The Odd WomenIt’s strange that an obscure book from 1893 should have so many things […]
Red Cavalry, by Isaac Babel
Last January, I read The Day of the Oprichnik by Vladimir Sorokin and was horrified by […]
Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston
When she was young, Janie Crawford’s grandmother was afraid for her. Janie was so beautiful […]
The Return of the Native, by Thomas Hardy
The most irritating thing about cliches is that they are so often true. (This statement […]
The Man Who Was Thursday, by G.K. Chesterton
After 107 years, satires are hard to fully understand. A reader might be able to […]
Dracula, by Bram Stoker
Most readers approach re-reading books they’ve liked with trepidation. What if it’s not as good […]
Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen
I have to say it. Mansfield Park is Jane Austen‘s depressing book. After reading Pride and […]
Life Goes On, by Hans Keilson
“I can’t go on, I’ll go on.” Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot How can you pass […]
Jude the Obscure, by Thomas Hardy
Earlier this week, someone asked me if I was reading anything good. I had to […]
Villette, by Charlotte Brontë
Charlotte Brontë’s 1853 novel, Villette, is impossible to read as pure fiction. In 1842, Charlotte […]