Living in the Christmas Spirit All the Year Round

I am sure I have always thought of Christmastime…as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they …

#Book Bingo 2020 – Crime and Justice

Today is the next round of Book Bingo hosted by Theresa, Amanda and Ashleigh, and I am marking off the Crime and Justice category with Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, although perhaps crime and injustice might be more accurate. Great Expectations is set in nineteenth century England, a time of great poverty, misery, inequality and …

#BookSnapSunday – Great Expectations

Guilt and desire, money and the nature of capitalism are pervasive themes in Dickens’ magnificent novel. Pip’s expectation, before his expectations, is that he will be shown to have already committed a crime…The orphan Pip’s terrifying encounter with an escaped convict on the Kent marshes, and his mysterious summons to the house of Miss Havisham …

Reading the Canon

It is hard to believe that semester two is here already. After the interruptions and stress of semester one, the break seemed to fly by in no time. I had such high hopes of all the things I wished to achieve during the break, but very little came to fruition. I was feeling really quite …