novel
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Emma Donoghue’s novel deftly plays with dual visions of home as haven and prison.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
I admit that Emerald Fennell’s adaptation of Emily Brontë’s classic novel is a radioactive choice for a best-of list.
From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026
David, the American narrator of this groundbreaking novel by James Baldwin, has come to Paris hoping to elude his homosexuality.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Given a blank check, Fennell brings the world of Brontë’s novel to life — not with staggering realism, as so many other adaptations have, but with fervent fantasy.
From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026
Does he really think that when you write the history of parliamentary democracy or of the novel that you should not, Whiggishly, tell a story of cumulation?
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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