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December 15, 2022

Les Fleurs du Mal – Charles Baudelaire

Les Fleurs du Mal (The Flowers of Evil) is an unusual collection of poetry in its bold thematic exposition of taboo subjects and darker…

December 9, 2022

Man and Wife – Wilkie Collins

Intriguing, suspenseful, and exciting, Man and Wife is another excellent work by Wilkie Collins. Though commonly associated with sensation fiction, most of his works…

December 9, 2022

A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol is my most favourite Christmas story. Scrooge has been an interesting character for me not only because I liked him (not…

November 20, 2022

The Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck

The Grapes of Wrath, which earned Steinbeck the Pulitzer Prize and later paved the way for the Nobel literature Prize, is a sympathetic story…

October 30, 2022

Devils – Fyodor Dostoevsky

“Strike me dead, the track has vanished, Well, what now? We’ve lost the way, Demons have bewitched our horses, Led us in the wilds…

October 15, 2022

The Antiquary – Sir Walter Scott

The Antiquary is the most humorous historical fiction in the Waverley series that I’ve read so far. Sir Walter Scott pens a satirical story…

August 15, 2022

The Words – Jean Paul Sartre

The Words is one of the most interesting autobiographies I’ve read. Although it mainly covers the first ten years of the life of Jean-Paul…

August 11, 2022

The Aeneid – Virgil

History records that Virgil wrote his epic poem The Aeneid to fulfill two purposes. One is to restore the faith among Romans in the…

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 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…

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