Katherine Mansfield’s Miss Brill was a short story that one of my English teachers liked so much that she made my class read and briefly study it. Back in high school, I did not understand the point of this story – I didn’t really want to, I found it so incredibly boring at the time.ContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Miss Brill by Katherine Mansfield”
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Book Review: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
This may be an unpopular opinion but I am actually not a huge fan of classical novels. I do have a few favourites but I usually I find myself not enjoying these types of novels. Alas, I’m taking an English class at university which is dedicated to Jane Austen and her novels; so, I wasContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen”
Book Review: Dracula by Bram Stoker
After taking a Jane Austen class in university, I started experiencing a renaissance interest in classical literature. I’ve never been a huge fan of classical novels (for various reasons), but I surprisingly enjoyed my Jane Austen university class and so, ever since I graduated, I have been willingly reading some other classical novels. I haveContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Dracula by Bram Stoker”
Book Review: Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
This was a novel I had to read for an English class a couple of years ago when I was still a student at University; and I have been thinking about this novel ever since. For context, my class was about postcolonial literature, so we looked at novels mainly from African and Asian authors. ItContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys”
Book Review: Emma by Jane Austen
If you’ve read my last few Jane Austen book reviews then you’ll know the background of why I started reading and reviewing Austen’s novels. If you haven’t read my other Jane Austen reviews then here’s a summary: I had to read them. I had no choice. Austen’s novels were required readings for one of myContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Emma by Jane Austen”
Silk Roads Reviews 