Disclosure: This page may contain affiliate links. Clicking through for additional information or to make a purchase may result in a small commission. Reality T.V. seems to be a love/hate genre. There are those who think that it is completely beneath them and, then the idea of watching rich people fight and argue with each … Continue reading
Category Archives: Classic
Five Facts that Prove George Eliot Was Ahead of Her Time
ELIOT WAS A HUMANIST George Eliot (Mary Anne Evans) was a humanist. What does this mean exactly? Well, it is important to start at the beginning. She was raised in a Christian family for many years until one day she decided that she wouldn’t go to church anymore. This was extremely painful for her father, … Continue reading
Benedict Cumberbatch as Hamlet: there is something rotten in Denmark, but it isn’t his acting.
Hamlet is a play that you know even if you have never seen it or read it. So much of the play is dispersed throughout modern English speaking culture that it is not hard to find yourself quoting the play, many times unbeknownst to you. Hamlet is the kind of role that most stage performers … Continue reading
Sylvia Plath’s “The Bell Jar” still speaks to the modern struggles of academia and the pressures to succeed
Disclosure: This page may contain affiliate links. Clicking through for additional information or to make a purchase may result in a small commission. I recently re-read The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath. The book has been a favourite of mine, but this time around I really felt the book spoke to me in a way. … Continue reading
Funny Micro Book Reviews of 19th Century Literature
Corrine, or Italy – Madame de Stael (1807)
If you can’t get the man of your dreams, let him marry your half sister. Before dying of a broken heart, teach your half sister all your tricks so he’ll never be able to forget you. Continue reading
“The Grapes of Wrath”: a review of classic Steinbeck
Disclosure: This page may contain affiliate links. Clicking through for additional information or to make a purchase may result in a small commission. I’ve always wanted to read The Grapes of Wrath. I think it is important to immerse oneself in a wide variety of literary genres from all over the world. I also think … Continue reading
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