Shadow and Substance of Bertha in Sargasso Sea
Jean Rhys revisits Bertha Rochester in a wide acclaimed novel, Wise Sargasso Sea. The narrative runs in three parts with Bertha, Rochester, and a middle section in Rochester’s voice set on a West Indian island of lush wealth and hidden tensions. The tragic tale traces identity, colonial cruelty, and madness as Bertha’s fate mirrors the shadows of Thornfield Hall.
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Sargasso Sea
Miss Rhy
Bertha
Ford Madox Ford
Crime drops a notch and new crime fiction milieu
Review notes two novels: STALEMATE by Evelyn Berkman and A SENTENCE OF LIFF by Tulian Gloag. Mentions publishers Secker and Warburg and prices. Paraphrases critique about upper class crime fiction and shift to middle class settings. Cecily Talbot-King subplot referenced with pregnancy hint.
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Tulian Gloag
Secker and Warburg
Sword in the Stone and Arthurian Legend Highlighted
A review discusses T H White’s The Sword in the Stone as the best of The Once and Future King set, praising its enchantment and appeal to young readers while noting the heavy tragedy in later volumes. The critique contrasts Camelot film adaptation issues and critiques Julian Gloag’s Stalemate as overlong, dull, and plagued by class clichés, with limited sympathy for the protagonist Jordan.
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England
Kelly
Knights of the Round Table
Kin Arthur
Tate
Blue Knights
Arthur
Britain
T. H. White
Merlin
White
Wonderland of toys books and Australiana gifts at store
A busy display features Australia books by Graham Kerr and Graham Plazey, Durrell and Elliot, plus toys, jigsaws, three dimensional picture books, and Dr Seuss. Gift tokens, cookery cards, and Christmas cards join a wide Australian selection. Dozens of illustrated titles and a window sale marked by specials and bright colour catalogues.
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Everting
Australia
Graham Plazey
Elu
Yes
Graham Kerr
Sumner Locke
Autralian
M_ Free- land
Barnabas
Graham Jee Lle
Ladies & Gentlemen
Doughes Baglin
John O'Grady
Dow's
WNEW
Tokoys Cil Guidance
Milne
Lofting
Grahame
Dr Seuss
Bartholomew Cubbins
Robert
Onderland
Isles of Greece by Robert Payne review in The Guardian
The Isles of Greece surveys Rhodes Crete the Cyclades and Dodecanese with vivid prose and strong illustrations by a Greek American photographer. Payne mixes lively romance with solid history noting Athos is treated with caution while broad coverage ends with Roman era Greece. The book aims as a pocket general introduction filling a gap and should appeal to general readers and travelers.
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Aegean
Aegina
Isis
Cretan
Rhodes
Crete
Cyclades
Dodecanese Hsands
Mount Athos
Xerxes
Persia
Athos
Delos
Erole Bradford
Isles of Greece
Greece
Bury
Hammond
Restovizeff
Burn
Pericles
Alexander
MacKendrick
Plato
Aeschylus
Syrus
Oedipus
Alexander the Great
Constantine the Great
Byzapium
Livingston
Central America
Scandinavia
Guatemala
Chon
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Sweden
Mexico
Switzerland
Provence
Picasso
Cleary sells film rights for new novel The High Commissioner
Australian author Jon Cleary has sold Hollywood film rights to Katzka-Berne for his latest novel The High Commissioner, published in Australia last month. This marks his third film-rights sale in a year after The Pulse of Danger and The Long Pursuit, following his earlier success with The Sundowners.
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Jon Cleary
Katzka-Berne
Hollywood
Collins
Australia
Mr Cleary
The Terrible Rain The War Poets 1934 1945 review
A reviewer surveys Brian Gardner s anthology The Terrible Rain 1934 1945 noting its editorial aims to capture the war s flavor and poetry s quality. He commends Keith Douglas five poems and Alan Lewis while criticizing uneven selections and considering whether Second World War poetry rivals World War I in strength.
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Brian Gardner
Methuen
Price
Gardner
H. B. Mallalieu
England
Alan Lewis
Lewis
Henry Reed
Francis Scarfe
Gavin Ewart
Stephen Spender
Plymouth
David Gascoyne
Fraser
Egypt
Sidney Keys
Desert
FT. Prince
George Eliot Criticism Edited by Gordon S Haight
A University Paperbacks edition collects George Eliots criticism edited by Gordon S Haight. It aims to guide readers back to the complete text by placing extracts in century perspective with a useful ten page index of titles characters and places.
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George Eliot
Gordon S. Haight
University Paperbacks
Houghton and Mifflin Company
Travellers on Scooters Through a Dreamlike West
A brisk travelogue recounts two Bronx youths touring to California on scooters. Peter seeks his girlfriend while Phil sketches along. vivid scenes unfold from snow winds to Las Vegas and roadside motels. The narrative blends present tense pace with intimate travel diary impressions.
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Bronx
New York
California
Peter
Phil
Rockies
Indian Reserve
Las Vegas
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Knights of Old
By Bruce Juddery
T. HH
Cecily
Miss Berckhman
Evelyn Herckman
Julian Gloag
Hut
Jordan
Mr Gloag
Gloag
Art World
ZYG Bookbinding Works
Fry Ltd
Ten Street
Fyenwich
A.C T
Haman
Tebessa
Algeria
Bacelins
Baalbek
Lebanon
Ronan
Gilbert Picard
Oldbourne Books
the Isles OF
Robert Payne
Hamish Hamilton
Troy
Schliemann
By K. C. Masterman
Myonos
Lindos
Arabia
Santoria
Mykonos
Sir Arthur Evans
Mycenae
the Poets
North Africa
Keith Douglas
Douglas
Steffi Vergissmeinnicht
Teaclery
Myra Grech
Peter Beagle
Muller
Marianne Greenwood
W. H. Allen
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