(I only share books that I believe in. If you buy through my links, I may earn a commission. Thank you for your support) Regarding the question of where to start with the Brontës, opinions differ wildly. Fans tend to …
Victorian Literature
Review: Middlemarch by George Eliot
‘Middlemarch, the magnificent book which with all its imperfections is one of the few English novels for grown-up people’- Virginia Woolf When I read this quote I suddenly realised that I had to read Middlemarch by George Eliot. Like, now. …
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 …
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 …