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Enduring Charm

Alan Powers 0 Id men in country houses hear clocks ticking/Over thick carpets with a deadened force.' These were the words of the young John Betjeman, describing the death of......

Thwarted Pathos

Giannandrea Poesio G iselle is arguably one of the most revisited classics of the 19th-century repertoire. The story of the peasant girl who becomes a vengeful spirit because of......