A tall order that Warburton (of the excellent podcast Philosophy Bites) has succeeded so well is a triumph.”-Steven Poole, The Guardian  H. Gombrich’s A Little History of the World. “Survey the entire history of (western) philosophy through short intellectual biographies of 40 philosophers from Socrates to Peter Singer, in as broadly approachable a style as E. A Little History of Philosophy presents the grand sweep of humanity’s search for philosophical understanding and invites all to join in the discussion. Warburton not only makes philosophy accessible, he offers inspiration to think, argue, reason, and ask in the tradition of Socrates. He provides interesting and often quirky stories of the lives and deaths of thought-provoking philosophers from Socrates, who chose to die by hemlock poisoning rather than live on without the freedom to think for himself, to Peter Singer, who asks the disquieting philosophical and ethical questions that haunt our own times. In forty brief chapters, Nigel Warburton guides us on a chronological tour of the major ideas in the history of philosophy. This engaging book introduces the great thinkers in Western philosophy and explores their most compelling ideas about the world and how best to live in it.  These were the concerns of Socrates, who spent his days in the ancient Athenian marketplace asking awkward questions, disconcerting the people he met by showing them how little they genuinely understood. A wonderful introduction for anyone who’s ever felt curious about almost anything.'-Sarah Bakewell, author of How To Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer Philosophy begins with questions about the nature of reality and how we should live. Gombrich’s A Little History of the World, an equally irresistible volume that brings history’s greatest philosophers to life “A primer in human existence: philosophy has rarely seemed so lucid, so important, so worth doing and so easy to enter into.

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The daily life of the three Blackwoods is oddly tranquil and very routine. The mostly working class town resents the family and a new generation is growning up with a sort of urban legend regarding the murder, this uneasy history will lead to the novel's climax. Julian has barely survived the poisoning, he is physically disabled and via his senile ramblings we learn more and more about particulars from the day of the terrible incident. Years later those that remain in the estate are 18-year-old Mary Katherine (Merrycat, a child at the time), her older sibling Constance (found not guilty of the crime), and poor old Uncle Julian. The story takes place in a small town in the aftermath of an arsenic murder that has killed off most of one of the old money families, the Blackwoods. This was a very quick read at just over 160 pages. 'Settings are dark and ancient – a decaying manor house.' - right there in the title.'Narrators can be chronically unreliable and occasionally unhinged' - ha!.'melancholia, insanity, mayhem, cruelty, and death' - check, check, check, check, and check!.'foreboding progressing into full-blown fear' - yep.'A naïve heroine trapped in a claustrophobic setting' - check.After finishing, I read a Readers Advisory article about the genre from Novelist Plus (use your ICPL card and password for at-home access) and discovered many of the standard characterizations of the genre were present in this novel : I haven't read much in this genre style and was prepared for pure spooky but instead found the story just made me tense. This was my first experience reading something by Shirley Jackson though I was familiar with her reputation as a modern Gothic horror fiction writer.

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