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Month: July 2022

July 28, 2022

The Picture of Dorian Grey – Oscar Wild

This review is written after having read both versions of The Picture of Dorian Gray. While I enjoyed the direct uncensored version, it was…

July 21, 2022

Broken – Piyangie Jay Ediriwickrema

Do you see these tears, Running down my cheeks Like glittering crystals? What would you call it? An expression of a mood or a…

July 17, 2022

No Exit – Jean-Paul Satre

“You remember all we were told about the torture chambers, the fire, and brimstone, the “burning marl.” Old wives’ tales! There’s no need for…

July 17, 2022

This way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlmen – Tadeusz Borowski

This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen is a collection of short stories that states a brutally true account of horror and survival…

July 2, 2022

Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family – Thomas Mann

Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family, as the subtitle implies, tells the story of the decline of one influential German family from its height….

July 2, 2022

Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame

The Wind in the Willows is widely accepted as a children’s novel. To some extent, this classification is justified since its story consists of…

July 2, 2022

Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens

Oliver Twist is the darkest and most depressing novel by Dickens that I have read by far. It brings you some of the wickedest…

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