Joseph Conrad’s Lord Jim, which was one of the set texts for my English literature A-level. I have almost finished it.
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Ulysses (I’ve only read the good bits).
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View all 35 →This year, I was asked to be a judge for the Women’s prize for fiction and I’ve read 75 books in six months, so I’m parking shame for the time being.
I’ve been lugging around Doris Lessing’s books, which I have yet to read.
None! We shouldn’t shame people for not having read “the greats”. There are always new greats emerging that may feel more relevant to our life experience, particularly female writers.
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Being caught having an emergency pee in the Cotswolds by two unsuspecting walkers.
Never making it into a Sondheim musical.
I would have gone to my singing lessons at Guildhall.
A saint. Then a ballerina.
Things change.
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