November 11, 2023 A Handful of Dust – Evelyn Waugh A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh is a cynical satire on the aristocratic and upper-class society. Being a traditionalist, Waugh resented the modern…
November 11, 2023 Poor Folk – Fyodor Dostoevsky Poor Folk is Fyodor Dostoevsky’s debut novel. Written in the epistolary style, this novella promises the potential of the great author he would become….
July 25, 2023 The Mayor of Casterbridge – Thomas Hardy I have not read Thomas Hardy for some time. There were reasons for it. A few years back, after I read and fell in…
July 25, 2023 Demian – Hermann Hesse Demian is a semi-autobiographical novel written by Hermann Hesse. Combining Hesse’s own experiences with theories of hypnoanalysis of Carl Jung, Nietzschean philosophy, and Eastern…
July 3, 2023 J’Accuse – Emile Zola Emile Zola is one of the most gifted French authors. His works won’t disappoint readers who expect more than mere storytelling. Through his work,…
July 3, 2023 My Dark Vanessa – Kate Elizabeth Russell I never thought that I would experience yet another Lolita in my life. But My Dark Vanessa is a similar kind, because I found…
July 1, 2023 Italian Journey – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe In 1786, acting on an impulse, Goethe takes a journey to Italy. He visits many Italian cities including Venice, Verona, Naples, Sicily, and Rome….
July 1, 2023 Time Shelter – Georgi Gospodinov The 2023 Booker Prize winner, Time Shelter, is an extraordinary book that touches mainly on our relations with history and our own past. Combining…
June 1, 2023 The Geurmantes Way (In Search of Lost Time #3) – Marcel Proust The Guermantes Way is the third volume of In Search of Lost Time. This volume sets the stage for the story proper to unfold,…
May 25, 2023 The Red and the Black – Stendhal Stendhal wrote The Red and the Black with a twofold intention. The first is to present a psychological portrayal of an ambitious provincial young…