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Bibliophilia: One Man's Obsession with Book Collection: an Epistolary Novel

N. John Hall

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Flush with $400,000 dollars from selling his great great grandfather's correspondence with Victorian...

Erika (17788 KP) rated Sleeping Giants (Themis Files #1) in Books

Aug 11, 2017

Sleeping Giants (Themis Files #1)

Sylvain Neuvel | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry, Science Fiction/Fantasy

8.0

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This novel was good, I loved the modern epistolary style. But, in the end, while it was good, it was severely over-hyped.

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The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated Letters from the Fire in Books

Oct 7, 2020

This novel, told almost entirely through the fictionalized postings to an Internet newsgroup and email correspondence, is probably the first electronic epistolary novel ever written. You can read my full review here https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2015/03/28/burning-and-building-bridges/

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Erika (17788 KP) rated Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded in Books

Feb 1, 2020

This novel is commonly known as the first true English novel, as well as the first epistolary novel. I've taken numerous British and English Literature classes, but had not been introduced to this novel until I studied in England and took an English novel class taught by a German professor who learned English solely so he could read Shakespeare in the vernacular. I'm glad that this prof included this wonderful novel. It was a nice change from just assigning Jane Eyre and Great Expectations.
It's an interesting study on Pamela, and spawned so many great, satirical novels. This is definitely a must read if you like classic literature and enjoy reading the novels that shaped the literature of today.

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Erika (17788 KP) rated Melmoth: A Novel in Books

Jan 9, 2019

Melmoth: A Novel

Sarah Perry | 2018 | Fiction & Poetry

7.0

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Well, my first read of 2019 is completed and I'm not sure exactly how I feel about this novel. I've had Sarah Perry's @The Essex Serpent on my bookshelf since it came out here in the US, but have never picked it up.
This novel utilized the myth of Melmoth the Witness (and its various iterations/spellings) and the atmosphere of Prague. Perry utilized an epistolary format for some of it, which I felt was effective. My biggest problem with the novel is that it was all very predictable, and I think it was because the foreshadowing was a little too obvious. That was what knocked this book down to just good.