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Month: September 2020
Sally Minogue celebrates The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
2020 marks the 150th anniversary of Robert Tressell’s birth; Sally Minogue celebrates his iconic novel, ‘The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists’.
Stephen Carver looks at Moll Flanders
‘Thus I gave up myself to a readiness of being ruined without the least concern, and am a fair Memento to all young Women, whose Vanity prevails over their Virtue.’ Stephen Carver looks at Daniel Defoe’s novel of the progress of a poor orphan girl in 17th century England.
Mia Forbes looks at King Lear
Morality, justice and Christianity in King Lear By Mia Forbes