Matthew Pearl
The Technologists
As the first class of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology – a ragtag amalgam of “charity” students and Harvard wannabes…
The Last Dickens
Charles Dickens has just died, and his final novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, is unfinished. Boston publisher James R…
The Last Dickens
Editors' choice
If you love reading Charles Dickens, this novel will be heaven-sent. If you’re not a big fan of Dickens, you…
The Poe Shadow
Baltimore lawyer and Poe admirer Quentin Clark has a promising law practice and, after shaking off his cluelessness regarding…
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