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  • Film Review: Crimson Peak

    Par Marie A. dans Reviews le 15 Février 2018 à 17:48
    ...his sister Lucille - thus leave America together to start their new life in the family manor in England. But her mother is not the only ghost Edith is bound to encounter in her life...   As I am supposed to be working on my Master's dissertation - about Jane Austen and Ann Radcliffe - I found...

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  • Film Review: Pride and Prejudice (2005)

    Par Marie A. dans Reviews le 15 Décembre 2017 à 16:57
    Pride and Prejudice   Director: Joe Wright Release date: September 2005 Plot summary: (a purposefully not very faithful adaptation of Jane Austen's eponymous masterpiece:) Elizabeth Bennet takes a strong dislike in Mr Darcy on their first encounter, while Elizabeth's sister, Jane, falls in love...

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  • Book Review: Howl's Moving Castle

    Par Marie A. dans Reviews le 8 Décembre 2017 à 14:31
    Howl's Moving Castle Author: Diana Wynne Jones Published: 1986 Plot summary: After the terrible Witch of the Waste turned her into a 90-year-old lady, formerly 18-year-old Sophie Hatter is forced to seek her fortune on the road. She takes shelter in Howl's moving castle, Wizard Howl having a...

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  • Film Reviews: which Robin Hood?

    Par Marie A. dans Reviews le 21 Août 2017 à 18:05
    Lately, I've been in a kind of Robin Hood frenzy, watching several films and TV series based on this character. It's always been one of my favorite heros, and Maid Marianne is, I believe, one of the characters I've ever most wanted to impersonate. So, here's my personal top 4 (+ special awards) and...

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  • Henry VIII's Reformation: a "first Brexit"?

    Par Marie A. dans History le 26 Janvier 2017 à 21:24
    Was Brexit really unexpected and unprecedented? (written for a History seminar during my 1st year in the Master of English studies)         On Thursday, 23 rd June, 2016, a referendum was held in the United Kingdom, as to wether it should leave the European Union or remain part of it. 51,9%...

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  • Book Review: Number 11

    Par Marie A. dans Reviews le 20 Décembre 2016 à 12:54
    Number 11 Author: Jonathan Coe Published: 2015 Plot summary: Childhood friends Rachel and Alison are about to go on a journey into the strange, surreal heart of Britain in the early years of our new century. Helplessly swept along on tides they can no more understand than control, Rachel and Alsion...

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  • Book Review: Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict

    Par Marie A. dans Reviews le 10 Décembre 2016 à 18:35
    Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict   Author: Laurie Viera Riegler Published: 2007 Plot summary: Courtney Stone, a 21st century L.A. young woman, wakes up in the body of Jane Mansfield, a 19th century signel young lady - and as such, still living at her parents'. She then has to pretend being...

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  • Eleanor of Aquitaine and her game of Thrones

    Par Marie A. dans History le 8 Septembre 2016 à 14:15
    It has recently dawned upon me (as well as my colleague Marie ) that if you are looking for real life Game of Thrones material, you should look into the story of Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine. You would then find most of the main themes of the Game of Thrones saga displayed to some extent. For...

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