The joy of the book is that things are far more complex as they seem. Although one does occasionally feel tempted to hit Newland Archer with a stick.the joy of the book is that things are far more complex as they seem. Although one does occasionally feel tempted to hit Newland Archer with a stick. Continue reading Edith Wharton’s “The Age of Innocence” – book review
Though the Brave New World was written in 1932, its unashamed dualism feels eerily contemporary. Continue reading Aldous Huxley “Brave New World” – book review
It took me half a year- but I finally did it! I finished reading Les Liaisons Dangereuses ! Continue reading Choderlos de Laclos “Les Liaisons Dangerouses” – book review
It took me a long time to get through “Night and Day”. Continue reading Virginia Woolf’s “Night and Day”- book review
I added Animal Farm to my Back to the Classics Challenge, in the full knowledge that it is a classic that happens to be short. Continue reading George Orwell “Animal Farm” – book review
“Poor little monkey!” (…) the words were an epitaph for the tomb of Maisie’s childhood. She was abandoned to her fate. What was clear to any spectator was that the only link binding her to either parent was this lamentable fact of her being a ready vessel of bitterness, a deep little porcelain cup in which biting acids could be mixed. They had wanted her … Continue reading Henry James’s “What Maisie Knew” – book review
Here’s my list for 2019 Continue reading Back to the Classics Challenge 2019
It reminds uncomfortably of the current intellectual climate Continue reading Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 – book review
This book is incredible. I read it in Polish translation and it made me double- up on my efforts of improving my French. Continue reading Gustave Flaubert’s “Madame Bovary” – book review
A man should stand up to his bad luck, to his mistakes, to his conscience, and all that sort of thing. Why – what else would you have to fight against? Continue reading Joseph Conrad’s “The Shadow- Line” – book review
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