It’s July 1895, and brothers Robert and Nattie Coombes are having the perfect summer. With their father away earning a paycheck and their mother visiting relatives in Liverpool, the boys take all their meals at coffee houses, visit the seaside and theatre, and attend local day-long cricket matches. When their aunt — suspicious that the…
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Review: Jane Austen Cover to Cover
Jane Austen drew her last breath in 1817, and in the last 200 years her novels and stories have only grown more popular. Most Janeites love Miss Austen’s words, but Jane Austen Cover to Cover gives adoring fans a close look at the cover art — some amazing, some bewildering. Author Margaret Sullivan showcases covers…
Review: The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet
It’s been a Pride and Prejudice retelling kind of month. First it was Jo Baker’s Longbourn, and now it’s a modernization. Well, actually it’s an adaptation of a modernization. Let me ‘splain. Meet Lizzie Bennet, Californian grad student embarking on a vlog for her final project. I stumbled upon this amazing web series soon after…
Review: The Little Women Letters
Sisters Emma, Lulu, and Sophie Atwater are anything but peas in a pod, and are never sure whether they love or irritate each other more. Lulu in particular feels overshadowed — she’s less successful than her siblings, and has spent much of her adult life working dead-end jobs with no romantic prospects in sight. When…
10 Favorite Books of 2010
I hope that everyone’s Christmas/holiday celebrations were fabulous, and that you didn’t overeat too much (I know I did). The countdown into the New Year is winding down, which means that I’ve spent the last day or so thinking back over the past year. Despite my occasional grumblings, it’s been a good one — just…