Category: Fiction

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…

Gustave Flaubert wrote about A Sentimental Education that, “I want to write the moral history of the men of my generation—or, more accurately, the…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Have you ever come across a book that you like, despite its dark and disturbing contents? It’s a strange feeling. But Heart of Darkness…

The Age of Innocence is basically a love triangle. Newland Archer is a wealthy lawyer of upper-class New York society, who is engaged to…

Mary Barton is the very first novel written by Elizabeth Gaskell. Living in the industrial city of Manchester and having firsthand witnessed the poor…

The story of The Death of Ivan Ilych profoundly touches on the concepts of life and death. Although I have come across books that…