Transformation by Mary Shelley. ‘Transformation’, ‘The Invisible Girl’ and ‘The Mortal Immortal’. Penguin Archive, 2025 (1831-4). These three Gothic romances by the author of Frankenstein – ‘Gothick’ I should rather call them – simultaneously attract and repulse me; they are ‘horrid’ in the antique sense of a heightened awareness of the supernatural and the workings of … Continue reading Matter most horrid: #RIPxx #ShortStorySeptember| Calmgrove Books
An aging knight returns home after years of service only to learn of his friend’s tragic death.| Standard Ebooks - Newest Ebooks
‘The Spectre Bridegroom’ and ‘The Pride of the Village’ by Washington Irving, from The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. (1819–20), in ‘Rip van Winkle’, ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’ & Other Stories. Wordsworth Classics, 2009. Two tales about true love, yet one’s a tragedy and the other a comedy; one is set in rural England, another … Continue reading Death and the maiden: #ShortStorySeptember| Calmgrove Books
As you may be aware, I am trying to read/listen to every Jane Austen related item on Libby (and in the world to be perfectly honest but I have to start with goals that can be accomplished). The nex…| janeaustenrunsmylife
© C A Lovegrove. Elizabeth and her German Garden by Elizabeth von Arnim. Introduction by Elizabeth Jane Howard. Virago Press, 1985 (1898). May 16th.—’The garden is the place I go to for refug…| Calmgrove Books
Some books don’t just tell a story—they invite you into a riddle, a ritual, a hidden map. The Square of Sevens by Laura Shepherd-Robinson is one such book. It caught my imagination instan…| Rebecca's Reading Room