Category: Book Reviews

The House of Mirth is a tragic story of the life of Miss Lily Bart, a beautiful young girl who is raised to aspire…

Written from 1939 to 1941, Between the Acts was the final novel produced by Virginia Woolf. The novel explores survival amidst loss. It was…

Dear Collins, I didn’t think a day would come for me to write a direct letter to you, although I have done it previously…

The Adolescent narrates the story of Arkady Makarovich Dolgurky, the protagonist, who matures from a naive 19-year-old adolescent to a more understanding adult. Dostoevsky…

The Metamorphosis by Kafka is a complex work that explores multiple themes. I read it, however, as a work that exposes an ugly and…

Georgette Heyer’s The Grand Sophy is the best of her novels I have read so far. It is also her most popular, I think….

When I first read The Trial, I disliked it. The story felt so tiresome. I hated the protagonist, Joseph K, and his egotistical behaviour….

After my fallout with Iris Murdoch about a year ago, I was of two minds whether to continue with her or not. When I…