Whether it's Mrs Dalloway's lost love or Thérèse Raquin's burgeoning horror, The Paying Guests reminds us of every great novel we've gasped… — Charlotte Mendelson Apotheosis Copy Share Image
“But what she had always imagined were the two basic ingredients of happy adulthood, intellectual companionship and thrilling sex, are missing too.” — Charlotte Mendelson Adventure Copy Share Image
Show me a novelist – or, indeed, a reader – who wasn’t a socially awkward, self-conscious adolescent, prone to clumsiness and excessive… — Charlotte Mendelson Awkward Copy Share Image
“He glances again at the door. Would a taste of the outside world be so unwise?” — Charlotte Mendelson Outside world Copy Share Image
