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Small Things Like These (Claire Keegan)

8th January 2023 jng 0

Small Things Like These Author: Claire Keegan List: Recent Prize Winner Short List (Man Booker, 2022) Project: identity – religious identity Year of publication: 2021 Pages: 118 [½] Goodreads: Small Things Like These     […]

Dystopia

The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)

12th March 2022 jng 0

The Time Machine Author: H.G. Wells Project: dystopia – government / technology Year of publication: 1895 Pages: 105 [½] Goodreads: The Time Machine [ Download from Gutenberg.org ]               […]

Identity

The Testament of Mary (Colm Tóibín)

1st December 2021 jng 0

Author: Colm Tóibín Project: Identity – religious Year of publication: 2013 Pages: 104 [½] Goodreads: The Testament of Mary              

War

Home (Toni Morrison)

10th July 2021 jng 0

Home Author: Toni Morrison Project: War – Korean War Year of publication: 2012 Pages: 147 [½] Goodreads: Home          

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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)

26th August 2019 jng 0

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Author: Robert Louis Stevenson Year of publication: 1886 Pages: 139 [½] Goodreads: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde          

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The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)

13th August 2019 jng 0

The Old Man and the Sea Author: Ernest Hemingway List: Open Option Year of publication: 1952 Pages: 132 [½] Goodreads: The Old Man and the Sea            

Open Option

Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)

12th August 2019 jng 0

Of Mice and Men Author: John Steinbeck List: Open Option Year of publication: 1937 Pages: 112 [½] Goodreads: Of Mice and Men          

Dystopia

Animal Farm (George Orwell)

29th December 2018 jng 0

Animal Farm Author: George Orwell List: Open Option Project: dystopia – government / social injustice Year of publication: 1945 Pages: 144 [½] Goodreads: Animal Farm          

Identity

Wild Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)

19th August 2018 jng 0

Wild Sargasso Sea Author: Jean Rhys Project: Identity – postcolonial Year of publication: 1966 Pages: 166 [ ½ ] Goodreads: Wild Sargasso Sea            

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