Essay review: An Accursed Race by Elizabeth Gaskell (1855) When I started reading this novella on my Kindle, I was expecting some sort of fictional
Novella review: Lois the Witch by Elizabeth Gaskell (1861) It’s 1691 and the orphaned Lois Barclay travels to live with her uncle and his family
Tonight, in an hour, the UK will pass from 2010 to 2011. Almost half the world is already there, in fact! I hope 2010 has
Novella review: Lizzie Leigh by Elizabeth Gaskell (Manybooks.net/Project Gutenberg [1855]) Lizzie Leigh is a story about a family in the countryside somewhere, who carry a
When I first heard of North & South, my mind went to the American Civil War and Patrick Swayze, and I thought it was very
Book review: Shirley by Charlotte Brontë (Wordsworth Classics, 1993 [1849]) Charlotte Brontë was a natural stort-teller with a gift for creating memorable characters and for
Question posed a while back was: who’s your preference, Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy from Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice, or Mr. John Thornton from Elizabeth Gaskell’s
Been busy with stuff recently… and at the same time, not more than usual. Oh well. On the Squeee front…Couldn’t help myself, so I’ve started