The little white attic

Dracula begins with the journal of Jonathan Harker, who is a diligent diarist. There are entries for 3/5, 4/5, 5/5, 7/5, 8/5, 12/5, 15/5, 1...

Dracula makes me think of The Woman in White .  Both are novels-as-documents. How many novels of this type have I read lately? Frankenstei...

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

(originally posted on 17/10/2014).  Such a list only shows how little I've watched (very often, an excellent film is not mentioned here...

1/ The Godfather (1972) 2/ The Godfather Part II (1974) 3/ Goodfellas (1990) 4/ Mean Streets (1973) 5/  Gangs of New York  (2002) 6/ ...

Witness for the Prosecution (1957) 12 Angry Men (1957) Anatomy of a Murder (1957) A Few Good Men (1992) Fracture (2007)

After reading Tolstoy's "The Forged Coupon" I drew a diagram of events and effects. But then I found another, and better, one...

English translation (by William A. Cooper):  Mrs von Briest asks "Don't you love Geert?".  Effi responds "Why shouldn...

We all, in varying degrees, suffer from some illusion about ourselves. I was foolish enough to think myself capable of reading Effi Briest ...

Actually reading Tolstoy at the moment, but I'd like to write a few more words about Middlemarch . It's a great book, definitely gre...