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We just published our review of the Lolita films, both 1997 & 1984, with reference to our previous review of 'Lolita' by Vladimir Nabokov. https://youtu.be/fyBkACm0V-U
Check out our movie review with references to the book we reviewed a few months back. Click here to see our review.
This week we reviewed the 1975 movie Stepford Wives and compared it to the book which we reviewed some months ago. https://youtu.be/CxSeyAul2xs
We reviewed "Like Water for Chocolate" by Laura Esquivel - check it out here: https://youtu.be/0matFe89Rak
In 15 minutes we're reviewing "True Grit" by Charles Portis. Come tune in! www.twitch.tv/wheremyproseat If you miss us live, check us out elsewhere to find our archive: www.linktr.ee/wheremyproseat
1984 by George Orwell! This was suggested by Beck and Jon, thanks very much for the recommendation - a very good one!Synopsis (from Wikipedia): The story takes place in an imagined future, the year 1984, when much of the world has fallen victim to perpetual war, omnipresent government surveillance, historical negationism, and propaganda. Great Britain, known as Airstrip One, has become a province of a totalitarian superstate named Oceania that is ruled by the Party who employ the Thought Police to persecute individuality and independent thinking.[5] Big Brother, the leader of the Party, enjoys an intense cult of personality despite the fact that he may not even exist. The protagonist, Winston Smith, is a diligent and skillful rank-and-file worker and Party member who secretly hates the Party and dreams of rebellion. He enters into a forbidden relationship with a colleague, Julia, and starts to remember what life was like before the Party came to power.
We recommend reading the book before joining us, unless you don't mind spoilers!
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Next we're reviewing "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier. Get a free copy of the audiobook via our sponsor link: http://tinyurl.com/proseaudiobookYou can tune in live on Wednesday at 6pm EST, 11pm GMT at www.twitch.tv/vtwshowx or anytime afterwards on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/versusth...
The Wikipedia description:
Rebecca is a 1938 Gothic novel by English author Dame Daphne du Maurier. It concerns an unnamed young woman who impetuously marries a wealthy widower, only to discover that he and his household are haunted by the memory of his late first wife, the title character. A best-seller which has never gone out of print, Rebecca sold 2.8 million copies between its publication in 1938 and 1965. It has been adapted numerous times for stage and screen, including a 1939 play by du Maurier herself, the film Rebecca (1940), directed by Alfred Hitchcock, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, and the 2020 remake directed by Ben Wheatley for Netflix.
The novel is remembered especially[1] for the character Mrs. Danvers, the fictional estate Manderley, and its opening line: "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again."
"Off to be the Wizard"! by Scott Meyer.
