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A review by _ash0_
Literary London by Eloise Millar
3.0
It is loaded with a lot of info about London based writers but not the kind of info I was expecting to find. If you are traveling to London and want to know more about the literary places there, this is not the book you should be reading. If you are a casual reader just trying to learn about some not-so-well known British authors, then this book will work for you. The authors spend most of their time talking about authors that I have never heard of and don’t really care about. I am more interested in locations associated with well known authors, which they hardly talk about.
Many of the famous authors like Somerset Maugham, Jane Austen aren’t even mentioned in passing. And some of the other prolific authors like Enid Blyton are mentioned in passing, while talking about A.A.Milne. They talk about Charlotte and Anne Bronte and there is no mention of Emily Bronte.
If you call your book”Literary London”, make it comprehensive enough to at least cover all the famous authors and their works. You cannot choose to include only authors that you might be interested in.
Also the locations and anecdotes mentioned mostly had something to do with someone’s personal life. I wish they had focused more on the writing careers than gossips about the authors’ love affairs.
It was an okay one time read.
Many of the famous authors like Somerset Maugham, Jane Austen aren’t even mentioned in passing. And some of the other prolific authors like Enid Blyton are mentioned in passing, while talking about A.A.Milne. They talk about Charlotte and Anne Bronte and there is no mention of Emily Bronte.
If you call your book”Literary London”, make it comprehensive enough to at least cover all the famous authors and their works. You cannot choose to include only authors that you might be interested in.
Also the locations and anecdotes mentioned mostly had something to do with someone’s personal life. I wish they had focused more on the writing careers than gossips about the authors’ love affairs.
It was an okay one time read.