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The special collection of popular fiction at Sheffield Hallam University
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Ukridge by P. G. Wodehouse (1924)
The aim of our collection at Sheffield Hallam University is to preserve, read and research popular novels that are in danger of being lost and forgotten. You... Read more
Posted on 27 January 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Rogues and Vagabonds by Compton Mackenzie (1927)
Review by Thecla W: The novel opens in 1829 with a display at Neptune’s Grotto, a pleasure garden in London. Letizia, the lively daughter of Mme Oriano, owner o... Read more
Posted on 20 January 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Guy and Pauline by Compton Mackenzie (1915)
Review by Val H: In 1915, when he published Guy and Pauline (Plashers Mead in the USA), Compton Mackenzie was near the beginning of his long career and fame. H... Read more
Posted on 15 January 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Carnival by Compton Mackenzie (1912)
Review by Margaret B: This is the story of Jenny Pearl, starting with her birth in respectable working-class/ lower middle-class Islington. Read more
Posted on 12 January 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Compton Mackenzie (1883-1972)
Sir Edward Montague Anthony Compton Mackenzie (1883-1972) came from a theatrical and bohemian family. He was the son of the actor/manager Edward Compton... Read more
Posted on 09 January 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Christmas with the Starkadders
Even with the best will in the world Christmas can be a bit… trying, can it not? But at least you can be grateful you are not celebrating Christmas at Cold... Read more
Posted on 19 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
The Face of a Madonna by Thomas Armstrong (1964)
A final Thomas Armstrong review. I feel these reviews fall under the ‘we read these books so you don’t have to’ category! Review by Thecla W: I found this... Read more
Posted on 18 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Dover Harbour by Thomas Armstrong (1942)
Review by Val H: Dover Harbour (1942), by the forgotten Yorkshire writer Thomas Armstrong, is superficially an old-fashioned ‘ripping yarn’ about England in... Read more
Posted on 12 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Thomas Armstrong (1899-1978)
I wonder if anyone remembers Thomas Armstrong now? He wrote a number of best-sellers, none of which are in print now. The members of my reading group would say... Read more
Posted on 11 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Ann Veronica by H. G. Wells (1909)
Review by Sylvia D: I’d been meaning to read Ann Veronica for some time but have to admit that I found it a little disappointing given it has been cited as a... Read more
Posted on 08 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
The Island of Dr. Moreau by H. G. Wells (1896)
H. G. Wells need no introduction, so perhaps shouldn’t be in our collection of fiction from 1900-1950 that needs to be preserved, but his popularity is evidence... Read more
Posted on 03 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
National Provincial by Lettice Cooper (1938)
Review by George Simmers This is a very good example of the middlebrow political novel. Lettice Cooper was a committed socialist, and in part is preaching the... Read more
Posted on 17 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
The New House by Lettice Cooper (1936)
Review by Sylvia D: Very little seems to happen in The New House (1936). Over one long day a widowed mother and her 30-something daughter move from a large... Read more
Posted on 13 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Lettice Cooper (1897-1994)
Our next batch of reviews are of the Yorkshire novelist, Lettice Cooper (1897-1994). Splendid name. (So many unusual names are revived nowadays, but I have yet... Read more
Posted on 13 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
The Man with Red Hair by Hugh Walpole (1925)
A late entry into our series of Hugh Walpole reviews. See also reviews of The Killer and the Slain, Farthing Hall, Judith Paris and The Cathedral. Read more
Posted on 06 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
The Village by Marghanita Laski (1952)
Review by Val H: Oh how I enjoyed The Village (1952) by Marghanita Laski! On the surface, it is a simple, even dull love story, but this is merely a cover for... Read more
Posted on 29 October 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Little Boy Lost by Marghanita Laski (1949)
From the political comedy of Tory Heaven, to a very different kind of novel indeed…. Review by Margaret B: Hilary Wainwright, emotionally repressed English... Read more
Posted on 23 October 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Tory Heaven Or Thunder on the Right by Marghanita Laski (1948)
We had a very good reading group on Marghanita Laski. She began her novel-writing career with comic political satires, first Love on the Supertax, and then... Read more
Posted on 22 October 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
We’re in the Yorkshire Post!
There was very well-written article in the Yorkshire Post on Saturday about a collection event we’re holding on Wednesday about popular fiction in World War I. Read more
Posted on 20 October 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
The Citadel by A. J. Cronin (1937)
Review by Sylvia D: The Citadel is a powerful attack on the medical system in this country before the inception of the National Health Service in 1948. Read more
Posted on 29 September 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE