Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy — A Tragedy That Refuses Consolation Some novels devastate by surprise. Others devastate because they never stop warning you. As a book, Tess of the D’Urbervilles belongs to the second category. From early on, it signals what kind of world it is about to show—a world where sincerity is Read more…
INTRODUCTION If you enjoy books about reading, spiritual journeys, or medieval literature, chances are you’ve come across or been intrigued by Dante’s Inferno. Often referenced alongside the Bible and William Shakespeare in literary circles, this epic poem continues to spark discussions centuries after it was written. But what makes it such an enduring masterpiece? Let’s Read more…
Synopsis: Love scorched the heavens and when it was lost, it turned everything to ashes… He was no hero. He was not one to rescue his loved one by hauling her back from the blazing wreckage of a broken world or by fighting a war to win her hand. But he was sweet and sensitive. Read more…
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Haruki Murakami is a Japanese author born in Kyoto, Japan. He is a novelist, short story writer, essayist, and translator. His preferred genres include magical realism, surrealism, fiction, realism, post-modernism, picaresque, and Bildungsroman. His notable works are Norwegian Wood, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Kafka on the Shore, After Dark, What I Talk Read more…
Many a time in life I regret not having pursued a fine art. Then, the very next moment, I offer myself the consolation that perhaps all my creative energies were meant to be channelized into playing, not with the strings of a violin or the reeds of a harmonium, or with the lines of portrait Read more…
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Nelle Harper Lee (April 28, 1926 – February 19, 2016) was an American novelist widely known for To Kill a Mockingbird, published in 1960. Immediately successful, it won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize and has become a classic of modern American literature. Though Lee had only published this single book, in 2007, she Read more…
