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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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January 10, 2022

Thérèse Raquin – Émile Zola

Thérèse Raquin is another version of the age-old story of love, lust, adultery, and murder. Yet, Émile Zola’s presentation of the story of this…

January 3, 2022

The Gambler – Fyodor Dostoevsky

After this second reading, I’m forced to change my entire opinion on this book. This was my introduction to Dostoevsky, so I didn’t know…

January 1, 2022

Winter of Our Discontent – John Steinbeck

The Winter of Our Discontent is the grand finale of John Steinbeck’s fictitious creation. Deriving the title from William Shakespeare’s Richard III opening lines…

December 29, 2021

Candide – Voltaire

It seems that I haven’t known or understood Voltaire enough to appreciate his most acclaimed work. This reading put me straight since I’ve revisited…

December 15, 2021

Letters on England – Voltaire

Letters on England, a collection of letters written by Voltaire while living in exile in England, comprises Voltaire’s observations on English politics, governance, religion,…

December 9, 2021

The Bet – Anton Chekhov

This is a very thought-provoking short story. The apparent theme is, which punishment is better? Capital punishment or life imprisonment. The lawyer thinks that…

December 8, 2021

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame – Victor Hugo

I’m now quite resigned to being disappointed in books that are written by my favourite classical authors. It looks like I’m in the process…

December 8, 2021

Pedro Páramo – Juan Rulfo

Written in the style of magical realism, Juan Rulfo’s Pedro Páramo is quite an unusual novel. Its characters are ghosts and the only one…

November 29, 2021

The Letter of Vincent van Gogh

I have had an interest in painting since my younger days. I never painted myself, nor could I draw or sketch, yet I was…

November 28, 2021

Cannery Row – John Steinbeck

“It has always seemed strange to me…The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding, and feeling, are the concomitants of…

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