This month we are tweeting early newspaper reviews of classic British novels. For those who may need to catch up on progress so far, here are the first ten clippings:
Bram Stoker, Dracula (1897) – from the Hampshire Advertiser
H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds (1898) – from the Morning Post
Joseph Conrad, The Secret Agent (1907) – from the Manchester Courier
P.G. Wodehouse, Very Good, Jeeves (1930) – from the Manchester Guardian
J.R.R. Tolkein, The Hobbit (1937)- from the Yorkshire Post
Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca (1938) – from the Aberdeen Journal
C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950) – from the Sheffield Daily Telegraph
John Wyndham, The Kraken Wakes (1953) – from the Yorkshire Post
Muriel Spark, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961) – from the Daily Express
George Macdonald Fraser, Flashman (1969) – from the Daily Mirror
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