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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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November 27, 2021

Night and Day – Virginia Woolf

Night and Day is Virginia’s attempt at reconciling the past and the present. Here Virginia Woolf submits to the traditional form of a novel….

November 27, 2021

Wives and Daughters – Elizabeth Gaskell

Wives and Daughters is Elizabeth Gaskell’s final novel which was interrupted in its completion due to the untimely death of the author. However incomplete…

November 26, 2021

A Sentimental Education – Gustave Flaubert

Gustave Flaubert wrote about A Sentimental Education that, “I want to write the moral history of the men of my generation—or, more accurately, the…

November 26, 2021

Howards End – E.M. Forster

Howards End is Forster’s attempt to explore the social, political, cultural, and philosophical changes that were in force at the turn of the 20th…

November 26, 2021

Fathers and Sons – Ivan Turgenev

Fathers and Sons is Turgenev’s version of the age-old tale of the battle between the older and the younger generation. Set in 19th century…

November 26, 2021

Sylvester – Georgette Heyer

With each read of Georgette Heyer, I’m more and more drawn towards her. I believe she brings out the best in this genre. As…

November 26, 2021

Venetia – Georgette Heyer

I’m not a romance fan, but I certainly like historical romances. I enjoy being transported to regency and victorian periods. However, while I have…

November 26, 2021

The Silmarillion – J.R.R. Tolkien

The Silmarillion gives a clear and comprehensive history of the mythological world Tolkien created to set his Lord of Rings trilogy. In five parts,…

November 26, 2021

The Sittaford Mystery – Agatha Christie

The Sittaford Mystery is another enjoyable standalone murder mystery by our queen of crime, Agatha Christie. Set in an isolated small village in Dartmoor,…

November 26, 2021

The Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad

Have you ever come across a book that you like, despite its dark and disturbing contents? It’s a strange feeling. But Heart of Darkness…

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