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Reviews: Fiction

Reviews of novels and other fiction.

‘Pride And Prejudice’ by Jane Austen

Book review: ‘Pride And Prejudice‘ by Jane Austen

More toffs wittering on about stuff.

Published 06-Mar-2023
Filed under: Writing Genres: Fiction Tags: fiction, Jane Austen, reviews
‘Sense and Sensibility’ by Jane Austen

Book review: ‘Sense and Sensibility’ by Jane Austen

Like Jeeves and Wooster without all the ‘What-ho?!’s.

Published 25-Jul-2022
Filed under: Writing Genres: Fiction Tags: fiction, Jane Austen, reviews
‘The Jeeves Omnibus, vol. 3’ by P.G. Wodehouse

Book review: ‘The Jeeves Omnibus, vol. 3’ by P.G. Wodehouse

Pip pip!

Published 09-Jun-2021
Filed under: Writing Genres: Fiction Tags: PG Wodeshouse, reviews
‘Women on Nature’ by Katherine Norbury (ed.)

Book review: ‘Women on Nature’ by Katherine Norbury (ed.)

100+ voices on place, landscape and the natural world.

Published 09-Jun-2021
Filed under: Writing Genres: Essays, Fiction, Nature & Place, Poetry Tags: reviews
‘To the Lighthouse’ by Virginia Woolf

‘To the Lighthouse’ by Virginia Woolf

Streams of consciousness in the Hebrides.

Published 29-Mar-2021
Filed under: Writing Genres: Fiction Tags: reviews, Virginia Woolf
‘The Murdstone Trilogy’ by Mal Peet

Book review: ‘The Murdstone Trilogy’ by Mal Peet

Funny, daft and a bit scary (to some).

Published 31-Dec-2020
Filed under: Writing Genres: Fiction Tags: reviews
‘Agent Running in the Field’ by John le Carré

Book review: ‘Agent Running in the Field’ by John le Carré

Spycraft and badminton in Brexit Britain.

Published 14-Nov-2020
Filed under: Writing Genres: Fiction Tags: reviews
‘Austerlitz’ by W.G. Sebald

Book review: ‘Austerlitz’ by W.G. Sebald

A haunting novel. File under Sebaldian.

Published 04-Nov-2020
Filed under: Writing Genres: Fiction Tags: reviews, W.G. Sebald
‘Ghosts on the Shore’ by Paul Scraton

Book review: ‘Ghosts on the Shore’ by Paul Scraton

Travels along Germany’s Baltic coast.

Published 25-Oct-2020
Filed under: Writing Genres: Fiction, History, Nature & Place Tags: Paul Scraton, reviews
‘The Rings of Saturn’ by W.G. Sebald

Book review: ‘The Rings of Saturn’ by W.G. Sebald

An unclassifiable masterpiece.

Published 24-Oct-2020
Filed under: Writing Genres: Fiction, History, Nature & Place, People Tags: reviews, W.G. Sebald
‘Vertigo’ by W.G. Sebald

Book review: ‘Vertigo’ by W.G. Sebald

File under ‘Sebaldian’.

Published 24-Oct-2020
Filed under: Writing Genres: Fiction, History, Nature & Place, People Tags: reviews, W.G. Sebald
‘The Emigrants’ by W.G. Sebald

Book review: ‘The Emigrants’ by W.G. Sebald

File under ‘Sebaldian’.

Published 24-Oct-2020
Filed under: Writing Genres: Fiction, History, People Tags: reviews, W.G. Sebald

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