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Morning all! For anyone interested I've written a blog all about Mervyn Peake's life and his book 'Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor'. For any Peake lovers the link is below.
Thank you very much for reading!

https://thegoosebooks.substack.com/p/peake-performance?r=8jjfqm&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Hi all! I've written a blog all about Charlotte Brontë's deteriorating sight during her writing of Jane Eyre.

The link is here if you'd like to read it: https://thegoosebooks.substack.com/p/charlotte-brontes-blindness?r=8jjfqm&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=post%20viewer

Thank you so much for all your support!

The image is from an 1897 copy of the novel that was illustrated by F.H. Townsend.

I just wrote a blog all about Edgar Allan Poe and the Whaleship Essex disaster. Credit to David Lupton for his beautiful illustrations of 'The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym'. Please read if you're interested! Link below.

https://thegoosebooks.substack.com/p/in-the-heart-of-the-sea-the-impact

If anyone is interested in reading a bit more about 'The Odyssey' following all the discourse about Homer at the moment, I've just published a blog all about eating and Greek food. The link is: https://thegoosebooks.substack.com/p/his-house-will-be-devoured-eating

Thank you very much for reading!

Hi everyone! My new blog on comics is now live click below if you'd like to read. Mainly it's talking about Clive Barker.

https://thegoosebooks.substack.com/p/so-much-for-reality

(Illustration from Clive Barker's 'Hellraiser')

Thanks so much for reading!

Hi everyone! My new blog on comics is now live click below if you'd like to read. Mainly it's talking about Harlan Ellison, Will Eisner and Clive Barker.

https://thegoosebooks.substack.com/p/so-much-for-reality

 

(The illustration from Harlan Ellison's graphic novel 'Dream Corridor')

Thanks so much for reading!