Adventures in 19th century novels...

While I was in Minnesota recently, I devoted some pleasant hours to reading two of the several George Manville Fenn books available at the University of Minnesota. daegaer has introduced him to us as a prolific author of 19th century boys' adventure stories, but his alter ego is now revealed -- as a writer of three- ( Read more... )

Title: Good-night
Fandom: Fenndom (Fix Bay'nets!)
Author: rosemary_green
Rating: G
Pairing: Bracy/Gedge
Notes: This is a companion piece to the first four chapters of Fix Bay'nets! by G. Manville Fenn. I tried to write this as a New Year's Resolution story for Yuletide, but alas, I cannot write long stories, and have flunked the 1000 word test. At any rate, ( Read more... )

Yesterday my library's marvelous ILL department presented me with a copy of Shoulder Arms! by George Manville Fenn. I had it with me at the natural foods store after work, which led me to preach a little sermon to the clerk about the wonders of ILL and how books from all over the country can be yours through your public library. I think the poor ( Read more... )