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Tag Archives: United Kingdom

Middlemarch by George Eliot (UK)

I read Middlemarch. It took me three months.Don’t let that put you off.

Posted byimogenglad24th May 202225th May 2022Posted inbookTags: England, Europe, female writers, George Eliot, Middlemarch, United Kingdom, Victorian fiction1 Comment on Middlemarch by George Eliot (UK)

In Youth is Pleasure by Denton Welch (UK)

Hallucinatory 1940s coming of age tell set in upper middle class England between the wars

Posted byimogenglad22nd Nov 2021Posted inbookTags: #novnov, autobiography, books, classic literature, classics, Europe, fiction, literature, novella, novellasinnovember, UK, United Kingdom4 Comments on In Youth is Pleasure by Denton Welch (UK)

Booker Longlist Predictions: How did I do? Plus Review of Light Perpetual by Francis Spufford

Francis Spufford’s deeply humane new novel “Light Perpetual”

Posted byimogenglad28th Jul 2021Posted inbookTags: books, Europe, fiction, lightperpetual, netgalley, new books, UK, United Kingdom5 Comments on Booker Longlist Predictions: How did I do? Plus Review of Light Perpetual by Francis Spufford

Review no 133: Light Perpetual by Francis Spufford (UK)

Francis Spufford’s deeply humane new novel “Light Perpetual”

Posted byimogenglad26th Jan 202114th May 2022Posted inbookTags: #LightPerpetual, #NetGalley, books, Europe, fiction, lightperpetual, netgalley, new books, UK, United Kingdom1 Comment on Review no 133: Light Perpetual by Francis Spufford (UK)

Review no 73: Rebecca by British author Daphne du Maurier (1907-89)

Daphne Du Maurier’s classic gothic “love” story

Posted byimogenglad9th May 202026th Jan 2021Posted inbookTags: cornwall, Du Maurier, England, Europe, female writers, Rebecca, United Kingdom3 Comments on Review no 73: Rebecca by British author Daphne du Maurier (1907-89)

Review no 48: The Personal History of David Copperfield, film by Armando Iannucci (UK)

We enjoyed this charming, family friendly Dickensian romp

Posted byimogenglad4th Feb 20204th Jun 2020Posted infilmTags: Charles Dickens, Europe, film, films, movies, UK, United KingdomLeave a comment on Review no 48: The Personal History of David Copperfield, film by Armando Iannucci (UK)

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