Currently playing ‘Reading an a Clair de Lecture article’ on Spotify… It is no secret that Spotify is so dearly loved by its users. Including me. It was whilst reading...
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What is a modern love story? Are we reading fiction or reality.
Romance without Ethics in an Age of Digital Subjectivity. That title alone immediately caught my attention. After attending Mary Harrod’s talk on Romance without Ethics in an Age of Digital Subjectivity, I...
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In the words of Plath: The Fig Tree
I saw my life branching out before me like the green fig tree in the story. The Bell Jar The words of Sylvia Plath have always felt intimate. A deeply...
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The Strange and Slightly Disturbing: Books that linger past the final page
In my last year of A Levels, I approached my English teacher in search of a book recommendation. Expecting a novel I had seen plastered across bookstores or one that had...
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Finding the perfect short story
What is it about a short story that makes it more appealing to readers? Perhaps it is the length, something we can pick up in between our busy lives rather...
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Cold. The Dostoevsky effect in White Nights
“Your hand is cold, mine burns like fire. How blind you are, Nastenka!” As the chilling hands of Winter grasp onto the last of Autumn’s gentil tenderness, draining the season’s...