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Elizabeth Taylor: A Wreath of Roses

April 23, 2020July 23, 2015 by Trevor Berrett

Elizabeth Taylor has entered my personal Pantheon, largely on the strength of this single novel, A Wreath of Roses, which I think everyone should go read.

Categories Book Reviews, Elizabeth Taylor Tags 1940s, 1949 5 Comments

George Orwell: Nineteen Eighty-Four

January 11, 2018March 16, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor revisits George Orwell’s 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.

Categories Book Reviews, George Orwell Tags 1940s, 1949 30 Comments
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