Havisham: A Novel, by Ronald Frame – A Review

From the desk of Laurel Ann Nattress: I recently read Havisham, a prequel and retelling of Charles Dickens Great Expectations, one of my favorite Victorian novels. The choice to expand the back story of the minor character Miss Havisham, the most infamous misandry in literary history, was brilliant. Jilted at the altar she was humiliated... Continue Reading →

Great Expectations (2011) on Masterpiece Classic PBS – A Review

From the desk of Laurel Ann Nattress:  Charles Dickens’ classic novel Great Expectations has been adapted no less than fourteen times for the screen. Like Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre, and Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, every ten years or so it gets trotted out for a new interpretation; and, for good reason. The tale is... Continue Reading →

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