Category: Book Reviews
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Evelyn Whitbread in a nursing home? Mrs Dalloway thought “she had some internal ailment” (Woolf, p. 3) Her husband, Hugh Whitbread, told Mrs Dalloway, that “Evelyn was a good deal […]
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In Virginia Woolf’s book, Mrs Dalloway, the King & Queen mentioned are King George V, and his consort, Queen Mary. He reigned from 1910 to 1936. The book Mrs Dalloway, […]
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Mrs Dalloway lived in Westminister, for over 20 years. (Woolf, p. 2) This is my copy of Mrs Dalloway: Amazon sells this: If you buy from this link, I may […]
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Peter Walsh, Mrs Dalloway’s ex-boyfriend, said that. (Woolf, p. 1) The book Mrs Dalloway was published in 1925. In that context, we might excuse Peter Walsh’s quote. It wasn’t unknown […]
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The author of Anne of Green Gables, is Lucy Maud Montgomery. She uses the acronym, L. M. Montgomery. She lost her mother before she even turned two years old. Her […]
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Sandi Tan wrote The Black Isle, in the traditional way. She has written other books too. This is my copy of The Black Isle. I have read The Lurkers, which […]
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Kiki Simmonds, aka Mrs Howard Belsey, and her husband are hosting a party in their family home. They have invited his work colleagues from Wellington. “She picked up a plate […]
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Howard Belsey is out of sorts for the past fortnight as he broods over the coming reality of facing his mortal enemy and close competitor, Sir Monty Kipps, in the […]
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Danny Torrance said that Mr Dick Hallorann also had the Shine. He knew secrets, and had prior knowledge before the events happened. Both of them could predict what people were […]
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Jerome Belsey emailed his dad Howard Belsey, to tell him that he is going to ask his current employer’s daughter, Victoria “Vee” Belsey, to marry him. This surprises his dad […]