The Snow-Walker Trilogy : The Snow-Walker's Son, The Empty Hand and The Soul Thieves
by Catherine Fisher
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by John le Carré
Loved it! I was in uni when I read it. One of the few fictional books that time allowed and worth the time. I'm a fan of the author & the character. ]]>
Will James a 1920's writer of Western novels wrote several books from the perspective of a horse. ]]>
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Zarathustra's Sister: The Case of Elizabeth and Friedrich Nietzche
by Heinz Friedrick Peters
How much "editing" did Elizabeth do to his work? Should she receive credit/blame that has been awarded Friedrich? ]]>
Amanda wrote: "I've heard a lot of Dickens fans call Hardy 'melodramatic'. Having not read any Dickens' novels *cue gasps of horror - this is something I plan to correct soon!* I am not qualified to compare, but..."
Dickens wrote best about his own urban British middle class with few successful characters of the working class (Bill Sykes, a violent criminal, may have been a notable exception, likewise Sam Weller, a valet which may have been the worker that Dickens understood best as he employed valets & could observe them closely. A pity that no valet left us a pictue of Dickens.). Hardy created some memorable working class characters & scenarios, esp Jude the Obscure, but was always trying to fit into the middle class both in his writing & in his personal life, like Jude... ]]>