Category Archives: 20th Century Light Fiction

Bucketlists and marriages of convenience: The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery uses a bunch of tropes before they were popular

Posted on October 24, 2020 by jenny

The Blue Castle was L.M. Montgomery’s only book written for adults and my favourite of her non-Anne books. Really the only difference between it and her young adult novels is that the heroine is 29 and unmarried teen pregnancy is … Continue reading →

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Multifaceted Australian crime fiction: The High Commissioner by Jon Cleary

Posted on April 28, 2020 by jenny

The High Commissioner by Jon Cleary is the first in the Scobie Malone series. Malone, a police detective, is sent to London to bring back the Australian High Commissioner for the decade-old murder of his wife. Malone finds himself in … Continue reading →

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Henrietta’s War and Henrietta Sees It Through by Joyce Dennys

Posted on May 27, 2015 by jenny

Henrietta’s War by Joyce Dennys and its sequel, Henrietta Sees it Through, are a series of letters to a childhood friend during WWII. They document the small and amusing indignities and challenges of life in a “safe part of England” … Continue reading →

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