Wide Sargasso Sea is a postcolonial novel by Jean Rhys, published in 1966. It gives readers an alternative view of Charlotte Brönte’s Jane Eyre, written from the perspective of Bertha (or Antoinette, as she is known in this novel) – Rochester’s ‘mad’ wife who lives in the attic of Thornfield Hall. It can...
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A lot of recurring tropes that crop up in classical literature wouldn’t work so well in a modern-day scenario. For example: miscommunication. Letters not reaching the intended recipient, messengers passing one another, hearsay and rumour being assumed to be fact, snooping around, lack of fact-checking, and generally just all-round terrible communication all...
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At first glance, a hulking 19th century tome about the history of France, an ex-convict finding his faith, antimonarchism, prostitution and poverty is not an obvious choice for adaptation into a stage musical. It is (as the title Les Misérables suggests) not very cheery, and (spoiler alert) most characters don’t...
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A lot of classical literature seems centred on the idea of, or at least in the end is cheerfully resolved by, the female protagonist getting married – think Pride and Prejudice or Jane Eyre. But is this really relevant for the modern day audience? Back in the first half of the 19th...
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Christmas is almost upon us, and that (hopefully) means more time for reading. If the holiday means you’ll finally be able to curl up with a good book, why not check out some of the following titles… The Unbearable Lightness of Being – Milan Kundera This novel describes the Soviet...
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Beccy Willmetts discusses her frustrations as a humanities student at Careers Fairs
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Make the most of your time at Warwick by checking out these unmissable bookish events
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Freshers’ week at Coventry University got off to an explosive start after a live World War Two bomb was found near accommodation on Monday 21 September.
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Local lettings agency Connells in Leamington Spa and Warwick is currently celebrating winning ‘Regional Lettings Branch of the Year’ for the third year in a row
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