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November 23, 2021

The Paradiso – Dante Alighieri (La Divina Commedia #3)

Paradiso is the third and final part of The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri which describes Dante’s version of Paradise. Dante’s Paradise is influenced…

November 23, 2021

The Purgatorio – Dante Alighieri (La Divina Commedia #2)

The Purgatorio is the second part of Dante’s masterpiece, The Divine Comedy. This is where according to Dante the sinners purge their sins by…

November 23, 2021

The Inferno – Dante Alighieri (La Divina Commedia #1)

The Inferno, part one of Dante’s epic poem, The Divine Comedy, is the most imaginative poem that I’ve read in my life. I’m yet…

November 23, 2021

A Midsummer Night’s Dream – William Shakespeare

This is one of the most hilarious comedies of Shakespeare that I have read, even funnier than A Comedy of Errors . Combining fantasy…

November 23, 2021

The Secret of Chimneys (Superintendent Battle #1) – Agatha Christie

The Secret of Chimneys, the first Superintendent Battle novel, is more a thriller than a murder mystery. I’m a mystery fan, so I’m a…

November 23, 2021

The Picture of Dorian Gray – Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray is the only novel written by Oscar Wilde. The story is about a young and handsome man who exchanges…

November 23, 2021

The House of the Dead – Fyodor Dostoevsky

“Here there is a world’s apart, unlike everything else, with laws of its own, its own dress, its own manners and customs, and here…

November 23, 2021

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot #4) – Agatha Christie

This is another brilliantly written murder mystery by Agatha Christie. The plot is well structured with a mind-blowing twist at the end which will…

November 23, 2021

The Mysterious Affairs at Styles (Hercule Poirot #1) – Agatha Christie

This is my first introduction to Agatha Christie. Having never read her before, I was interested in starting her with the Poirot series which…

November 22, 2021

The Cherry Orchard – Anton Chekhov

The Cherry Orchard is a story that portrays the end of an era of landed gentry in Russia. With the fall of the nobility,…

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