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Richmond Read-along 70

Iona Richardson 31 May 2020 Richmond Read-along 702020-05-31T17:45:54+01:00 Reading

Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today we are reading a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who along with Wordsworth ushered in the Romantic poetic movement. Coleridge was seen by…

Richmond Read-along 69

Iona Richardson 30 May 2020 Richmond Read-along 692020-05-30T16:38:17+01:00 Reading

Illustration from McClure's Magazine by Edmund J. Sullivan Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today's short story is from Herminie Templeton Kavanagh. Kavanagh was born in Hampshire to an Irish…

Richmond Read-along 68

Iona Richardson 29 May 2020 Richmond Read-along 682020-05-29T18:43:43+01:00 Reading

Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today's piece comes from poet Phillis Wheatley. Born in West Africa she was kidnapped in 1761 around the age of seven and sold to…

Richmond Read-along 67

Iona Richardson 28 May 2020 Richmond Read-along 672020-05-28T18:14:53+01:00 Reading

Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today's piece comes from French author Guy de Maupassant. Born in northern France in 1850 he is considered a master of the short story.…

Richmond Read-along 66

Iona Richardson 27 May 2020 Richmond Read-along 662020-05-27T16:54:04+01:00 Reading

Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today we are reading a poem by Walter de la Mare, one of the many illustrious residents of Richmond Borough past. De la Mare…

Richmond Read-along 65

Iona Richardson 26 May 2020 Richmond Read-along 652020-05-26T18:25:51+01:00 Reading

Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today's short story is a charming tale by Zona Gale, the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Gale decided that she…

Richmond Read-along 64

Iona Richardson 25 May 2020 Richmond Read-along 642020-05-25T15:37:00+01:00 Reading

Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today we are reading a poem from Vita Sackville-West. Now best known for the impressive garden she nurtured at Sissinghurst, Sackville-West was an accomplished…

Richmond Read-along 63

Iona Richardson 24 May 2020 Richmond Read-along 632020-05-24T20:10:06+01:00 Reading

Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today we are reading a short story by Sabine Baring-Gould. Baring-Gould was a deeply religious man who became ordained despite his family's original resistance,…

Richmond Read-along 62

Iona Richardson 23 May 2020 Richmond Read-along 622020-05-23T19:18:09+01:00 Reading

Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today we are reading a poem by William Allingham. Born in Ireland, Allingham spent time in various parts of Ireland as a customs investigator…

Richmond Read-along 61

Iona Richardson 22 May 2020 Richmond Read-along 612020-05-22T22:43:22+01:00 Reading

Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today we are reading a story from one of Andrew Lang's Fairy Books. Lang was a Scottish critic, poet, author, historian and folklorist. He…

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