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Plum McCauley
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July 19
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January 2014
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It All Started with a Bicycle
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2011
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Worthy of Prometheus
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2014
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| This is Radcliffe's initial foray into Gothic Romance--her "starter" book, essentially. I don't think anyone would be able to discern in "Castles" the masterful writing that is to come in her later works. However, there was one sentence that stood ou ...more | |
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“The world is the closed door. It is a barrier. And at the same time it is the way through.
Two prisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. The wall is the thing which separates them but it is also their means of communication. … Every separation is a link.” Simone Weil |
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The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne (The ^AWorld's Classics)
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Excellent review. I'm impressed that you are able to teach such a long novel, as well as such an interesting course!
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Plum McCauley
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Lee Foust's review
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The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne (The ^AWorld's Classics):
"For the completist, Ann Radcliffe's first slightly clunky attempt at a Gothic romance. In retrospect it's easy to see both the promise of better Gothics to come, and to isolate why her later work is so much more successful. Mainly it's the filigree t"
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Plum McCauley
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Wreade1872's review
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The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne (The ^AWorld's Classics):
"I've previously read the The Mysteries of Udolpho and the main complaints people have against that are the overly detailed descriptions and its overall length.
Both of these factors are absent from this shorter work but unfortunately its the poorer fo" Read more of this review » |
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Plum McCauley
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Ioan's review
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The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne (The ^AWorld's Classics):
"So much fun! This is the first book by Ann Radcliffe, which I had to read after the second (A Sicilian Romance) and I must say, I definitely enjoyed this more. It is slightly deficient in the delightful descriptions of the second, but the story line "
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Plum McCauley
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| This book was superbly written. The pace was energetic, and the horror vividly depicted. | |
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Plum McCauley
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| This is Radcliffe's initial foray into Gothic Romance--her "starter" book, essentially. I don't think anyone would be able to discern in "Castles" the masterful writing that is to come in her later works. However, there was one sentence that stood ou ...more | |
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Plum McCauley
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| It's hard to believe a book this mediocre could establish a new genre, one pursued with a frenzy by readers and authors alike. Thankfully, everyone else who attempted to pen a Gothic novel far surpassed this tripe. ...more | |
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| Visually somewhat interesting. Definitely reveals the author's pederastic inclination for young boys. ...more | |
“no poverty of any kind, except of conversation, appeared—but there, the deficiency was considerable.”
― Sense and Sensibility
― Sense and Sensibility
“The world is the closed door. It is a barrier. And at the same time it is the way through.
Two prisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. The wall is the thing which separates them but it is also their means of communication. … Every separation is a link.”
― Gravity and Grace
Two prisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. The wall is the thing which separates them but it is also their means of communication. … Every separation is a link.”
― Gravity and Grace
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