Where does Victor Frankenstein dig up his body parts?Is the monster a fan of Goethe?How does the monster die?On the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley's perennially popular and influential gothic tale,
When it was first published in 1897 - 120 years ago - Irish author Bram Stoker's Dracula was ranked by the Daily Mail above work by Mary Shelley and Edgar Allan Poe, as well as Wuthering Heights. Yet
When it was first published in 1897 – 120 years ago – Irish author Bram Stoker’s Dracula was ranked by the Daily Mail above work by Mary Shelley and Edgar Allan Poe, as well as Wuthering Heights. Yet
Was Rochester a murderer? Did the Reverend Bronte carry a loaded pistol? What,precisely, does Wuthering’ mean? Did the Brontes all have tiny feet?To celebrate the bicentenary of Charlotte Bronte’s bir
John Sutherland, one of Britain''s most celebrated professors of English literature, is here to test, stretch, amuse and instruct you with his definitive quiz on all things grammatical. This is neithe
In 2012 writer John Sutherland permanently lost his sense of smell. At about the same time, he embarked on a rereading of George Orwell and—still coping with his recent disability—noticed something pe
How does Magwitch swim to shore with a great iron on his leg? Where does Fanny Hill keep her contraceptives? Whose side is Hawkeye on? And how does Clarissa Dalloway get home so quickly? In this new e
