Category Archives: Serial Novel

Pleasant, light reading that leaves me with a warm feeling towards my fellow-human beings: The 44 Scotland Street series by Alexander McCall Smith

Posted on April 21, 2019 by jenny

The 44 Scotland Street series by Alexander McCall Smith is a modern serial novel published daily in the Scotsman and subsequently in book form. It follows a number of characters in Edinburgh as they drink coffee, negotiate childhood with a … Continue reading →

Posted in British, Contemporary, General adult audience, Light Fiction, Scottish, Serial Novel | Tagged Alexander McCall Smith, character-driven, child-raising, dogs, fiction, gap year, gentrification, good out loud, growing up, humour, lighthearted read, men and women, mild romance, modern life, music, narcissism, neighbours, poetry, Scotland, Scottish, social class, society, uni student life | Leave a comment

The Warden by Anthony Trollope

Posted on July 15, 2014 by jenny

The Warden by Anthony Trollope is the first of the Barchester Novels and is Amusing, Character-Driven and Short. Characters have names like Septimus Harding and Sir Abraham Haphazard! Clergyman, Mr Harding is accused of being Paid Too Much for his … Continue reading →

Posted in 18th Century, Classic, Comedy, General adult audience, Novel, Novel of Manners, Pastoral novel, Serial Novel, Victorian | Tagged Anthony Trollope, authors with day jobs, Barchester Chronicles, British, classic, clergymen, drama, fiction, humour, society | Leave a comment

Category Archives: Serial Novel

The Warden by Anthony Trollope

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