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The special collection of popular fiction at Sheffield Hallam University
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Lord of the World (1907) by Robert Hugh Benson
Book Review by Sylvia D: It’s striking that all the reviews that have been posted so far have been of dystopian novels. I wonder if that is a reflection of the... Read more
Posted on 06 May 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE -
The Iron Heel (1908) by Jack London
Book review by Alice C: Jack London wrote The Iron Heel, a dystopian novel, in 1908. It sold over 50,000 copies in hardback and according to Wikipedia, London... Read more
Posted on 04 May 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Impromptu in Moribundia (1939) by Patrick Hamilton
Book review by George S: Patrick Hamilton is well known as the chronicler of the seedier side of London – the run-down boarding houses and the dubious pubs. Read more
Posted on 03 May 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Herland (1915) by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Book review by Mary P: When we were given the choice between utopian and dystopian fiction this month, I immediately went for the former. Read more
Posted on 02 May 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Swastika Nights (1937) By Murray Constantine
Book Review by Kathryn R: This novel set some 700 years in the future is by Katherine Burdekin, writing under a pseudonym. Katherine Burdekin wrote feminist... Read more
Posted on 01 May 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE -
This Rough Magic (1964) by Mary Stewart
Book review by Sylvia D: I’m almost certain I read Mary Stewart novels when I was in my teens but cannot now remember any specific titles or plots. Read more
Posted on 12 April 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Madam, Will You Talk (1955) by Mary Stewart
Book Review by George S: Madam, Will You Talk (1955) was Mary Stewart’s first published novel, and it is obviously the work of someone with a gift for... Read more
Posted on 10 April 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Mary Stewart’s The Ivy Tree (1961) – Another Review
Book review by Alice C: A strange, unexpected tale. Unexpected in that I’d never read any Mary Stewart before and I’d expected a rural love story (boring) but... Read more
Posted on 01 April 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE -
The Ivy Tree (1961) by Mary Stewart
Book review by Frances S: The Ivy Tree by Mary Stewart was first published in 1961, slightly later than the usual Reading 1900-1950 period but otherwise well... Read more
Posted on 31 March 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Wildfire at Midnight by Mary Stewart (1956)
Book review by Mary P: This was Mary Stewart’s second novel. It is written in the first person, so throughout we have the viewpoint of Gianetta. She is a... Read more
Posted on 30 March 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Mary Stewart – My Brother Michael (1959)
Book review by Jane Varley: ‘The contemporary thriller at its very best’, wrote the Guardian. ‘The result of my own visits to Greece and the impact of that... Read more
Posted on 30 March 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE -
The Fortune (1917) by Douglas Goldring
This month the reading group looked at books featuring war resisters and the war-sceptical. I read The Fortune by Douglas Goldring, a novel which could not... Read more
Posted on 23 March 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE -
The Bulpington of Blup (1932) by H.G. Wells
Book Review by George S: 1932 is a long time after H.G. Wells’s brilliant scientific fables of the 1890s, and over the intervening period he had developed into ... Read more
Posted on 16 February 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE -
The History of Mr Polly (1910) by H G Wells
John Mills as Mr Polly in the 1949 film of the book. Book Review by Sylvia D: The last time the Reading Group considered books by H G Wells, I read Ann... Read more
Posted on 14 February 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Chain of Witnesses: The Cases of Miss Phipps (2014) – Phyllis Bentley
Review by George S: As well as her historical novels set in Yorkshire, Phyllis Bentley had a less well-known sideline writing detective stories. Read more
Posted on 16 January 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Phyllis Bentley in Batley
Phyllis Bentley, in the ‘Famous Writers’ cigarette cards collection. From Sue Roe: Recently I have been helping my husband out with his research on the former... Read more
Posted on 09 January 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Put Out the Light (1931) by Ethel Lina White
Book Review by Sylvia D: This is one of the earlier published works of Ethel Lina White (1876-1944). I found it rather strange, albeit intriguing. It was a... Read more
Posted on 15 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE -
The Third Eye (1937) by Ethel Lina White
Book Review by George S: The Third Eye is a paranoid novel, a book in which a young woman is caught up in the evil schemes of utterly ruthless enemies, and is... Read more
Posted on 12 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE -
August Folly (1936) by Angela Thirkell
As the Penguin blurb to August Folly said (1949): ‘The village of Worsted is one of those English rural communities where life is as full of interest as it is... Read more
Posted on 12 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Fear Stalks the Village (1932)- by Ethel Lina White
Book Review by Jane V: I enjoyed reading this book although it is not a genre I would normally pick up for pleasure reading. I feel that authors of this genre... Read more
Posted on 11 December 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE