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David Stuart Davies looks at The Thirty-Nine Steps
David Stuart Davies looks at the first modern spy thriller.
Thirty-Nine Steps
With a new Introduction by Cedric Watts, B.A., Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex. Richard Hannay finds a corpse in his flat, and becomes involved in a plot…
Elizabeth Gaskell and ‘Wives and Daughters’
Denise Hanrahan Wells looks at Elizabeth Gaskell's final novel Elizabeth Gaskell died in 1865 leaving behind a wide range of works – novels, novellas, short stories, poetry and non-fiction. Her…
Book of the Week: Bleak House
Keep out of Chancery… it’s like being ground to bits in a slow mill; it’s like being roasted at a slow fire; it’s being stung to death by single bees;…
Complete Nonsense by Edward Lear
Although also an artist and composer, Edward Lear is deservedly best-known for his nonsense in all its many forms: songs, stories, poems, drawings, recipes, alphabets and limericks, a form which…
Empire
‘I shall try to fly by those nets’: Sally Minogue offers a final reflection on literature and Empire. If we needed a reminder of the ability of the British to…
Anne Brontë
Anne Brontë (1820-1849), the sister of Charlotte and Emily, was the youngest of six children and is best known for her novels 'Agnes Grey' and 'The Tenant of Wildfell Hall'.
John Buchan
John Buchan (1875-1940) was a Scottish writer of both fiction and non-fiction work. His most enduring work is 'The Thirty-Nine Steps', a ripping yarn featuring Richard Hannay, who went on to appear in a further four novels.
Stephen Carver looks at The Phantom of the Opera
The Last Gothic Novel: Stephen Carver looks at the book behind the musical.