A Doll’s HouseHenrik Ibsen (trans. Robert Farquaharson Sharp)2021 (orig. 1879)Finger Printpp. 127 The play about the life of Mrs. Nora Helmer is divided into three acts. In the first two plays, Mrs. Helmer goes about preparing for Christmas with the new found richness that is coming into their lives with a new position that Mr….
Through the Looking-Glass Lewis Carroll 1871 MacMillan pp. 130 The book is the sequel to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. I had read that as a child, first the abridged version and then the unabridged versions when I was older. As a child, I used to find the story quite fascinating and the illustrations in books…
Mrs. Dalloway Virginia Woolf 1925 (this print 2017) Fingerprint pp. 208 Mrs. Dalloway is the story of a woman who throws a party and in the process reminisces about her life. The entire book is set in one day that culminates in the party. The protagonist is best described as an upper class woman who…
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions Edwin A. Abbott 1884 Seeley & Co. The novella is written from the perspective of a fictional character, a Square, living in a Flatland a land of only two dimensions. The story is a satire on the Victorian culture and the social structure therein. However, it is also a…
The Time Machine H G Wells 1895 (Kindle edition) The famous time travel book by Wells is an interesting on life on this planet. Reflection on the theme of time travel by an inventor/scientist, Wells has attempted to also reflect on life as it unfolds on this planet, across centuries. Reflection on what life may be…
Youth Isaac Asimov1952Space Science(read e version)Youth is a science fiction novella, written in the fifties. The narrative describes the visit of aliens to a planet and being found by two young boys- Red and Slim. The boys capture them in the hope of taking them as show animals in a circus, where they hope to be…
IncestMarquis de Sade2013 (1st edition 2003)(originally published in 1800 as Eugenie de Franval as part of The Crimes of Love)Bloomsburyp. 107 Available at: Incest (Alma Classics) At once outrageous and fascinating, sacrilegious and deeply religious, the story of the Franval family is marked by events and ideas that take courage to even imagine. As the name…
Name of the Book: The Man Who Was Thursday: A NightmareName of the Author: GK ChestertonNo. Of Pages: 145Year of Publication: 1995 (originally 1908)Publisher: Wordsworth About the Book:The book is a fictional fantasy about a group of intellectuals, enrolled as policemen and asked to disguise themselves to work against a group of anarchists. Each of…
