Results tagged “Pride and Prejudice” from Liverpool Echo - First Rule of Book Club
Those of you who love to read about the fair city of Liverpool may have come across Anne Bennett's novels.
Even though Anne was born and raised in Birmingham she loves to write about this city in wartime.
Her latest book - A Mother's Spirit - is on sale now and to celebrate Anne has revealed her top 5 reads exclusively for this blog...
I loved jimps' comment on my post about the reading material of servicemen when they're abroad (see here).
Who would have thought two grown men - and two men in the special forces' boat service (SBS) at that - could come to blows over a copy of Harry Potter?
I mean these are guys who are off fighting the Taliban and carrying out maritime counter terrorism operations.
They must have really wanted to know if Hermione and Ron were going to get together...
I guess it was inevitable but now even our most brilliant literary works are falling under the influence of Twitter.
You've heard of new social network site Twitter right?
The one that allows you 140 characters a time to update your followers - or friends - on your movements.
Now some bright sparks have been tweeting the plots of famous novels in 140 character summaries and I've gathered the best of them together for a test...
Go on girls, be truthful.
Who's not read Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and wondered - just for second - what it would be like to step into that much-loved dating heartland and bag a dashing (rich/generous) fella like Darcy.
It seems the good people of ITV think the same and their new series - Lost in Austen - starts this autumn...
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