The New Life by Tom Crewe review – desire on trial, Fiction
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Inspired by the fight to change the law and social mores in Victorian England, this excellent debut dramatises physical intensity and moral dilemmas
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Tom Crewe · Here was a plague
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Tom Crewe's The New Life is sophisticated, intelligent and gripping - The Spectator World
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The New Life by Tom Crewe
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Book Review: “The New Life” Tom Crewe – Dakota Student
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homosexuality Archives - The Quick and the Read
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Desire and the search for freedom in Victorian England': The New Life by Tom Crewe @TomCrewe1 – Ali Bacon / Books and Other Things
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The New Life by Tom Crewe
The New Life: An enthralling novel about forbidden desire set against the backdrop of the Oscar Wilde trial by Tom Crewe - Audiobooks on Google Play
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Book Review: 'The New Life,' by Tom Crewe - The New York Times
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The New Life by Tom Crewe
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Tom Crewe's The New Life - by Caleb Crain - Leaflet