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Six tragedies by Seneca with wonderful insights of being human but it has many scenes of brutal graphic violence that can only be classed as horror, and unsettling reads. 

I did not have to read the novel(s) that proceed this as the story goes over events to make this easier to follow. 

The third instalment of this trilogy was full of suspense though I knew what was coming. 

As a play, the romance is too heightened for me, but what’s interesting about this play is the character of Camille, for when it was written it feels very, very brave. 

This is a short story that draws a very thin line between love, trust, death and honour. 
 

I don’t fully understand why Reiko had to take her own life as it’s the husband who’s caught in a difficult position. I’m thinking, as I keep reading I will come across books that will make this clearer to me, in the meantime for the writing it’s 4*. 

 TW: suicide 

It was good to revisit this one again, each time these plays get easier to read. 

I like the style that runs through the short stories in this collection, each one is more than a story and has something to say; and there were moments this felt more like nonfiction than fiction as it voiced ideas that made me look at things from inside out. 

Thomas Cromwell is at the beckon call of Henry’s whim when he tires of his current wife, Anne Boleyn. What unfolds is a car crash that Cromwell tries to steer so it’s a small mess and not a huge one. 

I want to understand this book better to read A Briefer History of Time, but the book I really want to read is A Brief History of Time, and am working my way towards this in stages.
 
I’m glad it’s this book I am trying to grasp first. Stephen Hawkins’s sense of humour just comes through and makes me believe I can do this.

 {3.5 – 4*}
 
As an overall experience this was enjoyable, and I would borrow this again, especially to listen to Mansfield Park and Northanger Abbey, but I’d actually end up listening to all of it, for me the bonus of this audiobook is it makes getting to know these six Jane Austen novels fun.
 
the adaptions for audio drama included:
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Northanger Abbey
Mansfield Park
Sense and Sensibility
Pride and Prejudice
Emma
Persuasion 

 This was an amusing read, it reminded me how much I miss watching those old Hollywood classics.