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Richmond Read-along 39

Iona Richardson 30 April 2020 Richmond Read-along 392020-04-30T17:09:39+01:00 Reading
Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today we're reading a short story from Jack London. London was a prolific writer around the turn of the century, best known for "The…
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Richmond Read-along 38

Iona Richardson 29 April 2020 Richmond Read-along 382020-04-29T17:28:49+01:00 Reading
Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today's poem is from Amy Lowell, an American poet, author, critic and dedicated advocate of poetry. Lowell's poetry wasn't published until she was in…
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Richmond Read-along 37

Iona Richardson 28 April 2020 Richmond Read-along 372020-04-28T15:51:00+01:00 Reading
Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today we're reading extracts from Sei Shōnagon's "Pillow Book." Shōnagon was a gentlewoman living at court in the Heian period of Japan. She kept…
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Richmond Read-along 36

Iona Richardson 27 April 2020 Richmond Read-along 362020-04-27T15:27:21+01:00 Reading
Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today we are reading a poem by Elizabeth (Lizzie) Siddall. Known as a model for the Pre-Raphaelites, most notably for "Ophelia," and the wife…
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Richmond Read-along 35

Iona Richardson 26 April 2020 Richmond Read-along 352020-04-26T16:42:42+01:00 Reading
Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today we are reading one of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales. Born to poor parents, Andersen's lack of ease in the educated, upper class…
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Richmond Read-along 34

Iona Richardson 25 April 2020 Richmond Read-along 342020-04-25T14:54:17+01:00 Reading
Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today we are reading a poem by George Eliot. Best known for her prose, George Eliot is the pseudonym of Mary Anne Evans. She…
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Richmond Read-along 33

Iona Richardson 24 April 2020 Richmond Read-along 332020-04-24T15:08:08+01:00 Reading
Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today's piece is by American humorist Frank R. Stockton. Born in Pennsylvania in 1834, his entertaining short stories were hugely popular at the end…
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Richmond Read-along 32

Iona Richardson 23 April 2020 Richmond Read-along 322020-04-23T15:51:49+01:00 Reading
Self-portrait of Edward Lear and his beloved cat. The captions read: Edward Lear, aged 73 1/2; and His cat Foss, aged 16. Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! We're now…
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Richmond Read-along 31

Iona Richardson 22 April 2020 Richmond Read-along 312020-04-22T17:10:43+01:00 Reading
Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today's story is from Katherine Mansfield. Born and raised in New Zealand, Mansfield came to London at a young age and spent much of…
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Richmond Read-along 30

Iona Richardson 21 April 2020 Richmond Read-along 302020-04-21T14:41:06+01:00 Reading
Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today we're reading a poem by Edgar Allan Poe. Orphaned as a child and estranged from his foster family at university over his ever-increasing…
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