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- Nikolai Leskov, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (Hesperus, 2003). Novella (first published in 1865) translating elements of the Scottish play to Russia; inspired an opera by Shostakovich. Also known as Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District. (Amazon [secondhand])
- Stanley Elkin, George Mills (Dalkey Archive, 2003). The centuries-long family saga of the George Mills men, all members of whatever working class existed at the time. (Amazon [secondhand])
- Marlon James, John Crow's Devil (Akashic, 2005). Historical novel about the gruesome battle between two preachers in 1950s Jamaica. (Amazon [secondhand])
- James Hogg, Anecdotes of Scott (Edinburgh, 2005). Hogg's extremely controversial memoirs of his relationship with Sir Walter Scott. (eBay)
- Mariadele Boccardi, The Contemporary British Historical Novel: Representation, Nation, Empire (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009). Focuses on thirteen novelists, including Fowles, Robertson, Byatt, and Soueif. I'm reviewing this for Choice. (Review copy)
- Maureen Moran, Catholic Sensationalism and Victorian Literature (Liverpool, 2007). Interplay of the sensation genre with writings by and about Catholics. (Amazon)
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Oh, the Moran book sounds fascinating! My Wilkie Collins-obsessed brain instantly went to the Foscos in The Woman in White...
Posted by: Kaite | November 21, 2009 at 07:20 AM