Tag Archives: victoriana

Drood by Dan Simmons

Posted on August 30, 2013 by roxploration

Every Friday, in Brushing off the Dust, I revisit one of the many older book reviews written before I founded this blog. Here, I try to prioritise those titles that have really stayed with with me, or which have shaped … Continue reading →

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The Woman in Black by Susan Hill

Posted on August 29, 2013 by roxploration

First published: 1983 (Vintage paperback ed. 1998) My copy: Borrowed from the Library where I work Memorable quote: “I had fallen under some sort of spell of the kind that certain places exude and it drew me, my imaginings, my … Continue reading →

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Jamrach’s Menagerie by Carol Birch

Posted on June 16, 2013 by roxploration

First Published: 2011 by Canongate Books My copy: Borrowed from the Library where I work Memorable quote: “We’d taken cover but I swear it looked at me. Straight at me with a demon bright red grin. Gave me the chills. … Continue reading →

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Gillespie and I by Jane Harris

Posted on June 9, 2013 by roxploration

First Published: 2011 by Faber and Faber My copy: Bought on Kindle Memorable quote: “We adult females do not weep quite as often as some novelists would have you believe; we tend to be made of sterner stuff.” Thoughts: This, … Continue reading →

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The Whore’s Asylum by Katy Darby

Posted on May 24, 2013 by roxploration

First Published: 2012 by Penguin My copy: Bought on Kindle Memorable quote: “I have often considered that the attraction of any prison for idle visitors must be one with that of the bedlam and the graveyard; the fortunate fact that, … Continue reading →

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The Twyning by Terence Blacker

Posted on February 17, 2013 by roxploration

Published: 2012 by Head of Zeus My copy: Bought on Kindle Memorable quote: “What is it about this animal that is so bad and terrifying to you? She’s clean, she’s intelligent, she’s gentle – she’s never bitten anyone.” Thoughts: Distinctly … Continue reading →

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The Observations by Jane Harris

Posted on October 30, 2012 by roxploration

Published: 2007 by Faber and Faber My copy: bought on Kindle Memorable quote: “She was all prinked up, her cap was off and she had put ribbons in her hair, but you might as well have stuck primroses in a … Continue reading →

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The Children’s Book by A.S. Byatt

Posted on May 18, 2012 by roxploration

Published: 2010 by Vintage My copy: Bought on Kindle Memorable quote: “People in the present age, she opined, did not leave their childhoods behind them, as the earnest Victorians had done.” Thoughts: This is a huge book, both in terms … Continue reading →

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Dispatches from Wondermark Manor: The Compleat Trilogy by David Malki!

Posted on April 14, 2012 by roxploration

First Published: 2012 by Bearstache Books My copy: Bought by my husband on Kindle Memorable quote: “…the clatter of our chariot’s wheels on filth-encrusted cobblestones like a thrumping rumba beat from a Casio key-board’s ‘demonstration mode.’ I had owned one … Continue reading →

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The Prestige by Christopher Priest

Posted on January 17, 2012 by roxploration

First Published: 2005 by Gollancz (New Ed) My copy: Bought in Paperback Memorable quote: “I believe that in this enthralling country, as a new century dawns, anything really is possible, or it can be made possible. My present quest into … Continue reading →

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