One of the first things that struck me about “The Great Gatsby” was it’s size. It’s a teensy tiny book that I almost didn’t buy because it seemed like a waste of money, £7.99 for 113 pages! I’m not sure …
Fiction
The Making of A Marchioness- Frances Hodgson-Burnett
Hands up if you thought Frances Hodgson-Burnett only wrote for children? I know I did until I came across this book recently. Growing up I loved “A Little Princess” and “The Secret Garden” only a little less than I loved …
Read It: Where’d You Go Bernadette? by Maria Semple
Where to start with this book? It took me a while to warm to it and for a couple of days I put it down and considered not finishing it (I’m having a bit of a problem with this recently). …
Homecoming- Bernhard Schlink
Homecoming is a curious puzzle of a book. Part of the reason there’s been such a silence here at The Female Scriblerian is because it’s taken me so long to read this book! The thing is- it wasn’t boring, it …
Mary Barton- Elizabeth Gaskell
This was my first foray into Elizabeth Gaskell’s novels and it was coincidentally her own first work. When I first picked this book up, I was really just looking for a follow on from Austen and at the time Women’s …
Review: Evelina by Frances Burney
Evelina by Frances Burney, written by one of Jane Austen’s favourite authors should be on your reading list. In fact, Frances Burney provided the inspiration for Pride and Prejudice. Her style transports you into the late eighteenth century society as it follow …