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Anne Brontë: 'Amid the Brave and Strong'. The Life and Legacy of Anne Brontë by Emma Littlejohns, Ann Dinsdale, Sarah Laycock, Charlotte Craig

Anne Brontë: 'Amid the Brave and Strong'. The Life and Legacy of Anne Brontë

Emma Littlejohns, Ann Dinsdale, Sarah Laycock, Charlotte Craig

48 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0the_freya's review
nonfiction biography challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematorium by Caitlin Doughty

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematorium

Caitlin Doughty

254 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0the_freya's review
nonfiction memoir funny informative reflective medium-paced
The Time Traveller's Guide to Restoration Britain by Ian Mortimer

The Time Traveller's Guide to Restoration Britain

Time Traveller's Guides #3

Ian Mortimer

464 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0the_freya's review
nonfiction historical history informative lighthearted slow-paced
Eavesdropping on Jane Austen's England by Roy A. Adkins, Lesley Adkins

Eavesdropping on Jane Austen's England

Roy A. Adkins, Lesley Adkins

422 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0the_freya's review
nonfiction history emotional informative slow-paced
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister by Anne Lister

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

Anne Lister

422 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0the_freya's review
nonfiction history lgbtqia+ challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Charlotte Bronte Revisited by Sophie Franklin

Charlotte Bronte Revisited

Sophie Franklin

208 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0the_freya's review
nonfiction biography feminism challenging informative medium-paced
City of Masks by Mary Hoffman

City of Masks

Stravaganza #1

Mary Hoffman

345 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

5.0the_freya's review
fiction fantasy historical young adult adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Sense and Sensibility

Jane Austen

387 pages • first pub 1811 (editions)

5.0the_freya's review
fiction classics literary romance emotional lighthearted slow-paced
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

Mansfield Park

Jane Austen

454 pages • first pub 1814 (editions)

5.0the_freya's review
fiction classics literary romance emotional reflective slow-paced
The Ladies' Paradise by Émile Zola

The Ladies' Paradise

Les Rougon-Macquart #11

Émile Zola

222 pages • first pub 1883 (editions)

5.0the_freya's review
fiction classics literary informative slow-paced