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February 18, 2020

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken — book review

“IT WAS DUSK – winter dusk. Snow lay white and shining over the pleated hills, and icicles hung from the forest trees. Snow lay piled on the dark road across Willoughby Wold, but from dawn men had been clearing it with brooms and shovels. There were hundreds of them at work, wrapped in sacking because…
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November 13, 2019

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson – book review

“Bow all your heads to our adored Mary Katherine.” In recent years Shirley Jackson has experienced a kind of renascence. Perhaps because of Netflix’s adaptation of The Haunting of Hill House or possibly thanks to contemporary authors (such as Donna Tartt, Neil Gaiman, and Stephen King) who have credited Jackson as their inspiration, enhancing her…
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June 3, 2019

Cassandra at the Wedding by Dorothy Baker : review

In spite of its intriguing premise Cassandra at the Wedding is a novel that is obscured by an impenetrable and confounding narration. The story is divided in three sections, two of which are from the point of view of Cassandra. Her narrative reflects her state of mind and she reports things with a puzzling intense…
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Tag: published in 1962

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken — book review

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson – book review

Cassandra at the Wedding by Dorothy Baker : review