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March 25, 2025

Othello – William Shakespeare

Othello is one of Shakespeare’s popular tragedies. Its main themes are jealousy, treachery and revenge, but race, too, plays a vital role. Othello is…

March 25, 2025

Macbeth – William Shakespeare

Shakespeare’s Macbeth is a dark tale of bloodshed, superstition, and doom. Macbeth, a general of King Duncan, driven by ambition and encouraged by false…

March 13, 2025

If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler – Italo Calvino

Please don’t ask me what this novel is about, for my interpretation will differ from yours. But if you are the kind of reader…

March 13, 2025

The Song of Achilles – Madeline Miller

It’s sad to have to write a negative review on a popular contemporary work like The Song of Achilles but quite honestly, I didn’t…

March 13, 2025

The Braon In The Trees (Our Ancestors #2) – Italo Calvino

What I’ve come to realize about Italo Calvino is that he never disappoints the reader no matter what he writes. This is my third…

March 13, 2025

The Brothers Karamazov – Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Karamazov Brothers is a challenging novel to review because of its complex nature. Thus my review of the novel is based on my…

February 25, 2025

2001: A Space Odyssey – Arthur C. Clarke

With 2001: A Space Odyssey, I embarked on a rare voyage to space. Space has always been a fascinating mystery to me, yet, I…

February 24, 2025

Childhood’s End – Arthur C. Clarke

Childhood’s End is my first reading of a work by Arthur C. Clarke. Not being an enthusiast of the science fiction genre, I wasn’t…

February 22, 2025

A Chess Story – Stefan Zweig

A Chess Story is a complex short story. In these few pages, a story unfolds as a game of chess. The world champion in…

February 17, 2025

Time Regained (In Search of Lost Time #7) – Marcel Proust

Dear Marcel, I finished Time Regained – the final volume of your In Search of Lost Time. And with it, I’ve come to the…

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