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Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh, Review: Shockingly clever satire

Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh’s first and many say funniest novel immediately caught the ear of the public with his account of an ingénu abroad in the decadent confusion of 1920s high society. Decline...

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A Classics Challenge – Sign-up

Having just finished reading Jasper Fforde’s The Eyre Affair, a very fun novel about the protection of the classics, I am inspired to find more time this year to read classics. To help me achieve this...

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Classics Challenge January – A ROOM WITH A VIEW by E M Forster

Participation in the Classics Challenge hosted by November’s Autumn involves responding to a series of questions posted each month in respect to the particular classic you are reading at the time. I am...

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A Room with a View by E M Forster, Book Review: Irreverent joy

A Room with a View by E M Forster is a satiric comedy of manners with a refreshing current of irreverence that contemporary readers will enjoy. Read on for our review and quotes from this classic...

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The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, Review: True genius

Review Summary: In The Importance of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde turns the absurd and farcical into sheer brilliance. Highly recommended in audio. The Importance of Being Earnest Synopsis: This final...

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A Classics Challenge – admitting defeat

Well, there is no use beating around the bush – I failed in my attempt to read lots more classics during 2012, despite signing up to November Autumns’ A Classics Challenge. The challenge goal was to...

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Book Review – LADY WINDERMERE’S FAN by Oscar Wilde

Lady Windermere’s Fan Synopsis: Oscar Wilde’s first play confronts the hypocrisy of public “morality” compared with genuine, private kindness. When it opened in 1892, Lady Windermere’s Fan was an...

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THE CANTERVILLE GHOST by Oscar Wilde, Book Review

Review Summary: In The Canterville Ghost, with modern prose and themes, and characters like caricatures, Oscar Wilde lampoons traditional ghost stories. The Canterville Ghost Short Synopsis: A...

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ANTHEM by Ayn Rand, Review: Moving anthem for individualism

In Anthem Ayn Rand crystalises her ideas of individualism and competition. This novel was first published in England in 1938. Read on for book quotes, links to other useful resources about Ayn Rand...

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FARABEUF by Salvador Elizondo, Book Review: Powerful

Farabeuf by Salvador Elizondo, or, ‘The Chronicle of an Instant’ is intensely absorbing but also deeply disturbing. A literary classic now available in English. Farabeuf or, The Chronicle of an Instant...

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VILE BODIES by Evelyn Waugh, Book Review: Classic satire

Evelyn Waugh’s second novel, Vile Bodies is his tribute to London’s smart set. It introduces us to society as it used to be but that now is gone forever, and probably for good. Vile Bodies Synopsis:...

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The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Book Review: Moving classic

The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s children’s classic (for all ages) is about our responsibility to live good lives. The Little Prince Book Synopsis   Few stories are as widely read and as...

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Mini Reviews of the Classics – The Turn of the Screw & The Strange Case of Dr...

The Turn of the Screw by Henry James Summary  The narrator is a young governess, sent off to a country house to take charge of two orphaned children. She finds a pleasant house and a comfortable...

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UNDER THE NET by Iris Murdoch, Book Review: Unravelling farce

Under the Net, Iris Murdoch’s first novel, features Jake Donaghue and sidekicks getting into predicaments, barbed banter and deception. Under the Net Synopsis: Iris Murdoch’s first novel is set in a...

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Challenge Completion – Back to the Classics & Non-Fiction Reading

2015 Non-fiction Reading Challenge (http://www.theintrovertedreader.com/2014/12/2015-nonfiction-reading-challenge.html) I wanted to read more non-fiction this year, but realised it wasn’t something I...

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Audiobook narrators creating something special – are you listening?

Years ago, like many readers out there, I had assumed audiobooks weren’t for me. But one day I decided to try one (it couldn’t be easier with Audible’s ‘First Title Free’ 30 Day Trial Program) and I...

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I FOR ISOBEL by Amy Witting, Review: A novel in parts

Amy Witting’s classic novel I for Isobel initially had me enthralled, the inner workings of a 9yr old mind held charm, as did Witting’s original turn of phrase. I for Isobel Synopsis ‘This was life: no...

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AN IDEAL HUSBAND by Oscar Wilde, Book Review

An Ideal Husband in audiobook… a classic play by Oscar Wilde performed by LA Theatre Works An Ideal Husband Synopsis: A tender love story, a serpentine villainess, a glittering setting in London...

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A WRINKLE IN TIME: The Graphic Novel by Hope Larson (Madeleine L’Engle), Book...

A graphic novel adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s ground-breaking science fiction and fantasy classic A Wrinkle in Time, soon to be a major motion picture. A Wrinkle in Time, The Graphic Novel Synopsis...

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SEVEN DEAD by J Jefferson Farjeon, Book Review

Seven Dead is an atmospheric crime novel by J Jefferson Farjeon first published in 1939, and now republished as part of the British Library Crime Classic Series. Seven Dead Book Synopsis With an...

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