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1847

The year of 1847 CE.

This time is part of the Victorian Era.

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Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë
Victorian Era UK Literature Romance

Wuthering Heights

The romance of Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw is one of the most well known in English literature. The narrative proceeds in twists and turns that never lack for dramatic flair. This is review of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights — an essential ghost story as much as an essential romance.

November 9, 2020April 20, 2021 by S. Hargrave — Comment on Wuthering Heights

The Landlady

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Victorian Era Russian Literature

The Landlady

I actually have only been reading Russian literature for a short amount of time and how I started reading it is a bit of story in and of itself. This is a review of Dostoevsky’s The Landlady.

June 8, 2020July 5, 2020 by S. Hargrave — Comment on The Landlady
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