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Month: June 2017
A Life Story rather than a Love Story
Sally Minogue reviews the National Theatre’s touring production of ‘Jane Eyre’
David Stuart Davies takes a look at The Wind in the Willows
With a musical version opening in London, David Stuart Davies takes a look at this perennially popular children’s classic. Poop-Poop!
Dickens and Lawrence: A tale of two halves
David Ellis considers how ‘David Copperfield’ and ‘Sons and Lovers’ both fade after half time.
Celebrating 25 Years of Wordsworth Classics
It’s a quarter of a century since the launch of the Wordsworth £1 Classic
Thomas Hardy – 177 today
Sally Minogue offers some lugubrious birthday reflections.
Book of the Week: Tess of the d’Urbervilles
On the day of Thomas Hardy’s birth, David Stuart Davies looks at the book that some consider to be his finest work.