HomeBlog The Wordsworth Blog Articles from a range of guest contributors Dec22 AuthorBookNews Woman of Stone M.R. James, Mark Gatiss, and the Evolution of the BBC’s Ghost Stories for Christmas Woman of Stone ‘The ghost is… Read More Dec17 AuthorBookClassic ‘The great floodgates of the wonder-world swung open’ Sally Minogue examines the ‘wonder-world’ of Herman Melville’s great novel Moby Dick. ‘Call me Ishmael’: is there a more famous… Read More Nov30 AuthorBook Classic of the Week: Nicholas Nickleby David Ellis looks at Charles Dickens’ third novel. Classic of the Week: Nicholas Nickleby If there were a prize for… Read More Nov7 AuthorBookNews ‘He do the Police in different voices’ As Charles Dickens’ last complete novel, Our Mutual Friend, is adapted for BBC Radio 4, Sally Minogue looks at the… Read More Oct28 AuthorBook The Witch’s Curse: Elizabeth Gaskell and the Female Gothic Something for Halloween… The Witch’s Curse In the great pantheon of Victorian British literature, Elizabeth Gaskell is among its most… Read More Oct17 AuthorBook Kate Chopin: Two Stories Kate Chopin was not a conventional woman. She was a professional writer at a time when it was unusual and… Read More
