Publishing Experience

In my last post I may have unintentionally misled some of you in regards to the identity of the publisher playing host to me at the moment. Although Virago and Persephone Books are an imprint and publisher, respectively, that I would love to work for and where most of you thought my placement is, I [...]

A Russian Affair

One of my very first reviews on Paperback Reader was of First Love by Ivan Turgenev and soon after I was gifted the complete Penguin Great Loves boxset. When the Classics Circuit announced a tour of Imperial Russian literature, I was given the opportunity to read further about Russian love from the collection by opting [...]

The Flea Palace

Since starting to blog I have begun to pay closer attention to translation; not simply reading more books in translation (although that too) but the quality of the translation and its bearing on my enjoyment of the book. Pre-blogging, the translation itself was not something I considered and, until now, it remained on the periphery [...]

Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola

I am extending a warm welcome to the Classics Circuit tour today who are bringing us Émile Zola in spring. I opted to read Thérèse Raquin, one of Zola’s earlier novels, based on a couple of favourable reviews I read last year, most notably this one, which prompted me to purchase a copy. Published in [...]

Les Liaisons Dangereuses

I love Classic literature; I love books in translation; I love controversial novels with scandal and intrigue so when Polly of Novel Insights chose Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Dangerous Liaisons) by Pierra Choderlos de Laclos for the Riverside Readers to discuss, I was delighted. An eighteenth century epistolary novel, Les Liaisons Dangereuses concerns two bored aristocrats [...]

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