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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 22, 2021

Tartuffe – Molière

Tartuffe or “The Imposter” or “The Hypocrite” by Moliere is a wonderful play about a religious hypocrite. The play was banned in his day…

November 22, 2021

Lady Windermere’s Fan – Oscar Wilde

This is a brilliant play written by Oscar Wild. From the first dialogue, I knew I’m in for a treat. And yes indeed I…

November 22, 2021

Cyrano De Bergerac – Edmond Rostand

This is a beautiful tragedy – funny, entertaining, and heartbreaking at the same time. Rostand presents us with a tragedy in line with that…

November 22, 2021

An Ideal Husband – Oscar Wilde

This was my first read of an Oscar Wilde work, and I immediately fell in love with him. When I first read it, it…

November 22, 2021

The Importance of Being Earnest – Oscar Wilde

When I first read this play, I felt that I might have missed the essence of it. Well, I’m happy to say I have….

November 19, 2021

The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett

The story of The Secret Garden is an inspirational one for the children. It tells you how two disagreeable children become lovable, pleasant, and…

November 19, 2021

A Man Called Ove – Fredrik Backman

There are instances wherein a certain event occurs in a person’s life that will change his life and personality forever. In this journey of…

November 19, 2021

The Plague – Albert Camus

The story of The Plague is about a plague that wraps the city of Oran, isolating the city completely from the outside world. Cut…

November 19, 2021

Middlemarch – George Eliot

This is such a beautiful book and the first George Eliot work that I enjoyed. I’ve read her before, and although I appreciated their…

November 19, 2021

A Certain Justice (Adam Dalgliesh # 10) – P.D. James

This is the best murder-mystery novel in the Dalgliesh series so far. Here, James has combined a clever and complicated plot with just the…

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