Tag: classics
Everyone needs a good piece of advice every once in a while, and what better place to look for it than in a book? Here are 12 of the …
For many people, the mention of Sylvia Plath’s name conjures the image of a woman steeped in bitter sadness, whose life was tragically cut short by her own hand. …
At least ten years ago I sat down to read a book, and all that time later, I can still remember the experience vividly in my mind. Anne Shirley …
Most of us were infants when the reading bug got its teeth stuck in us. The addiction of being transported to an unfamiliar place, and exploring it through the …
It isn’t often that you come across an author who gets your soul so completely as Oscar Wilde understands mine. I’ve dipped into his works again and again, and …
There’s a reason why many of the classics feature an animal as their main character. Whether the story is meant for children or adults, animal characters give authors freedom …
Ring ring ring! As August trudges quickly to September, school beckons for you from afar while you meticulously plan the last few days and weeks of your summer vacation. …
Brian Baek
August 18, 2016
Book Lists, Children, Classics, Comics and Graphic Novels, Drama, Ernest Hemingway, Family, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Satire, Short Story, Suspense/Thriller, weird fiction, Young Adult
Reading takes up a lot of time so sometimes it’s satisfying consuming a book that can deliver a good read and interesting thoughts in few number of pages. Here …
It’s safe to say that Sylvia Plath was one of the first women writers to really make a name for herself in the literary world. Though her life was …
YouTube Channel: Alltime 10’s April 23, 2016 marked the 400th anniversary of popular playwright and author, William Shakespeare’s death. We’ve all learned the basics about his life and the …
Nintendo’s announcement of their new-old console, the NES Classic, has left older generations of classic NES players speechless (in a good way). This new console comes equipped with 30 old-school …
So, I’ve taken the chance and dived into what I hope to be an interesting book adventure into the world of classics. In school, I remained rather indifferent to …
YouTube Channel: HISTORY From the Description: Jazz Age author F. Scott Fitzgerald was quintessentially American. Learn about his upbringing, “The Great Gatsby,” and his untimely death in this video. …
During the Vietnam War, soldiers and protesters found very little common ground. An unlikely area of agreement, though, was the shared fondness for Joseph Heller’s Catch-22. Today, Heller’s opus …
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Hello, fellow librophiles! We’ve never met. I’m a blogger, and you’re someone staring at a computer screen in Nova Scotia or Puyallup. But I bet I know something about …
Even with the new digital age upon us, we can all agree that traditional reading is still fundamental. In fact, there are so many hip and contemporary literary works …
In the original preface of Emily Bronte’s novel, Wuthering Heights, her sister Charlotte Bronte wrote of the flawed hero within this dark, gothic tale: “Whether it is right or …
As any serious student of literature will tell you, unless your studies have ventured into the élite realm of Russian novelists, you cannot truly call yourself a reader. To …
His name is known all over the world: whether you’ve read it in books, heard it in audiobooks, or seen him on the screen, Sherlock Holmes is the classic …