The little white attic

As it turns out, this year I’ve seen quite a few monster films, mostly based on or inspired by the myths of Frankenstein or Dracula—let’s no...

Oh the joy and pain of an unfinished work.  I wonder what Nabokov (would have) thought about Stevenson’s last unfinished work Weir of Herm...

After being unable for a while to read fiction, having focused on films and film books for the entire semester, I’m reading again, and have ...

From "A Humble Remonstrance" (a response to Henry James's "The Art of Fiction" ) in R. L. Stevenson on Fiction :  ...

Wish I could say, after some time's silence, "Back from [some fascinating city]", but can't. I've been busy, that'...

From "Lectures on Literature"*. 1/ Nabokov dismisses the interpretations of this book as a mystery story (which, to him, is ...

This book is terribly well-written. Look at this: "It was by this time about nine in the morning, and the first fog of the season. A...

Who gave me the idea, before I read Robert Louis Stevenson's book, that Jekyll represented good and Hyde represented evil?  I've ju...