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“The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” by Robert Louis Stevenson

By Glynn Young 1 Comment

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“The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” by Robert Louis Stevenson is a gothic thriller and an unsettling work for modern readers.

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A TS Classic: “The Picture of Dorian Gray” by Oscar Wilde

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A new edition of “The Picture of Dorian Gray” by Oscar Wilde, illustrated by Sara Barkat, shows how the story still applies to our own time.

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Sitting in ‘Mildred’s Garden’ with Laura Boggess

By Glynn Young 5 Comments

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“Mildred’s Garden” by Laura Boggess combines music, poetry, the beauty of West Virginia, and a refugee story into a delight of a novel.

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A Novel About Hughes and Plath: “Your Story, My Story” by Connie Palmen

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In the novel “Your Story, My Story,” Dutch author Connie Palmen tells an unexpected story of the poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath.

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Novel, Poetry, Both? Max Porter and “Grief Is the Thing with Feathers”

By Glynn Young 6 Comments

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“Grief Is the Thing with Feathers” by British author Max Porter is officially a novel, but it could also be poetry, or something else. And it’s wonderful.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, Britain, Emily Dickinson, Grief Poems, London, poetry

Rediscovering “Great Expectations” by Charles Dickens

By Glynn Young 7 Comments

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“Great Expectations” by Charles Dickens is one of his best and most beloved novels, one he initially described as “fine, new, and grotesque.”

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The Strangeness of “A Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens

By Glynn Young 9 Comments

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“A Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens, one of the most quoted works of English literature, continues to speak to the human condition.

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The Surprise of “Oliver Twist” by Charles Dickens

By Glynn Young 13 Comments

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Surprisingly, “Oliver Twist” by Charles Dickens isn’t one of his best works, but it contains elements of the genius for which he’d become famous.

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Fiction debut could help Dana Gioia’s dream come true

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T. S. Poetry Press, publisher of the Oprah Summer Read The Whipping Club, has released a fiction debut that could help Dana Gioia’s dream come true. Gioia has made a strong call to get poetry into the public eye. The Novelist,  by L.L. Barkat, weaves poetry throughout a story that explores the woes of a […]

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