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Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir; Doyle, Sir... Doyle's Holmes is everyone's favourite. Gerard is almost better: puffed up, heroic, stupid, wise, compassionate and impulsive. The antithesis of the measured detective, and every bit his equal.
Nick Harkaway - 25/01/2013 |
MARIA GRAHAM (later MARIA, LADY CALLCOTT): I’m always fascinated by explorers and adventurers and Maria Graham or Calcott was certainly both of those. Given the restricted life of most women in the early 19th century she was extraordinary, travelling extensively in South America and in Italy and writing for publisher John Murray wherever she went. She was also interested in scientific observation and was the first person to measure an earthquake (in Chile). When her material was questioned in the Royal Geographical Society Maria insisted on defending herself. She was a bluestocking with attitude.
Sara Sheridan - 19/06/2012 |
Lamb, Caroline; Glenarvon LADY CAROLINE LAMB: I’m always up for a bit of craziness and Lady Caroline Lamb certainly provides that. After an ill-fated love affair with Byron in 1812 Lady Caroline went off the rails when he rejected her, writing pitiful and accusatory public letters and even trying to steal a painting of Byron from his publisher’s drawing room. Much of her material is in the John Murray Archive at the National Library of Scotland and is a study in fury , manipulation and dejection. Oh the drama!
Sara Sheridan - 19/06/2012 |
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich; David Mitchell writes - I envy people who have never read him all the first-contact pleasure they have in store. Not your granite beetle-browed Russian Giant of Letters, Chekhov is one of the sanest and kindest writers who ever lived.
David Mitchell - 11/03/2011 |
I’m reading this little book for work, and it’s such an odd thing. It’s a sort of feminist tract: in his roundabout way Soren is arguing that older women have as much, if not more, to offer as younger women. He’s particularly upset that older actresses are often ignored in favour of new ones. Plus ça change.... But really it’s a book about real and false values in the world.
Zadie Smith - 10/08/2012 |