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Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Many will be familiar with Alfred Tennyson, from whom today's poem comes. A widely beloved poet, Tennyson is one of the many literary figures…
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Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! We're ending the second week with Edith Nesbit, the beloved children's author best known for writing "The Railway Children" and "Five Children and It."…
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Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today we'll be looking another poem that might be familiar to a lot of our readers: "The Tyger", by William Blake. This perennial favourite…
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Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today we'll be reading a short story by Philip K Dick. A prolific writer of science fiction, many of his books and stories have…
Richmond Read-along 11
Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today's read may be familiar to you - we're looking at "Jabberwocky," by Lewis Carroll. Appearing in "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found…
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Image from Colchester and Ipswich Museums Service; Supplied by The Public Catalogue Foundation Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today we're reading a sonnet from Elizabeth Cobbold. Cobbold was a…
Richmond Read-along 9
Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today we're looking at another short story, this time by Hoffmann. Hoffmann was a German writer known for his weird, Gothic short stories; but…
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Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! We're starting the second week with the Bard himself, William Shakespeare. We're sure Shakespeare needs no introduction, and the poem we've chosen today is…
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Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! We're ending our first week with a poem by Christina Rossetti. Known for both her fantastically allegorical verse and her devotional works, Rossetti's accomplishment…
Richmond Read-along 6
This illustration taken from Rumpelstiltskin and other Grimm Tales, by Carol Ann Duffy, illustrated by Markéta Prachatická Welcome back for the 6th day of our Richmond Read-along! Today we're reading…