Confessions of an “Anne of Green Gables” Snob Part 1: L.M. Montgomery’s “Emily of New Moon” Trilogy
Is Anne of Green Gables the best book L.M. Montgomery ever wrote?
Romance
Molly Greeley’s “The Heiress”: Can you Make a Good Book Out of a Boring “Pride and Prejudice” Character?
It’s always a mistake to dismiss anyone in a Jane Austen too quickly, even shy, asocial, almost unlikeable Anne de Bourgh, Elizabeth Bennet’s rival…sort of…in Pride and Prejudice.
Grace Livingston Hill: How Decency Triumphs in a Dark World (and can inject a little history too)
On Going Back In Time and the Invention of “Christian Romance” Here it is, the end of 2020. Finally. While it has been a tough year for so many of us although perhaps in different ways, most of us also know that we have also been blessed in certain ways. Goodness knows I have come …
It’s all OK…take it from England’s Mitford Sisters
When rich people make you feel better about your own life. Whenever you’re feeling a little bit tired of your life, I recommend a good dose of the writings of the Mitford sisters to make you happier with the life you have. At least they do for me. Along the way, they are hugely entertaining, …
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There’s a lot more to Louisa May Alcott than Greta Gerwig’s 2019 “Little Women”
The history of Little Women is kind of nuts…. Here is The Lois Level on the new movie and a lot of reading and video suggestions…. Here we seem to have the posh Alcott. I recently went to see the new Little Women movie, and I have to say that I enjoyed …
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