The little white attic

I have always loved the poetry of Richard II . Lots of great lines.  “RICHARD II […] The accuser and the accusèd freely speak.  High-stomach...

1/ Over the past few months, I have been bombarded with Facebook ads for The Duchess (of Malfi) , featuring Jodie Whittaker.  What is it? yo...

1/ I’m taking back my comment earlier that Arabella’s ridiculous but lovable.  “… You are a foolish Wench! replied Arabella, smiling at [Luc...

1/ In creating a female Quixote, Charlotte Lennox has one great disadvantage: Arabella can never have the grandeur of Don Quixote—as a woman...

1/ My blog isn’t much read, I guess, when I keep blogging about books most people haven’t read and probably haven’t even heard of. But there...

I thought the last blog post would be, well, the last blog post about Evelina , but it turns out that I have some more to say.  1/ One thing...

Good day, folks. I just returned from Switzerland 2 days ago (work trip).  1/ One good thing about my habit of blogging whilst still reading...

1/ Evelina, her mother dead and her father not acknowledging her, has been raised by Rev. Arthur Villars in the country. She is now 17 and L...

1/ Now that I have got acquainted with the fathers of the English novel (Richardson and Fielding), it’s natural that I get to know the mothe...

1/ Himadri (Argumentative Old Git) has written at length about the characters in The Member of the Wedding and the themes of loneliness, i...