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Paul Revere's bell by Edword D. Hoch
This is a short story review of Paul Revere's Bell by Edward D. Hoch
Short Story Review of The Blue Geranium by Agatha Christie
This is a short story review of The Blue Geranium by Agatha Christie. Anyone who enjoys reading Agatha Christie Mysteries will enjoy this story.
Short Story Review - Motive v. Opportunity by Agatha Christie
This is a short story review of Motive v. Opportunity by Agatha Christie. This story is found in the collection titled "The Thirteen Problems" by Agatha Christie.
Short Story Review: The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
A suspenseful short story by Shirley Jackson.
Review of Three-Day Blow and Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway
This is a review of Three-Day Blow and Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway
People Change Through Their Experiences
This article compares the characters in "Sonny's Blues" by James Baldwin, "The Magic Barrel" by Bernard Malamud, and "Cathedral" by Raymond Carver.
Women and Their Roles - Sound and the Fury by Faulkner
This is an article about women and their roles. The characters are in the book "Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner.
Essay On Self- Discovery - The Sun Also Rises by Hemingway
This is an essay that I had written in college about self-discovery and how the characters in "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway learned to cope with their struggles.
Eliot's Poetry
This is an essay about Eliot's Poetry. I discussed Geronition and The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.
What To Read, Next? Thursday Next, That Is
Review of Jasper Fforde's The Eyre Affair, which introduces intrepid literary heroine Tuesday Next.
Transcending Time: Michael Cunningham’s The Hours
A review of Michael Cunningham's The Hours, a re-imagining of Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway.
Fickle Friendship in Ian McEwan's Amsterdam
A review of Ian McEwan's 1998 Booker prize-winning novel Amsterdam.
Suburban Dissolution: Richard Yates's Revolutionary Road
A discussion of Richard Yates's first published novel, Revolutionary Road.
The Annual Back to School Column: Neil Gaiman’s Coraline
A review of Neil Gaiman's Coraline, a fantasy world where a young girl discovers a magic door and an alternative world mirroring her own.
Margery Kempe: Medieval Mystic
An introduction to the memoir of Margery Kempe, medieval mystic whose visions either inspired or provoked.
Voices in Time: Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse
A discussion of Virginia Woolf's novel To the Lighthouse.
Unwelcome Guests: Anita Brookner's Visitors
A review of Anita Brookner's novel Visitors, which traces an older woman's journey as she trades her self-imposed exile for the rewards of companionship.
Lorna Sage's Bad Blood: Of Books and Sex
A review of Lorna Sage's award winning memoir, Bad Blood.
Nigella Lawson: Indulging in the Decadent Pleasures of Words and Food
A literary (rather than culinary) review of Nigella Lawson's cookbook How to Eat, in which she shares, with wit and aplomb, not only recipes but also practical wisdom for creating pleasurable meals.
Digging for Roots: Zadie Smith's White Teeth
A review of the comic and engaging White Teeth, Zadie Smith's first award-winning novel.
Pottering through the End of Summer
A light hearted discourse on reading, literature, and Harry Potter.
Of Murder, Madness and Meaning
A look at Simon Winchester's The Professor and the Madman, which traces the strange twists of fate that unite a learned Englishman and a learned (but troubled) American during the compilation of the Oxford English Dictionary.
Dark Demons: William Trevor's Death in Summer
A review of William Trevor's Death in Summer.
Unveiling Curses: Margaret Drabble's The Witch of Exmoor
A review of Margaret Drabble's The Witch of Exmoor.
A Little of This and a Little of That
A brief look at recent publications related to past articles in this column.
Magnifying Memories: Kazuo Ishiguro's When We Were Orphans
A review of When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro.
Dark Dreams: Iris Murdoch’s The Sacred and Profane Love Machine
A discussion of the novel The Sacred and Profane Love Machine by Iris Murdoch.
Othello: Murder in Black and White
An overview of Othello and its enduring appeal.
Centuries of British Literature: A Selective Survey
A quick survey of british literature culminating with the novel.
The Picture of Dorian Gray: Self Portraits and Lost Souls
An overview of The Picture of Dorian Gray and an argument that Dorian's soul is not the only one captured on canvas.
