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Reading David Copperfield: Chapters 31-40 (or In Which I Come to Properly Appreciate Agnes Wickfield)

I have slipped a little behind in posting my David Copperfield series (as in, I finished reading the entire book nearly two weeks ago at this point), but better late than never, what? So here is part 4 of my…

By Lizzie Hexam April 5, 2024Bookishness4 Comments

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Reading David Copperfield: Chapters 21-30 (or In Which I Devote Much Time to Yelling in Frustration at David)

This poor little series has been pushed aside in the past few weeks (and probably will continue to be neglected for some weeks more, since I have quite a few posts in the works), but here is part 3 of…

By Lizzie Hexam February 29, 2024Bookishness6 Comments

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Reading David Copperfield: Chapters 11-20 (or In Which I Am Amused by Uriah Heep’s Grossness & Disgusted by Steerforth’s)

Well, I have returned with part 2 of my reading David Copperfield: chapters 11-20. It has not ceased to engross, you will be happy to know. And these ten chapters were on average a lot cheerier than the first ten,…

By Lizzie Hexam February 7, 2024BookishnessNo Comments

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Reading David Copperfield: Chapters 1-10 (or In Which I Develop a Hearty Dislike for 80% of the Characters)

I fell ill this week. The result is that I have been shirking the Hard things I was supposed to be doing, and foregoing them for Easier things. One of those Easier things has been charging ahead in my current…

By Lizzie Hexam January 26, 2024Bookishness8 Comments

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2023 Year in Review: Filmish Edition

Last week I put up the bookish edition of my 2023 year in review. That was so long that I thought it made more sense to talk about my films of 2023 in a separate post. So, here is that…

By Lizzie Hexam January 5, 2024Period Dramas, Vintage-ness8 Comments

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Great Expectations (1989) Review

Before I start this Great Expectations 1989 review, I'd like to get a couple important things out of the way. Firstly, I would like an explanation from the period drama world as to why I was never told that this…

By Lizzie Hexam November 10, 2023Period Dramas8 Comments

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Bleak House Book Review

I just finished Bleak House. It took me quite a while to read, because for about 75% of the book I was Not Terribly Invested. (The last 25%, however, was a different story (figuratively).) Since my thoughts on Bleak House…

By Lizzie Hexam September 22, 2023BookishnessNo Comments

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Character Comparison: Lizzie Hexam and Amy Dorrit

Lizzie Hexam and Amy Dorrit are heroines from Charles Dickens' Our Mutual Friend and his Little Dorrit, respectively. If you've read both these books, you may have noticed that there are a number of similarities between these two characters. (WARNING:…

By Lizzie Hexam November 18, 2022BookishnessNo Comments