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War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy

This Tolstoyan masterpiece is one of the best-written books on War and its effect on people’s lives. The War is the Napoleonic war where Russia was invaded by a strong French army conquering Moscow, and the subsequent defeat and flight of the conquering army.

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Maurice – E.M. Forster

Maurice is said to be Forster’s homage to same-sex love. It is so. Belonging to the same lot, Forster must have felt a strong need to express himself through fiction.

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Les Misérables – Victor Hugo

This is one of the most beautiful and best books that is ever written about human suffering; a true masterpiece.

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October 18, 2025

The Library of Babel – Jorge Luis Borges

I’m new to Jorge Luis Borges. The Library of Babel was my first time reading him, and so, my mind was a blank canvas….

October 18, 2025

Oresteia – Aeschylus

With The Oresteia, I begin my journey of Greek dramatists. I’ve only read Homer, and both his works are epic poems, not plays. I…

October 18, 2025

Antigone – Sophocles

Antigone is another great play I have come across in my journey with Greek dramatists. This is my second play by Sophocles, and it…

October 18, 2025

Oedipus Rex – Sophocles

Oedipus Rex by Sophocles was the next stop in my reading journey of Greek dramatists. After reading Oresteia, I have already fallen in love…

October 18, 2025

Medea – Euripides

Medea is my first dramatic experience of Euripides. The play touches on the themes of infanticide, so I was rather apprehensive of reading it….

October 18, 2025

Faust: A Tragedy – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Goethe’s Faust is my first reading of a Faustian tale. I’ve been aware of the existence of numerous literary and musical compositions based on…

October 18, 2025

Ficciones – Jorge Luis Borges

Jorge Luis Borges is a genius. He weaves fantastic mazes in his short stories and throws the readers into them. The readers, in return,…

August 28, 2025

The Complete Poems of John Keats

I came across John Keats for the very first time in Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own. In the book, Virginia talks of…

June 24, 2025

Persuasion – Jane Austen

Persuasion is a mature work by Jane Austen. It’s also called her best work. After many rereadings, I quite agree. Persuasion is quite different…

June 16, 2025

The House of Silk – Anthony Horowitz

I’m not a fan of contemporary pastiches of old classics. I’ve had enough experience of reading silly and hideous stories based on my beloved…

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