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The special collection of popular fiction at Sheffield Hallam University
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Torment for Trixie (1950) by Hank Janson
Cover of the first edition. Book review by George S.: Torment for Trixie is the seventeenth of the over two hundred novels published under the name of Hank... Read more
Posted on 12 December 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Ride the Pink Horse (1946) by Dorothy B Hughes
Book Review by Jane V: I fetched a deep sigh on contemplating November’s ‘hard-boiled fiction’ assignment. I didn’t look forward to reading about testosterone... Read more
Posted on 07 December 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE -
The Trials of Hank Janson (2004) by Steve Holland
Book review by George S.: Hank Janson (pronounced Yanson) was, to the embarrassment of the respectable, Britain’s best-selling author in the late forties and... Read more
Posted on 09 November 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Skin-Deep (1927) by Naomi Royde-Smith
Book Review by George S: Naomi Royde-Smith is probably best-remembered for her career as a literary journalist, first on the Westminster Gazette (where she ran... Read more
Posted on 13 October 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Proud Waters (1954) by Ewart Brookes
Book review by George Simmers: Minesweepers were among the less glamorous naval vessels during the Second World War, but the work they did was vital. Read more
Posted on 17 August 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE -
We (1924) by Yevgeny Zamyatin
Book review by Alice C: Cover of the first American edition. ‘You look in bad shape. You look as if you’re developing a soul’. I read this dystopian novel in Th... Read more
Posted on 08 August 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Humbug (1921) by E.M. Delafield
Cover of the third edition. Book Review by G.S.: Humbug is a very good novel, yet another reminder that there is more to E.M. Delafield than the Provincial... Read more
Posted on 17 July 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Before Lunch, (1939) by Angela Thirkell
Book Review by Hilary Temple Written in 1938 and unclouded by any rumours of war, this novel is surprisingly filmic compared with Thirkell’s previous and... Read more
Posted on 15 July 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Adèle and Co., (1931), and Blind Corner (1927), by Dornford Yates
Book Review by Chris Hopkins Adèle and Co. is told in the first person by Boy, married to Adèle, cousin of Berry, while Jonathan Mansel is married to Daphne –... Read more
Posted on 17 June 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Blood Royal (1929) by Dornford Yates
Cover of the first edition. Book review by George Simmers: This is the third of Dornford Yates’s ‘Chandos’ novels, and the first not to feature Jonah Mansel. Read more
Posted on 16 June 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE -
The Phantom of the Opera (1910) by Gaston Leroux
Book Review by Jane V. I wanted to source an early title for the session on books produced by Mills Boon publishers at the beginning of their existence. Read more
Posted on 12 June 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Portrait of a Village (1937) by Francis Brett Young, with Woodcuts by Joan...
Book Review by Chris Hopkins. Frances Brett Young in his ‘Author’s Note’ starts by referring to a novel he published three years earlier: Some years ago, when... Read more
Posted on 06 June 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Women Who Seek (1928) by Denise Robins
A Wills cigarette card from the ‘Famous Authors’ series. Book review by George S. This month at the Popular Fiction reading group we have been exploring the... Read more
Posted on 25 May 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE -
WAAF into Wife (1943) by Barbara Stanton
Book Review by Chris Hopkins. I was very pleased to discover this Mills Boon novel about five years ago when I first started to explore fiction about British... Read more
Posted on 19 May 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE -
P.G. Wodehouse: The Gold Bat (1904), The Head of Kay’s (1...
P.G. Wodehouse: The Gold Bat (1904), The Head of Kay’s (1905) and The White Feather (1907) Book review by Chris Hopkins. Each of these early Wodehouse... Read more
Posted on 02 May 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE -
The Lanchester Tradition (1913) by G.F. Bradby
G.F Bradby in 1905. Book review by George S: This is a book about what happens in a celebrated public school, very set in its ways, when a new headmaster... Read more
Posted on 24 April 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Jim Redlake (1930) by Frances Brett Young
First edition cover. Book Review by George S: Jim Redlake is a long novel (787 pages), telling the story of a young man’s journey to adulthood. Read more
Posted on 19 March 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE -
City of Gold (1939) by Francis Brett Young
Book Review by Mary Grover: Having, years ago, read one of Young’s Mercian novels I was bamboozled, late at night, by the fact my copy of The City of Gold had... Read more
Posted on 17 March 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE -
The Rock Pool (1934) by Cyril Connolly
Cover of the Obelisk Press edition. Book review by George S: It’s LGBT month at the popular fiction project, which I’ve taken as an excuse to open a book that... Read more
Posted on 18 February 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Maurice (1913-14) by E.M. Forster
Cover of first British edition, Note: Maurice was written 1913-14, revised 1932 and 1959-1960. Published 1971. Review by Mary Grover: One of my favourite... Read more
Posted on 17 February 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE