Category: Elizabeth Gaskell

June 2023 Reading Wrap-Up

Posted on July 6, 2023 by

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I’ve been in a bit of a writing slump lately, though I’ve been trucking along with my reading. (“Discovering” BL manga has been a big help. It’s so much fun – humor, hyperbole, art, drama, sweetness. The genre has it all!) In any case,… Continue Reading “June 2023 Reading Wrap-Up”

Category: 2023 TBR Pile Challenge, BL Manga, Classics, Eckhart Tolle, Elizabeth Gaskell, Erin Skye Kelly, Fantasy, Fiction, Grant Sabatier, Manga, Mysticism, Nonfiction, Personal Finance, Self-Transformation, TBRYear10, V.E. Schwab

Review: The Haunted House by Charles Dickens

Posted on July 9, 2012 by

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The Haunted House by Charles Dickens Final Verdict: 2.75 out of 4.0 YTD: 24 Plot/Story: 3 – Plot/Story is interesting & believable. The Haunted House by Charles Dickens is actually a compilation work, with contributions from Hesba Stretton, George Augustus Sala, Adelaide Anne Procter, Wilkie… Continue Reading “Review: The Haunted House by Charles Dickens”

Category: Adelaide Anne Procter, Book Review, Charles Dickens, Compilation Fiction, Elizabeth Gaskell, Fiction, George Augustus Sala, Hesba Stretton, Literature, London Literati, Short Story, Victorian, Victorian Celebration, Wilkie Collins

Review: Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell

Posted on June 18, 2012 by

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Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell Final Verdict: 3.25 out of 4.0 YTD: 21 Plot/Story: 3 – Plot/Story is interesting & believable. Cranford tells the tale of an oft-overlooked portion of Victorian population, the middle class.  Many novels of the Victorian era focus exclusively on the… Continue Reading “Review: Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell”

Category: 1001 Books, 2012 Challenges, 2012 Classics Challenge, Book Review, Classics, Classics Club, Elizabeth Gaskell, Fiction, Literature, Victorian, Victorian Celebration

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