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1919

1919 CE.


1919 is the publication year for the editions below.

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Mary Olivier

May Sinclair
Interwar UK Literature

Mary Olivier

Sometimes when the New Year is young, it’s easy to look back on other times of transition. I know a lot of fiction describes a moment where suddenly one transitions from childhood to adulthood, but I think the reality is that childhood ends in a series of moments, realizations, and formative events. This is a review of May Sinclair’s Mary Olivier. The book is a 1919 first edition.

January 11, 2021January 11, 2021 by S. Hargrave — Comment on Mary Olivier

The Wild Ass’s Skin

Honoré de Balzac
Romantic Era French Literature

The Wild Ass’s Skin

Balzac’s sits nearly at the end of main street, and when you sit inside of it, it’s easy to forget that you exist in the modern world. The tin ceiling design and the white marble of the counters as well as the café set up are a comforting beckon to the past and the distant, and it was sitting at one of those counters by the window that I thought about starting a book review blog in the first place. This is a review of Honoré de Balzac’s The Wild Ass’s Skin (La Peau de Chagrin).

January 1, 2021January 4, 2021 by S. Hargrave — Comment on The Wild Ass’s Skin
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