Archives by Tag '1870′s'
Review: ‘The Quiet Little Woman’ by Louisa May Alcott
By oldenglishrose - Last updated: Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Title: The Quiet Little Woman: A Christmas Story Author: Louisa May Alcott Published: Honor Books, 1999, pp. 122. Originally published 1870s Genre: Children’s short stories Blurb: “If someone would only come and take me away! I’m so tired of living here I don’t think I can bear it much longer,” Patty cries. Patty’s life in [...]
Review: ‘Anna Karenina’ by Leo Tolstoy
By oldenglishrose - Last updated: Friday, August 20, 2010
Married to a powerful government minister, Anna Karenina is a beautiful woman who falls deeply in love with a wealthy army officer, the elegant Count Vronsky. Desperate to find truth and meaning in her life, she rashly defies the conventions of Russian society and leaves her husband and son to live with her lover. Condemned [...]