Why I’m On Team Brontë
It’s said that readers fall into one of two camps: Team Austen or Team Brontë. Both the most prolific female writers of the nineteenth-century, if of all time, their writings […]
Tag Archives: Literature
Jane Austen’s Six Novels
A staple on every household’s bookshelf, Jane Austen is one of the finest authors in the history of English literature. Her novels are famed for their witty style and incisive […]
Into the Future Library
Literary legend Margaret Atwood may have just completed her latest work, but it’ll be a long time before anyone reads it. In fact, the likelihood is we’ll never be able […]
Review: What a Carve Up! & Atonement
With Handbagged on the West End, Charles Moore’s biography shortlisted for the Orwell prize and an upcoming collection of short stories by Hilary Mantel, depictions of Margaret Thatcher and her […]
The Age of Reinvention
I remember one of my professors telling us in a University lecture that it’s impossible to ever identify the prevailing literary movement of one’s own era. Her matter-of-factness posed a […]
Review: The Bell Jar & Nervous Conditions
Among the various milestones of twentieth-century literature is the emergence of a more autonomous female narrative form. The Victorian Bildungsroman (or ‘coming of age’ novel) centred predominantly around the lives […]
Donna Tartt: Reviving the Old-Fashioned Artist
Whoever said ‘Only an idiot would try to get rich by writing a book’ touched on a kind of reality. We’ve all seen how the greatest of artists can lurk […]
Review: On Chesil Beach & The Casual Vacancy
If one concurs with Leonardo da Vinci that ‘Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication’, then Ian McEwan’s novella On Chesil Beach (2007) is a treat. It was an absolute steal in […]
Review: Great Expectations & The Unconsoled
Browsing the Dickens shelf of Waterstones after my graduation in June, a certain question inevitably posed itself. Just how did such an enthusiast of Victorian literature get through an English […]
The Culturist 