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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 17, 2021

The Hound of the Baskerville – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

I first read The Hound of the Baskervilles when I was about ten years old. It was both a fascinating and scary read for…

November 16, 2021

Complete Sonnets – William Shakespeare

Shakespeare is universally acclaimed for his plays. His use of satire, wit, clever plots, and darker and tragic elements have attracted the readers. And…

November 16, 2021

The Complete Poems of John Keats

I came across John Keats for the very first time in Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own. In the book Virginia talks of…

November 15, 2021

The Longest Journey – E.M. Forster

The Longest Journey is, surprisingly, an unusual novel written by E.M. Forster. It is neither plot-driven, since the story is a product of some…

November 15, 2021

Tribute to John Steinbeck’s “The Moon is Down” – Piyangie Jay Ediriwickrema

A Tribute to John Steinbeck’s The Moon is Down: The moon is downThe darkness descendsEmbracing in slow degreesThe earth and men. The creeping blackness…

November 7, 2021

A Russian Journal – John Steinbeck

“We found as we expected that Russian people are people. And as with other people, they are very nice. The ones we met had…

November 5, 2021

White Nights – Fyodor Dostoevsky

White Nights is an emotional story narrated by an unknown narrator, who is the protagonist. He tells his story of loneliness and unrequited love….

November 5, 2021

Remain of the Day – Kazuo Ishiguro

The Remains of the Day is a tale of an aging butler, Mr. Stevens, who embarks on a motoring tour at the insistence of…

November 5, 2021

Little Women – Louisa May Alcott

Little Women is the story of March girls – Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy and spans from their teens to adulthood, matrimony, and motherhood….

November 5, 2021

A Tale of Two Cities – Charles Dickens

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…”. The opening line says all that is needed to be said about…

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