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• Memoir Musings: End of the Month Deadline

  I gave myself a deadline of the end of March for completing a draft of the book. I fluctuate between thinking I’ve got no chance and thinking I’ll manage it. I wrote about 1000 words today though and made some actual progress. From Bella Donna by Robert Hichens: ‘suddenly he would become aware of the…

  The Hopeful Edwardian

  March 10, 2023

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  bella donna, biography, book, dickens, Edith Thompson, fenchurch street, freddy bywaters, letters, memoir, our mutual friend, poison, robert hichens, shanklin, st. paul’s churchyard, the fruitful vine, writing

• International Women’s Day!!

  Happy International Women’s Day to all! Here’s a big post to (I hope) celebrate and champion women. First, here are some of my favourite women (real and fictional). My followers may notice that Edith isn’t on this list. The sole reason for that is that I wanted to champion some different women today. Edith will…

  The Hopeful Edwardian

  March 8, 2023

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  agatha christie, anne choma, anne lister, books, death on the nile, dickens, Edith Thompson, elisabeth sladen, gentleman jack, heiresses, international women’s day, jenni murray, jo march, laura thompson, little women, louisa may alcott, lucy worsley, maya hawke, mitford sisters, nancy, oliver twist, sarah jane smith, shani wallis, suranne jones

• February Books

  The shortest month of the year is over (I started writing this at the beginning of March) and I have only read two books. In my defence, if the month had been a couple of days longer I hopefully would maybe have read three because I almost got to the end of one. I’m also…

  The Hopeful Edwardian

  March 1, 2023

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  bookreviews, books, charles, dickens, february reading, reading, thomas hughes, tom brown’s schooldays