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Posts Tagged ‘19th century’

24 Aug 2010

Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

resized_Wench_2In Dolen Perkins-Valdez’s debut novel, Wench, Lizzie, Sweet, Reenie, and Mawu are all brought to the Tawawa resort in southern Ohio for the summer by their masters. Perkins-Valdez researched the real retreat where it was common for Southern gentlemen to bring their slave-mistresses. Of course, being in a free state has a certain lure, and for the first time, their eyes are open to real possibilities of living free. An edifying friendship forms, one that none of the women have ever been able to have with other slaves, due to their status as the master’s mistress.

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24 August, 2010 at 9:32 by J.T. Oldfield

Tags: 19th century, African-American authors, education, female authors, historical fiction, medicine, politics
Posted in Fiction | 1 Comment »

29 Jul 2010

31 Bond Street by Ellen Horan

31 Bond StreetI really enjoyed Ellen Horan’s debut novel, 31 Bond Street.  Centering on a murder in 1850’s New York City, it is more about a lawyer, dedicated to defending the accused, than the who dunnit you might expect.

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29 July, 2010 at 13:45 by J.T. Oldfield

Tags: 19th century, economics, female authors, historical fiction, mystery, politics
Posted in Fiction | 3 Comments »

26 Apr 2010

Fables vol 3: Storybook Love by Bill Willingham

1b454156c1645c67e637813e3b9a9b74Ah, Love.  I don’t read about you that much, but I’m a sucker for you, when I do (and O.K., sometimes your friend lust, too).

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26 April, 2010 at 13:55 by J.T. Oldfield

Tags: 19th century, fairy tales, fantasy, graphic novels, humor, pop culture, Series, war
Posted in Fiction | 1 Comment »

8 Mar 2010

The Wives of Henry Oades by Johanna Moran

Wives_of_Henry_Oades_Cover_No_BorderI really wanted to love this book.  But I just couldn’t.  It needs a couple of more drafts before really getting there.  

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8 March, 2010 at 12:06 by J.T. Oldfield

Tags: 19th century, female authors, historical fiction, politics
Posted in Fiction | 5 Comments »

23 Jan 2010

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

210px-Pride_n_prejudiceI’m a bit behind in reviews…for instance, I read this one some time last month.  Part of this is procrastination on my part.  But part of this is also that I wanted to let it digest in my brain.

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23 January, 2010 at 20:10 by J.T. Oldfield

Tags: 19th century, British authors, coming of age, female authors, historical fiction, satire
Posted in Fiction | 13 Comments »

30 Dec 2009

Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler

confessionConfessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler was…a decent story just adequately written.

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30 December, 2009 at 10:57 by J.T. Oldfield

Tags: 19th century, female authors, historical fiction, lit crit, pop culture, time travel
Posted in Fiction | 4 Comments »

24 Nov 2009

Spiritual but Not Religious by Robert C. Fuller

spiritual but not religiousHave I told you guys about the second and last time I ever went to confession?  The first of course, was when I made more first reconciliation in 4th grade.  The second time, I was in 10th grade, on a field trip to Washington D.C.  We were visiting the Church of the Immaculate Conception, and I felt like going to confession.

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24 November, 2009 at 17:14 by J.T. Oldfield

Tags: 19th century, history, philosophy, politics, pop culture, religion
Posted in Nonfiction | 3 Comments »

15 Nov 2009

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

Northanger-AbbeyIt’s possible that Jane Austen’s wit is at its height in Northanger Abbey.  Those biting little sentences that describe characters, and their quips to one another ring throughout the walls of bath and the great house Northanger Abbey.  

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15 November, 2009 at 14:08 by J.T. Oldfield

Tags: 19th century, architecture, British authors, coming of age, female authors, mystery, satire
Posted in Fiction | 10 Comments »

13 Nov 2009

The Jane Austen Trilogy

51HHpi4Lm3L._SL500_AA240_I give this three DVD set a solid meh.  I espied it at the library and thought I’d give it a whirl for the Everything Austen Challenge.  Having watched all 180 minutes of it last night, I want at least 120 of those minutes back.

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13 November, 2009 at 13:59 by J.T. Oldfield

Tags: 19th century, British authors, female authors
Posted in Movies & TV | 4 Comments »

4 Nov 2009

The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett

400000000000000047982_s4The Country of the Pointed Firs, written in the 1890’s, captures the customs and dialects that were dying out in Maine at the time.  Sarah Orne Jewett tried to preserve as much as she could in her fiction before it was forgotten.

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4 November, 2009 at 20:44 by J.T. Oldfield

Tags: 19th century, female authors, novella
Posted in Fiction | 3 Comments »

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