1922: the year that made modernism
Ulysses, “The Waste Land”, Jacob’s Room: a year of radical experiments changed the course of literature.
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Immerse yourself in the captivating world of literature with our collection of articles, offering literary analysis, book recommendations, author spotlights, and thought-provoking discussions that celebrate the written word.
John le Carré’s aimless final novel
Silverview is a disappointing coda to his Cold War masterpieces.
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In her new novel, Sally Rooney looks her critics in the eye
Beautiful World, Where Are You despairs at the shallowness of fiction – and then embraces it.
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The sacrifices of George Orwell’s first wife
Discovering the life of Eileen Blair, the “black hole at the centre of Orwell studies”.
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Lewis Carroll: revelations about Alice and her wonderland
New studies by Edward Wakeling and Robert Douglas-Fairhurst uncover the story of one of literature’s most debated men.
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“Then Later, His Ghost”: a short story by Sarah Hall
Christmas coming, a man and a woman in a lonely longbarn expecting a child, a post-apocalyptic landscape, a journey out…
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