Reviews of Books
Posted in Fiction, Recommended on Nov 13th, 2012
I had to read this for my Victorian study group. I liked it, but it was long – definitely a marathon reading event. It was serialised and that always makes for a long novel (it’s like being paid per word!) Here is the entry in Wikipedia. This novel is timeless – it [...]
Posted in Fiction on Jul 8th, 2012
Reading this novel is a bit like running a marathon – each little bit seems easy it’s all of them together that is over whelming. It was an easy read, but very long. Here is the synopsis from Wikipedia … Finn is the only son of a successful Irish doctor, Dr Malachi Finn of Killaloe, [...]
Posted in Fiction, Recommended on Apr 5th, 2012
I love Trollope’s writing and luckily for me he was a prolific author (I think he wrote 47 novels). Here is the synopsis from Wikipedia… The Warden concerns Mr Septimus Harding, the meek, elderly warden of Hiram’s Hospital and precentor of Barchester Cathedral, at the fictional location of Barsetshire. Hiram’s Hospital is an almshouse supported [...]