July 24, 2021 Mrs. Dalloway – Virginia Woolf In this second reading, I realized that although I have liked the book after my first reading, I hardly have understood it. In Mrs….
July 24, 2021 Persuasion – Jane Austen Persuasion is said to be the best work of Jane Austen. While I have reservations on that point, I do see why it is…
July 24, 2021 Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoevsky Crime and Punishment is one of the most heartfelt stories that I have read. Never a book is written about agonies of a human…
July 24, 2021 North and South – Elizabeth Gaskell North and South was my first Gaskell read. I read it after watching the BBC TV series and perhaps due to the influence of…
July 24, 2021 All Quiet on the Western Front – Erich Maria Remarque “This book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession, at least of all an adventure, for death is not an adventure for…
July 24, 2021 Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” This opening sentence sums up the main theme of this…
July 24, 2021 Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck After long years of avoiding him, I finally managed to sum up my courage and read John Steinbeck. Now one may ask me why…
July 24, 2021 Shirley – Charlotte Bronte Dear Charlotte, you and I will never be friends. I’m convinced of it now. I do get on with your sisters well, but not…
July 23, 2021 Count of Monte Cristo – Alexander Dumas To say that The Count of Monte Cristo is the most widely read novel written by Alexander Dumas is no exaggeration. The Three Musketeers…