A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
By no means the first time I’ve read this little book, and here’s a supplication to the Ghost of Christmas …
By no means the first time I’ve read this little book, and here’s a supplication to the Ghost of Christmas …
I’ve read five Jane Austen-themed books this year, from memoir to mystery and beyond. What can I say? It was …
When William Deresiewicz decided to pursue a Ph.D. in English literature, he had to read classics he’d previously managed to …
In January, I read James Mustich’s 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die—and Uncommon Reader was one of the thirty …
Why did I delay reading this book for so long? I finally brought it to work, where it sat on …
Longbourn opens with a detailed description of a housemaid’s early morning labors, fetching the water from the well for laundry …
I’ve just left behind the chapters about the final illness and death of Nikolai Dmitrich, Levin’s wild, willful, radical half-brother. …
I highlight a striking passage in Anna Karenina, but put off posting it—then find another great passage, and so on. …
Thanks to Blizzard Nemo, I’ve had the opportunity to curl up with four books, bouncing back and forth as the …
Anna and Vronsky have an intense relationship that feels—at least to them—markedly different from the casually clandestine affairs that others …