Tag Archives: English Novels

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

In the ninth grade I had a horrible English teacher. His idea of teaching involved sitting at a table in the front of the room and reading to his students. No discussions. No analysis. Day after day I took my … Continue reading

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Tea & Books Reading Challenge

2012 is rapidly approaching and I’m doing my best to prepare.  Part of my preparations includes deciding which reading challenges I want to attempt.  Grace at Books Without Any Pictures introduced me to the Tea & Books Reading Challenge.  The … Continue reading

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Middlemarch by George Eliot

The last novel I completed for the Victorian Reading Challenge was Middlemarch by George Eliot.  This was the second book by Eliot that I read for this challenge.  The first was Silas Marner.  I mentioned in my review of Silas … Continue reading

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