1926 Archives - The Mookse and the Gripes

Sylvia Townsend Warner: Lolly Willowes

May 1, 2026January 29, 2026 by Trevor Berrett

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

August 4, 2017April 4, 2017 by Trevor Berrett

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

July 20, 2016August 8, 2012 by Trevor Berrett

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

February 22, 2018December 19, 2011 by Trevor Berrett

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

November 3, 2017February 20, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

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