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The Captive Reader

20th Century middlebrow fiction, domestic Victorian novels, volumes of correspondence, gossipy diaries, books about European history, and almost anything having to do with Jane Austen.

  • By Claire
  • Based in Canada
  • Roughly four posts per week
  • First post on

Posts per month

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Posts per month
Month starting Posts
Sep 2022 3
Oct 2022 3
Nov 2022 5
Dec 2022 9
Jan 2023 7
Feb 2023 6
Mar 2023 8
Apr 2023 6
May 2023 3
Jun 2023 4
Jul 2023 2
Aug 2023 4
Sep 2023 5
Oct 2023 5
Nov 2023 3
Dec 2023 10
Jan 2024 10
Feb 2024 9
Mar 2024 7
Apr 2024 7
May 2024 4
Jun 2024 5
Jul 2024 3
Aug 2024 8
Sep 2024 13
Oct 2024 6
Nov 2024 13
Dec 2024 9

Any gaps could be due to errors when fetching the blog’s feed.

Most recent posts

A Trio of Comedies by George S. Kaufman and Friends
One of the biggest surprises of A Century of Books this year has been how few plays I’ve read: when I did it the first time, I think I read 15. This year, it was …
On , by Claire (The Captive Reader), 900 words
It’s Up to the Women – Eleanor Roosevelt
It is the beginning of 1933. The Great Depression has changed lives across America and shows no signs of easing. Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of the President-elect, already has a busy life but, in advance of …
On , by Claire (The Captive Reader), 824 words
Library Loot: December 11 to 17
Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire from The Captive Reader and Sharlene from Real Life Reading that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library. If you’d like …
On , by Claire (The Captive Reader), 289 words