Advantages: If you like Wodehouse, you'll probably love it. Disadvantages: It was a bit of a hard slog!
...only read one P.G. Wodehouse novel before - a Jeeves one some years ago - but was eager to try another. So after receiving a copy of Full Moon - a book from the series of Blandings novels - from Bookbag, I was looking forward to starting it. Full ...
Advantages: Arguably the start of something amazing! Disadvantages: /
...I'm a huge fan of Gothic literature, and definitely find that the classics that fit into the genre are the most exciting. I was quite appalled at myself for taking so long to find out about Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto. The story is considered t ...
Advantages: Educational - Wilde at his best - A must read! Disadvantages: None.
...Duration: 73 pages. Publishing House: Penguin / free e-book - Gutenberg Project. Stripping back the modern day adaptations of 'The Importance of Being Earnest'; whether it is a film or a play is vital. I take the notion while reading Oscar Wilde r ...
Advantages: Short, easy to read. Disadvantages: Wilde's only published novel.
The plot is fairly easy to follow. A painter, Basil Hallward, paints a portrait of young, handsome man, Dorian Grey. He then introduces Dorian to a nobleman, Lord Henry Wotton. Dorian and Henry Wotton become friends and Dorian wishes that the painting of ...
Advantages: Very funny, with a delightful turn of phrase throughout Disadvantages: Possibly too formularised or dated for some tastes (but certainly not mine)
A few years ago – well, more than a few, as I was only eleven at the time – I started reading P.G. Wodehouse (1881-1975) after seeing TV adaptations of some of the stories, starring Ian Carmichael and Dennis Price. (Fry and Laurie came much later). This ...
