Dr Corrina Readioff
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Dr Corrina Readioff
@fierengraw.bsky.social
Literary detective & long 18th-centuryist. Honorary Research Associate at the University of Liverpool.
Currently working on early modern whales
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https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/people/corrina-readioff#tabbed-content
https://18thcparatext.wordpress
Interesting question.. I have a very visual mind but have a friend who is the complete opposite: we discovered this one day when reading the same page of a book together. My friend finished much faster than me, as they were able to pick out key points while I was vividly visualising everything
November 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Sounds like a fascinating project! Congratulations!!
November 19, 2025 at 8:36 AM
I found it distinctly unsettling that the trailer for the new film adaptation described it as “the greatest love story ever told” 😬
November 19, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Congratulations Dr!! 🥳🎓 it’s a wonderful achievement & don’t let anyone steal your joy in it!
November 17, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Personally I have always rather disliked turkey
Would much prefer to have a nice bit of roast chicken at Christmas 😋
November 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
(Could expand on this, it's a bit of a pet topic with me too, but sounds like you're already getting a bit of unwanted traffic from this post so will resist)
November 14, 2025 at 9:19 AM
This is a really brilliant, nuanced, & extremely informative thread! All I would add is that, while H is clearly perceived as Romani by those around him, it seems likely that his true heritage is South Asian (the Liverpool 'Lascar' reference in the novel), but racial "othering" conflates the two
November 14, 2025 at 9:19 AM