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A Theory On What Makes A ‘Classic’ Novel: Ten Ideas

by Madeleine Rose Jones | Aug 8, 2020 | General Fiction, History, literature

What makes a ‘classic’? Is it a certain style of writing? Or is it something else? Literary critics, readers and scholars disagree on what books are classics. It’s not strange for two individuals to have different perspectives on what makes a classic. In this post,...

The Hundred And One Dalmations: A Book Review

by Madeleine Rose Jones | Jan 23, 2020 | Book Reviews, literature

Hundred And One Dalmatians may be proof that film adaptions, particularly by Disney, will become more known than the original. However, it is always worth visiting whatever comes first. And that’s what I did with Dodie Smith’s Hundred And One Dalmatians – or 101...