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Bullhe Shah

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The poetry of Bullhe Shah (d. 1758) is considered one of the glories of premodern Panjabi...

Study and Revise for AS/A-Level: AQA Anthology: Love Poetry Through the Ages

Luke McBratney

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Exam Board: AQA A Level: AS/A-level Subject: English Literature First teaching: September 2015 First...

Tales from the Thousand and One Nights

William Harvey

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Sometimes known as the Arabian Nights, Tales from the Thousand and One Nights includes some of the...

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Oct 28, 2019 (Updated Sep 8, 2020)

Dubliners

James Joyce, Terence Brown | 2000 | Fiction & Poetry

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I was sure I’d read Dubliners before - possibly during my English Literature A Level, but I couldn’t remember what the stories were about. They really give the reader a feel of what life must have been like at the turn of the last century in Ireland. They’re not all ‘pretty’ stories either. We see alcoholism (or at least heavy drinking that impacts life and family), poverty, suicide, missed opportunities and hard decisions. So, normal life for a lot of people.
I now wonder if I should go back and reread one of his novels?
Many thanks to The Pigeonhole for serialising this book.