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September 29, 2004Portuguese Irregular VerbsPortuguese Irregular Verbs - A Professor Dr von Iglefeld Entertainment Alexander McCall Smith, Polygon, 2003 Welcome to the charming adventures of the inimitable Professor Dr Moritz-Maria von Ingelfeld. As a professor of philology, you might not expect the eccentric professor...Read this update September 23, 2004The Other Boleyn GirlThe Other Boleyn Girl Philippa Gregory, 2001 HarperCollins Anne Boleyn is a well known figure to anyone who was forced to study the Tudors at GCSE. We all know that she seduced Henry VIII, had 6 fingers and was beheaded...Read this update September 22, 2004Adventures in a TV NationAdventures in a TV Nation Michael Moore and Kathleen Glynn. HaperCollins 1998 I only discovered TV Nation at the end of its run on BBC2, and for reasons unknown, there don’t seem to have been any reruns. So it was...Read this update September 17, 2004What I lovedWhat I loved Siri Hustvedt, Sceptre 2003 At first this book didn’t really grab me. The story of Leo, an art historian living in New York, and his relationships with his family and friends, wasn’t entirely boring, but it wasn’t...Read this update September 01, 2004disappointmentIt was definitely too good to be true! Five whole days off for the August bank holiday, without having to take any of my hard earned holiday days. So we decided to go down south to Oxford, go to a...Read this update Posted by Tassy on September 1, 2004 02:30 PM
Category: Northanger Abbey - more ghosts than petticoatsNorthanger Abbey Jane Austen, 1818 Northanger Abbey, a satire of the gothic novel, has been to me, one of the most enjoyable of Jane Austen’s novels. It tells of “our heroine”, Catherine Morland and her trip away from her humble...Read this update |
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