So, let’s try this new layout for my Reviews, shall we? Genre: Satire Plot Outline: The narrator is conducting business in Antwerp when he chances to meet a well-travelled man with many stories to tell. The narrator becomes intrigued by the stranger’s manner of speaking and suggests that Raphael (the traveller) ought to instead be [...]
A thoroughly riveting and powerful work, Burmese Days is in fact the first novel published by Orwell in 1934. Yet, despite its immense quality and style of writing, it is often overlooked and lesser known than other key works in the Orwell canon such as 1984 and Animal Farm but nevertheless possesses a gripping storyline, [...]
October is a great month for reading! The days are shorter, and there is nothing quite like a good book and a warm blanket. So snuggle up, get cosy and enjoy these new books, all coming this October. Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls- 6th October 2009: In this compelling novel, Jeannette Walls tells her [...]