Ada by Nabokov review a punishing literary feat
The review calls Ada a major Nabokov work requiring extensive background in English French and Russian, lepidoptery and botany with a dense, pun filled narrative. It labels the novel a long, provocative voyage through Anti Terra and its shifting allegories, praising wit while warning of reader exhaustion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tada
Nabokov
America
Europe
Estoty
Canady
Van
Ada
Eros
Anti- Terra
van G
Terra
Affectionate look at H. G. Wells
A lively review of Lovat Dickson’s affectionate biography of H G Wells, drawing on Wells’ autobiography and biographical studies. The piece weighs Wells’ dual pulls as sensual reformer and world organizer, his clashes with Macmillan and the Fabian set, and his personal life including Rebecca West. It admires knowledge and love for Wells while critiquing unfinished moral speculations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells
Well
Dickson
Oman
Frederick Macmillan
Rebecca West
Macmillan
Lewisham
Polly
Kipps
George Ponderevo
Norman on London in 1958 public notice book plan
A specialist on London, Norman, gained public notice in 1958 with an anonymous encounter he hoped to turn into a book. His work Bang to Rights appeared as prison literature rose in popularity, competing with Brendan Behan’s Borstal Boy. Stratford East staged Fings Ain’t Wot They Used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Norman
Brendan Behan
Stratford East
London
West End
Soho
Jorn Littlewood
Dr Barnardo
Paneh
Queen
Daily Mail
Soho Wormwood Scrubs
Norman
Mr Norman
Uus
Australia’s National Parks Driven by Conservation Needs
Review of Australia’s National Parks by Michael Morcombe highlights the small total area set aside as parks and reserves and argues for preserving existing lands. It notes tourism economics, varied scenery from reefs to Warrumbungles, and a comprehensive park catalogue with access and accommodation details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Michael Morcombe
Lansdowne Press
Mewrice Bureton
Frederick Warne
Wallaby
Wombat
Michael Marcombe
Great Barrier Reef
Warrumbungles
Geike Gorge
Blue Lake
Albing
Kosciusko
Austra
History revised A Short History of Australia review
Cy Manning Clark's second edition sums up the 1960s noting Whitlam as a prophetic voice, Holt's death, and threats to mateship amid rising materialism. It questions Australia’s affluence and the nation’s future, paired with a stark image of a society unsure of its core.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Cy Manning Clark
Heine Andi Wapp
Professor Clark
The Kut siege and Major General Townshend examined
Russell Braddon chronicles the 1915 16 siege of Kut el Amara on the Tigris, detailing Townshend and his 13 000 troops, the doomed push toward Baghdad, the siege’s 147 days, casualties totaling over 33 000, flawed leadership, and the postwar fates of the key officers, with grim, humane clarity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Vere Ferrets ‘Townshend
Kut el Amara
Tigris River
Kut
Braddon
Townshend
Mellis
Gorringe
Tigris
Ctesiphon
Ambassador's Journal and Book Notices
A digest of 1960s literary items and political memoirs includes Galbraith's diary as ambassador in Kennedy era, Tibet and Byzantium commentary, Moscow under the Skin by Vero Roberts, and Pacelat Boater reviews. Notes mention publishers and prices, with distribution details and a Clivic Centre contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galbraith
Kennedy
Thi
Neil
Tent
Tibet
Remois
Tomamig
Dalal” Lama
Wosciher
Myenabers
I Iguin
Wasca
Moscow
Vero Roberts
Tray
Ste
Pasternak
Robert Weee
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Vladimir Nabokov
Weidenfeld and Nicolson
Oxford
Nabokovian
Sterne
Tristram Shandy
H. G. WelLs
Geoffrey Sawer
Lovat * Dickson
Pickson
Macmillans
Weil
Lenin
Penguin
ZYG
Ten Strass, Fyshwick
A.c.ts
By Suzanne Hayes
Norman's
Ayers Rock
Desert National Park
The
Olgas
Peter Randall
Osmar White
Kathrine Gorge
Vincent Serventy
Burton
Maurice Dunlevy
Gough Whitlam
Harold Holt
Johnson
Mead
Brotherhood of Men
Darwin
Hobart
Broome
Brisbane
Samson
Gaza
Hare
Boni Beach
Russell Braddon
Jonatha Cape
Persian Gulf
Baghdad
Whitehall
Government of India
Lord Hardinge
Basta
Abadan
Britain
Beauchamp Dull
Ly Leonard Ward
Army Corps
John Nixon
Nixon
6Th
Charlie
Constantinople
En-Dor
E. H. Jones
War Office
France
Melli
Norfolk
Salling
Byzantium
Osher Doncaster
Merincaster
Leite
Ravenns
Venice
Fomlble
Bulgaria
Turkey
Greece
Eynis
Ihailangs
Garema Place
Clvic
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