First published in 1778, Frances Burney’s first and most enduringly popular novel is a vivid, satirical, and seductive account of the pleasures and dangers of fashionable life in late eighteenth-century…
British Lit
Book Review: Middlemarch
Life in Middlemarch is a study in provincial life, indeed. Young Dorothea Brooke has high hopes in life, but soon settles in marriage. As it turns out, her much older…
Book Review: The Alchemist
The Alchemist is a comedy by English playwright Ben Jonson. First performed in 1610 by the King’s Men, it is generally considered Jonson’s best and most characteristic comedy. Deploying the…
Book Review: The Good Soldier
Wealthy American John Dowell describes in a disarmingly casual, compellingly intimate manner how he and his wife Florence meet an English couple in a German spa resort. They become friends…
Book Review: The Picture of Dorian Gray
Pre-Christmas, I made a promise to myself to try and pick up more classical literature. After a quick trip to W.H. Smith where I splurged on many classic books –…
What I’m Reading This Christmas (From Notting Hill With Love Actually Review)
The first book in Ali McNamara’s Actually series found its way under the Kilford’s Christmas tree last year. Much like many others, my run up to the festive period consists…
Book Review: The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets
I consider it an honour to have been sent this novel in order to review and after reading it, I can’t believe my luck because it’s such a mesmirising novel!…