November 29, 2021 The Letter of Vincent van Gogh I have had an interest in painting since my younger days. I never painted myself, nor could I draw or sketch, yet I was…
November 28, 2021 The Karamazov Brothers – Fyodor Dostoevsky This book is one of the most challenging ones to review. And if I consider myself capable of such a venture, it will still…
November 28, 2021 Cannery Row – John Steinbeck “It has always seemed strange to me…The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding, and feeling, are the concomitants of…
November 27, 2021 Night and Day – Virginia Woolf Night and Day is Virginia’s attempt at reconciling the past and the present. Here Virginia Woolf submits to the traditional form of a novel….
November 27, 2021 Wives and Daughters – Elizabeth Gaskell Wives and Daughters is Elizabeth Gaskell’s final novel which was interrupted in its completion due to the untimely death of the author. However incomplete…
November 26, 2021 A Sentimental Education – Gustave Flaubert About A Sentimental Education Gustave Flaubert wrote, “I want to write the moral history of the men of my generation—or, more accurately, the history…
November 26, 2021 Howards End – E.M. Forster Howards End is Forster’s attempt to explore the social, political, cultural, and philosophical changes that were in force at the turn of the 20th…
November 26, 2021 Fathers and Sons – Ivan Turgenev Fathers and Sons is Turgenev’s version of the age-old tale of the battle between the older and the younger generation. Set in 19th century…
November 26, 2021 Sylvester – Georgette Heyer With each read of Georgette Heyer, I’m more and more drawn towards her. I believe she brings out the best in this genre. As…
November 26, 2021 Venetia – Georgette Heyer I’m not a romance fan, but I certainly like historical romances. I enjoy being transported to regency and victorian periods. However, while I have…