Welcome to Literary Likes. This is a space where I will indulge my love of reading. I am a semi-retired lecturer and used to teach English and American Literature at a University. I still do a little teaching and run a Literature class at a local community centre. I have also written a number of blog posts for Wordsworth Editions, which I will link to.

My intention is to continue writing about books I am interested in. I also plan to write up some of my past lectures into blog posts.

I am particularly interested in Victorian and Edwardian fiction, including gothic and seem to have developed a bit of an obsession with Mary Elizabeth Braddon. I also enjoy reading Golden Age detective fiction.

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I hope you enjoy reading my blog. Please remember, copyright for my work resides with me, Dr Denise Hanrahan Wells. Any quotations or information used from my work must be appropriately cited and acknowledged. Lengthy extracts or complete essays may not be published or reproduced without my prior written consent. This includes use of my own photos. Copyright for other visual material remains with the original owners and is only used here for educational purposes.