite authors according to last name (with a representative fave book as well). Atwood, Margaret — Cat’s Eye Bronte, Charlotte — Jane Eyre Card, Orson Scott — Ender’s Game Dragonwagon, [...]

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Where Angels Fear to Tread by EM Forster

August 7th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Synopsis: An English society family is thrown into turmoil when one of their own marries a shifty Italian, and they’ll do anything to see that their child is raised properly–that is, in England. Review: EM Forster has been my latest classic discovery. I’d never read anything of his before last year, and I’m completely in [...]

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Tags: British Literature

A Room with a View by E.M. Forster

March 5th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Synopsis: After returning from Italy, a young woman struggles to adjust to her new fiance, and quell the disturbing yearnings for romance so recently awakened. Review: A Room with a View is my third Forster. It’s more straightforward than A Passage to India, but it’s not as rich and fulfilling as Howard’s End. Share on [...]

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Tags: British Literature