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War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy

This Tolstoyan masterpiece is one of the best-written books on War and its effect on people’s lives. The War is the Napoleonic war where Russia was invaded by a strong French army conquering Moscow, and the subsequent defeat and flight of the conquering army.

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Maurice – E.M. Forster

Maurice is said to be Forster’s homage to same-sex love. It is so. Belonging to the same lot, Forster must have felt a strong need to express himself through fiction.

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Les Misérables – Victor Hugo

This is one of the most beautiful and best books that is ever written about human suffering; a true masterpiece.

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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 21, 2022

Broken – Piyangie Jay Ediriwickrema

Do you see these tears, Running down my cheeks Like glittering crystals? What would you call it? An expression of a mood or a…

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…

July 17, 2022

This way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlmen – Tadeusz Borowski

This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen is a collection of short stories that states a brutally true account of horror and survival…

July 2, 2022

Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family – Thomas Mann

Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family, as the subtitle implies, tells the story of the decline of one influential German family from its height….

July 2, 2022

Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame

The Wind in the Willows is widely accepted as a children’s novel. To some extent, this classification is justified since its story consists of…

July 2, 2022

Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens

Oliver Twist is the darkest and most depressing novel by Dickens that I have read by far. It brings you some of the wickedest…

June 15, 2022

The Myth of Sisyphus – Albert Camus

This essay is an in-depth discussion of Camus’s view on absurdism and how man continues his existence on the face of it. Is he…

May 20, 2022

The Citadel – A. J. Cronin

The Citadel is a beautiful study of an idealistic young doctor who attempts to swim against the tide of the established medical ethics and…

May 20, 2022

Pastoral – Nevil Shute

Pastoral is a charming old fashioned love story set in the midst of WWII. I’m not a romance fan now and rarely read the…

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