A retelling of Wuthering Heights, once again from the point of view of the housekeeper, Nelly Dean. This time Nelly relates those elements that she withheld in the original story. The characters in Case’s story retain the personalities of the original but Nelly Dean attempts to explain their motivations and to provide hidden meaning to … Continue reading One Minute Book Review – Nelly Dean by Alison Case
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Opening lines
Lately, there have been a number of lists floating around the web of great opening lines from literature. One the basis of these single sentences most people would want to read further. Here I have put together the opening one or two lines of a dozen of my favourite books. While most of them do … Continue reading Opening lines
My Reading – June 2016
Station 11 by Emily St John Mandel The Golden Dice By Elisabeth Storrs Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte No Shred of Evidence by Charles Todd The Visitors by Rebecca Mascull
My Reading – May 2016
Exposure by Helen Dunmore At the Edge of the Orchard by Tracy Chevalier The Wedding Shroud by Elisabeth Storrs
My Reading – April 2016
The House at Riverton : a Novel by Kate Morton Man Tiger by Eka Kurniawan What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? by Alan Duff
My Reading – March 2016
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier Disclaimer by Renee Knight A Few Right Thinking Men by Sulari Gentill