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Fitzgerald and the roaring 20s
This course will explore The Great Gatsby, published in 1922, when Fitzgerald and his wife, Zelda, were the toast of the New York smart set; and Tender is the Night, an apparently messier, disillusioned chronicle of a doomed marriage and a lost generation, published in 1934, while Fitzgerald’s personal life was unravelling. 8 week course: Dates: Tuesday 19th September – 21st November 2017 (10 am – 12.15) Book Here
Find out more »Road to Middlemarch
This course is entirely dedicated to one of the greatest literary works of the nineteenth-century and my own personal favourite: George Eliot’s Middlemarch. Written in 1871, the novel deals with such important contemporary issues as political change, education for women, identity, marriage and the changing social structure. Book Here
Find out more »Tender is the Night
This course is devoted to Fitzgerald’s novel, Tender is the Night, a disillusioned chronicle of a doomed marriage and a lost generation. If you like your cocktails with a sour twist, this one is for you. Book Here
Find out more »Christmas by the fireside
A perennial favourite with readers, A Christmas Carol is my ghost story of choice for this year’s festive Bite. Bites is an excellent opportunity to learn new ways of approaching a book in a single session – great if you’re pushed for time or want to tickle your taste buds before deciding to join me on one of my standard 6 week courses. What could be better than the prospect of spending two hours absorbed in discussion about books? Book…
Find out more »Christmas by the fireside
A perennial favourite with readers, A Christmas Carol is my ghost story of choice for this year’s festive Bite. Bites is an excellent opportunity to learn new ways of approaching a book in a single session – great if you’re pushed for time or want to tickle your taste buds before deciding to join me on one of my standard 6 week courses. What could be better than the prospect of spending two hours absorbed in discussion about books? Book…
Find out more »Chronicle of a Blood Merchant
Teacher Inset, Chinese Pre-U, Chronicle of a Blood Merchant Do you teach Cambridge Pre-U Mandarin? If you have spent most of your career teaching a Chinese language, the prospect of teaching literature in translation might seem daunting. With this in mind, I am offering training days specifically designed to help teachers deliver the literature element (paper 4) of the new Cambridge Pre-U Chinese syllabus. My own grandfather was Chinese (surname of Wah gives it away) so I have what could…
Find out more »The Woman in White
The Victorians couldn’t get enough of Wilkie Collins’s novel, The Woman in White. Join me to learn about the techniques and ideas that made the novel such a spectacular and enduring success. Book Here
Find out more »Road to Middlemarch
This course is entirely dedicated to one of the greatest literary works of the nineteenth-century and my own personal favourite: George Eliot’s Middlemarch. Written in 1871, the novel deals with such important contemporary issues as political change, education for women, identity, marriage and the changing social structure. Book Road to middlemarch
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