January 30, 2022 Nausea – Jean-Paul Sartre Nausea brings to us a man’s struggle to come to terms with his own existence. Antoine Roquentin is disgusted with his everyday existence. Being…
January 17, 2022 Aurora Leigh – Elizabeth Barrett Browning Aurora Leigh is an epic poem which Elizabeth Barrett Browning herself styled as a “novel in verse” to which she has poured her profound…
January 10, 2022 Frenchman’s Creek – Daphne du Maurier Frenchman’s Creek is the third book I read of Daphne du Maurier following My Cousin Rachel and Rebecca . And naturally, I expected a…
January 10, 2022 Thérèse Raquin – Émile Zola Thérèse Raquin is another version of the age-old story of love, lust, adultery, and murder. Yet, Émile Zola’s presentation of the story of this…
January 3, 2022 The Gambler – Fyodor Dostoevsky After this second reading, I’m forced to change my entire opinion on this book. This was my introduction to Dostoevsky, so I didn’t know…
January 1, 2022 Winter of Our Discontent – John Steinbeck The Winter of Our Discontent is the grand finale of John Steinbeck’s fictitious creation. Deriving the title from William Shakespeare’s Richard III opening lines…
