1926 Archives - The Mookse and the Gripes

Sylvia Townsend Warner: Lolly Willowes

January's pick for NYRB Women 2026 was Sylvia Townsend Warner's Lolly Willowes, which is just celebrating one hundred years.

By Trevor Berrett|2026-01-29T12:59:15-04:00January 29th, 2026|Categories: Book Reviews, Sylvia Townsend Warner|Tags: 1920s, 1926|0 Comments

Trevor reviews Henry Green's debut novel, Blindness. Read the full post.

By Trevor Berrett|2017-08-04T16:47:40-04:00April 4th, 2017|Categories: Book Reviews, Henry Green|Tags: 1920s, 1926, NYRB Classics|4 Comments

Trevor reviews Ramón del Valle-Inclán's 1926 novel, Tyrant Banderas, translated from the Spanish by Peter Bush. Read the full post.

Trevor reviews Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky's strange novel, The Letter Killers Club, translated from the Russian by Joanne Turnbull.

Trevor reviews The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh, by A.A. Milne.

By Trevor Berrett|2017-11-03T15:17:37-04:00February 20th, 2009|Categories: A.A. Milne, Book Reviews|Tags: 1920s, 1926, 1928, Children's Books|33 Comments