HomeBlog The Wordsworth Blog Articles from a range of guest contributors May15 AuthorBookClassic Nesbit & Hubert Bland: The Truth Behind ‘Woman of Stone’ You might recall that just before Christmas last year I wrote a post about the BBC’s ‘Ghost Story for Christmas’… Read More May8 AuthorBookClassic Sassy, Sharp & Still Slaying: Why Jane Austen is the Original Literary Queen At Wordsworth Editions, we’ve published dozens of iconic writers — but let’s be honest: Jane Austen never goes out of… Read More Apr6 AuthorBook The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens David Ellis revisits Charles Dickens’ fourth novel, The Old Curiosity Shop Dickens’s novels are full of members of the older generation… Read More Mar20 AuthorBookClassic Yorkshire’s Literary Influence Does it make sense to think of writing as belonging to a particular place? Sally Minogue reflects on the influence… Read More Feb24 AuthorBookNews ‘Miss Austen’ – the BBC drama reviewed ‘She was the sun of my life, the gilder of every pleasure, the soother of every sorrow, I had not… Read More Feb16 AuthorBook Charlotte Brontë and ‘Villette’ in Context On first publication in 1853 Villette received a rather varied reception, and did not achieve the same level of success… Read More
