The little white attic

In his introduction of Sentimental Education , Robert Baldick wrote: "The public still wants works which encourage and exalt its illu...

1/ Flaubert reminds me of Tolstoy, 3 times within the chapter. 1st, the scenes after Monsieur Dambreuse's death are similar to the fune...

Throughout most of the novel, Rosanette's been described as a pretty but shallow, ignorant and frivolous girl. She has several lovers, l...

Jacques Arnoux is flirtatious, rather manipulative, and pragmatic to the point of being scheming and deceitful, who cheats in both senses of...

Note: Probably limited, based on people I know or have observed who may or may not be in my friendlist, and not without exceptions. - Nor...

Source:  https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/j/james/henry/letters/complete.html To Miss Grace Norton. 131 Mount Vernon St., Boston. July...

For aspiring writers, Flaubert's a perfect model. Now I can see why he's been called a novelist's novelist. He is detached and ...

Flaubert once said "If ever I play an active part in the world, it will be as a thinker and a demoralizer. I shall simply tell the trut...

"How to Understand, and Deal With Dictatorship: An Economist's View" (Ronald Wintrobe) - The dictator's dilemma : a dicta...

Do you know that feeling when you've just watched a great film and feel too overwhelmed to write a decent review (or anything at all) bu...