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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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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…

June 7, 2025

Northanger Abbey – Jane Austen

Northanger Abbey is a charming story that revolves around a young, innocent, and naive “heroine” (to use Austen’s words), Catherine Morland. True to Austen’s…

May 31, 2025

The Black Tulip – Alexander Dumas

The Black Tulip is a brilliant work by Alexander Dumas. I truly don’t understand why this is a lesser-known work of his. In my…

May 25, 2025

Emma – Jane Austen

The second reading of Emma pleasantly surprised me. After the initial embarrassment of having underappreciated this amazing work of Austen, I managed to wallow…

May 17, 2025

The Ladies’ Paradise – Émile Zola

The Ladies’ Paradise, the 11th novel of Émile Zola’s Rougon-Macquart series, is a story of the coming of the modern age and the rise…

May 17, 2025

Mansfield Park – Jane Austen

Mansfield Park is a different work from the rest of Jane Austen’s novels. I can say that now I’ve read them all. Jane Austen’s…

May 8, 2025

Hamlet – William Shakespeare

Hamlet is the best psychological play of Shakespeare. Most of his tragedies penetrate into the characters’ psychologies, but no one comes close to Hamlet…

April 22, 2025

Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen

Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is one of the most widely read classical romances. It is also no exaggeration to say that Pride and…

April 22, 2025

The Glass Bead Game – Hermann Hesse

The Glass Bead Game is a phenomenal work. Its complex plot makes the full meaning of the novel unfathomable, but there is a certain…

April 19, 2025

Much Ado About Nothing – William Shakespeare

This is yet another interesting Shakespearean comedy. The play has one saucy and sharp tongued woman in the character of Beatrice. I’m quite new…

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