Exploring Agatha Christie's Art of Deception and Digression
A review of Pierre Bayard's Who Killed Roger Ackroyd, a work that examines Agatha Christie's The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and offers a convincing argument that the solution Christie's detective Hercule Poirot advances is not the same as the one Christie intends.
Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes: Words Left Unspoken--Updated 6/1/00
A brief discourse on the literary relationship between Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes.
Discriminating Black from White in Conrad's Heart of Darkness
A discussion of Joseph Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness.
Katherine Mansfield: Hints and Ambiguities
An analysis of Katherine Mansfield's characteristic style and themes in her fiction.
Seeking the Light: A. S. Byatt's The Shadow of the Sun
A review of A. S. Byatt's first novel The Shadow of the Sun.
Shedding Clothes, Shedding a Life: Trading Mozart for Oprah?,Shedding Clothes, Shedding a Life: Trading Mozart for Oprah?
A review of British playwright Alan Bennett's comic story The Clothes They Stood up In.,A review of British playwright Alan Bennett's comic story The Clothes They Stood up In.
Lost Little Lamb: Rachel Cusk's Saving Agnes
A review of Rachel Cusk's 1993 novel Saving Agnes.,A review of Rachel Cusk's 1993 novel Saving Agnes.,A review of Rachel Cusk's 1993 novel Saving Agnes.,A review of Rachel Cusk's 1993 novel Saving Agnes.
Wintering: Sylvia Plath's Taste of Spring,
A review of Kate Moses's novel Wintering, a fictional account of Sylvia Plath's last months.,A review of Kate Moses's novel Wintering, a fictional account of Sylvia Plath's last months.
Jane Eyre: Fanning the Flames and Seeing Double
A look at Charlotte Bronte's novel Jane Eyre.,A look at Charlotte Bronte's novel Jane Eyre.
Sylvia Plath: Escaping the Bell Jar
An introduction to The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath's novel about a young woman's nervous breakdown and her inner journey to reclaim a self lost in a sea of expectations.,An introduction to The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath's novel about a young woman's nervous breakdown and her inner journey to reclaim a self lost in a sea of expectations.
New Year's Resolution and the Art of Persuasion
Returning to the classics--a discussion of Jane Austen's Persuasion.,Returning to the classics--a discussion of Jane Austen's Persuasion.
Black Secrets Cloak Wilkie Collins's Woman in White
A review of Wilkie Collins's mystery and "sensation novel" The Woman in White.,A review of Wilkie Collins's mystery and "sensation novel" The Woman in White.
Christmas with Capote
A review of the Modern Library's collection of three Truman Capote stories, "A Christmas Memory," "One Christmas," and "The Thanksgiving Visitor.",A review of the Modern Library's collection of three Truman Capote stories, "A Christmas Memory," "One Christmas," and "The Thanksgiving Visitor.",A review of the Modern Library's collection of three Truman Capote stories, "A Christmas Memory," "One Christmas," and "The Thanksgiving Visitor.",A review of the Modern Library's collection of three Truman Capote stories, "A Christmas Memory," "One Christmas," and "The Thanksgiving Visitor."
How To Enjoy Reading: Fact vs. Fiction,
A brief look at A. S. Byatt's The Biographer's Tale segues to a more in-depth discussion about Harold Bloom's advice, eloquently expressed in How to Read and Why, regarding the reading and appreciation of literature.,A brief look at A. S. Byatt's The Biographer's Tale segues to a more in-depth discussion about Harold Bloom's advice, eloquently expressed in How to Read and Why, regarding the reading and appreciation of literature.
Shelved Dreams in Penelope Fitzgerald's The Bookshop
A review of Penelope Fitzgerald's The Bookshop.,A review of Penelope Fitzgerald's The Bookshop.
Dorothy Wordsworth: Sister and Poet
A brief introduction to the poetics in the journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, sister to the Romantic poet William.,A brief introduction to the poetics in the journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, sister to the Romantic poet William.
Awfully Dark And Awfully Witty: Beryl Bainbridge
A review of Beryl Bainbridge's 1989 novel, An Awfully Big Adventure.,A review of Beryl Bainbridge's 1989 novel, An Awfully Big Adventure.
Saying Good-bye: Graham Swift's Last Orders
A review of Graham Swift's Booker prize winning novel, Last Orders.,A review of Graham Swift's Booker prize winning novel, Last Orders.