The little white attic

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...

I've been wondering why on earth some people think Daniel Deronda has feelings for and should end up with Gwendolen. Now I know why. Or...

I've finished reading Despair . Surprise- I was right for suspecting that Hermann and Felix don't look alike. Now another question ...

http://bookriot.com/2013/06/19/the-25-most-hated-books/ 1/ Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (102 votes) => No wonder. In fact I'm glad ...

Warning: This book contains adultery, miscarriages, mother hunger, depression, irrational behaviour, slavery, racism, child abandonment, s...

"... "With all my heart," said Mr. Bult, willing to be gracious. "I was sure he had too much talent to be a mere musici...

A scene from chapter 11 of Daniel Deronda (1876)- as Gwendolen Harleth comes back from a walk with Mr Grandcourt and finds her mother with M...

I'm still thinking about George Eliot's Daniel Deronda . Don't you find Gwendolen's dislike and disdain of men quite strange...