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Saturday 30 May 2020 No. 187 Free
Most of the Classic Novels were first presented to the reader either in three volumes or in weekly instalments, so the reader was used to the idea of reading the book in parts. We have borrowed this presentation so that you, dear reader, can try the experience. It may be particularly salutary for those who are a little awestruck by some of the longer novels...
This week we begin three new books; the story you may not know already, The Orphan of the Rhine, is one of the 'Horrid' books listed by Jane Austen in Northanger Abbey, which is to some extent a parody of such works, which we might call 'Horror' or 'Gothic Novels, in its tale of a young lady alone in Europe surrounded by
typical Europeans behaving suspiciously ...
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