Alma Kelleher

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Sunday Night PBS - Miss Scarlet, All Creatures Great and Small, and Vienna Blood. My favorite night of TV.

Fingers crossed for a Season 6! #MissScarlet #PBS

I was sure I would hate it without the Duke but to my surprise I like her better with a man who shares the same values as her father. I hope they make a season 6. #missscarlet #PBS

This had too many characters with either the same or similar names (which was important to the plot, but still annoying). Overall, though, it was entertaining enough. #Books #OldNovels #Romance

Reading RENA'S EXPERIMENT (1901) by Mary J. Holmes (illustration by Gordon Grant) on a cold and snowy evening.
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74886

#Books #Romance

Adding Omnibus of Crime to my reading list. #books

HAPPY PUBLIC DOMAIN DAY!
Books which will enter the US public domain:
William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury
Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms
Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own
Dashiell Hammett, Red Harvest and The Maltese Falcon (as serialized in Black Mask magazine)
#books #literature
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Frankenstein - Wikipedia

#OTD in 1818.
Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus first appears anonymously in London. Its originality is praised by Walter Scott.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franken...

1818 edition at PG:
gutenberg.org/ebooks/41445

1831 edition
gutenberg.org/ebooks/42324

#books #literature

Ah, there are a small number of missing words at the end of Chapter 6 in the version I'm reading (Project Gutenberg). The full ending of Chapter 6 is here (Internet Archive): archive.org/details/alan...

It's enjoyable so far and very easy to read. What's interesting is its depiction of life in England and Wales during the First World War. #reading #books

I’m starting the new year by reading a 106-year-old #romance, The Land-Girl’s Love Story by Berta Ruck: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74644

It features Joan, who flees the city & reinvents herself as a Land Girl.

Seems appropriate for New Year’s Day, when many of us feel the need to embrace change.

I wasn't ready for it to end either. I didn't go into this season with high hopes because of the Duke's departure, but #MissScarlet did a great job with Inspector Blake. It's the most seamless "replacement" of a love interest I've seen in a long time.

@pbs.org Absolutely love the new season of Miss Scarlet. Tom Durant Pritchard did an awesome job.

The note calls it easy to read, and yes, I agree!

His Official Fiancée by Berta Ruck Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.

I'm reading Berta Ruck's His Official Fiancée, published in 1914, and so far, I'm surprised by how contemporary it feels (despite the far-fetched premise).
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63865

Finished Season 5 of Miss Scarlet and loved it! The mutual respect between Miss Scarlet and Inspector Blake is refreshing. He sees and appreciates how impressive she is.

Miss Scarlet: Season 5 Preview Beginning Dec. 8, 2024, you can stream Miss Scarlet Season 5 with PBS Passport! Then, watch the broadcast premiere on Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025 at 8/7c. #missscarletpbs

Watching Season 5 of Miss Scarlet on PBS Passport! I miss the Duke, but I like what I see so far in Inspector Blake. www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterp...