Barbara Pym, 1952
Date read: 11/8/24
The cover says this is a "20th century Jane Austen" and shockingly, I agree! This is very much in her style and manner and thus, I loved it. I do wish it was longer, as I have said about so many novels.
Great story well told, that's all we can ask for.
Henry James, 1904 Did Not Finish I can't get into it. This is one where the whole exposition is given in the second chapter and there's...
Dashiell Hammett, 1929 Date read: 9/7/25 I enjoyed this much more than I imagined I would! Dark, brooding, hard-nosed detective novels...
Charles Baudelaire, 1857 DID NOT FINISH I don't know why this was included on lists of greatest novels because it isn't a novel. It's a...
Comments