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Oct 10, 20141 min read
253. Miles Jupp - Fibber In The Heat
Lots of books as birthday presents. This I don’t think is one of the most distinguished, but people know I am a cricket fan. Miles Jupp,...
May 10, 20141 min read
206. James Joyce - Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man
Read this (copiously) as an A-level set text about 40 years ago and couldn’t answer the question on it then. I think the question was...
Jun 19, 20131 min read
120. Henry James - The Bostonians
By way of contrast, a book I have never read before and a real shock at that. Not a comedy of manners, nor a US/European culture clash as...
Jun 1, 20131 min read
111. Henry James - The Europeans
I have rediscovered James since reading 'Portrait of a Lady' last year. This is a nicely constructed little story about two Europeans, a...
Apr 4, 20131 min read
94. Steven Jacobi - Going Naked Is The Best Disguise
Don't know why I read this as it is not very good. Probably avoiding another Tolstoy, already read detective novel and/or spending money...
Sep 13, 20121 min read
40. Henry James - Washington Square
After 'The Portrait of a Lady' (no.17) I thought I would try another James. This is short and slight in comparison, but again very good....
Jun 11, 20121 min read
17. Henry James - The Portrait Of A Lady
This is a wonderful book. I expected to find it hard work (it was at times) but as a chronicle of American naivety, Puritanism and I...